• Editor-in-Chief

    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
    Associate Editors

    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
    Editorial Board Members

    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