Fernando Pérez-Ruiz, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant and Chief of the Rheumatology Division in Cruces University Hospital; Head of the Investigation Group for Arthritis at Biocruces Health Research Institute; Associated Professor of the Department of Medicine in School of Medicine and Nursery at the Basque Country University, Biskay, Spain
Email: fperezruiz@telefonica.net
Jürgen Braun, MD
Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, Osteoporosis
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Ali Ghasem Zadeh,
Interests: Osteoporosis, Bone Mineral Density, Quantitative Bone Imaging
Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Rebecca Grainger, PhD
Interests: Gout, Rheumatoid arthritis, Health services, Digital health
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, and Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
Vivien Hsu, MD
Interests: Scleroderma spectrum disorders
Scleroderma Program, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Elena Jones, PhD
Interests: Knee joint, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatology, Orthopedic surgery, Arthroplasty
Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Joel M. Kremer, MD
Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Methotrexate, Omega-3 fatty acids, Fish oil
Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
Reuven Mader, MD
Interests: Hypertrophic bone disease, Spondyloarthritis, Inflammatory arthritis
Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
Peter Mandl, MD, PhD
Interests: Musculoskeletal imaging, Musculoskeletal ultrasound, Fibroblast, Synovial biopsy, Rheumatoid arthritis
Division of Rheumatology, 3rd Dept.of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria
Javier Narváez, MD, PhD
Interests: Systemic autoinmune diseases, Vasculitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Systemic sclerosis
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge; Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
Joan M. Nolla, MD, PhD
Interests: Treatment of immune-mediated rheumatic diseases, Comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis, Sarcopenia, Osteoporosis Comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis
Head of Rheumatology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona; Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Ahmad Oryan, PhD
Interests: Fracture healing, Biomechanical performance, Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Histopathology, Ultrastructure, Tendon healing
Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Chaim Putterman, MD
Interests: SLE, neuropsychiatric lupus, lupus nephritis
Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Rubén Queiro, MD, PhD
Interests: Spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, outcome measures
Rheumatology Division & Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA). Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias & Oviedo University School of Medicine, Oviedo, Spain
Naomi Schlesinger, MD
Interests: Gout, Gouty inflammation
Division of Rheumatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Blanka Stiburkova, Ph.D.
Interests: Hyperuricemia, hypouricemia, gout, inherited metabolic disorder, purine metabolism.
Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech republic & Department of Pediatrics and Inherited metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Jagadeesh Kumar Venkatesan, PhD
Interests: Gene therapy, Cartilage repair, Meniscus
Center of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Amin Bigham-Sadegh, DVM
Interests: Bone, tendon and cartilage healing biology, Tissue engineering research, Animal modeling for healing research
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Marek Brzosko, PhD
Interests: Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases, Diagnostics of cardiovascular complications in systemic connective tissue diseases and vasculitis
Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Ivan Castellví Barranco, MD, PhD
Interests: Systemic Sclerosis, Sclerodermia, Myositis, Interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary hypertension
Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Hèctor Corominas, MD, PhD
Interests: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Autoimmune Diseases, Specially Sjögren's Syndrome, Capillaroscopy, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Director of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases Department; Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
Dimitrios Daoussis, MD, PhD
Interests: Systemic sclerosis, Scleroderma, Spndyloarthropathies
Associate Professor in Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Patras Medical School, Rio, Greece
Cesar Diaz-Torne, MD, PhD
Interests: Gout, CPPD, Crystal arthritis, Clinical rheumatoid arthritis
Unitat d'artritis i artropaties microcristalines, Servei de de Reumatologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Professor Associat de Medicina de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Arthritis and Crystal Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Associate Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Sun Hee Do, PhD
Interests: Wound healing, Musculoskeletal system, Regenerative medicine, Tissue engineering, Pathology
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
Paiva Eduardo, PhD
Interests: Fibromyalgia, Relapsing Polychondritis, CACH Syndrome
Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Brazilian Society of Rheumatology, Brazil.
Shirley Siu Ming FONG, MSc, PhD, MEd
Interests: Adapted physical education, Exercise and health, Sports science and rehabilitation
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, HK, China
Angelo L. Gaffo, MD, MsPH, FACP
Interests: Gout, Crystalline arthritis, Vasculitis
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Rheumatology Section Chief, Birmingham VA Medical Center, University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-2182, USA