EULAR Council

President 
Prof Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany 

President-elect 
Prof Laure Gossec, France

Past President  
Prof Daniel Aletaha, Austria

Treasurer 
Prof Christopher Edwards, United Kingdom

EULAR Vice-President HPR
Dr Rikke Helene Moe, Norway

EULAR Vice-President PARE 
Souzi Makri, Cyprus

EULAR Vice-President Scientific Societies
Prof Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia, Spain

Executive Director EULAR Office
Carina Haupt


Members of the Chairmanship of each Committee

Advocacy Committee

Chair 
Dr Elena Nikiphorou, United Kingdom

Past Chair
Prof Margreet Kloppenburg, Netherlands
  


Congress Committee

Chair
Prof Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany

Chair-elect 
Prof Laure Gossec, France


Education Committee

Chair
Prof Francisca Sivera, Spain

Chair-elect
Prof Christian Dejaco, Austria  


Quality of Care Committee

Chair
Dr George Fragoulis, Greece

Chair-elect
Prof Bernhard Hellmich, Germany


Research Committee

Chair
Prof Anna Molto, France

Chair-elect
Prof Andrew Cope, United Kingdom


EULAR HPR Committee

Chair
Dr Nina Brodin, Sweden​ 

Past Chair
Dr Erika Mosor, Austria


EULAR PARE Committee

Chair
Simon Stones, United Kingdom

Chair-elect
Andri Phoka, Cyprus


EULAR EMEUNET Committee

Chair
Dr Diego Benavent , Spain

Chair-elect
Dr Anastasia Madenidou, Greece

 

PAED Committee

Chair
Dr Jordi Anton, Spain 

Chair-elect
Prof Alexandre Belot, France


Congress Scientific Programme Chair
Associate Prof Helga Lechner-Radner, Austria​

Congress Abstract Chair
Prof György Nagy, Hungary

Liaison Officer to EMA
Prof Marta Mosca, Italy

Liaison Officer to ACR
Prof Ulf Mueller-Ladner, Germany

Liaison Officer to BioMed Alliance, ECDA, PReS
Prof Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy

Editor-in-Chief of the ARD
Prof Josef Smolen, Austria

Editor-in-Chief of ERO
Prof Gerd Burmester, Germany


Guests

FOREUM Liaison Officer
Prof Johannes Bijlsma, Netherlands

UEMS Liaison Officer
Dr Kaushik Chaudhuri, United Kingdom

Related Information
Who We Are

The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR, is the organisation which represents the people with arthritis/rheumatism, health professionals in rheumatology (HPR) and scientific societies of rheumatology of all the European nations.

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EULAR Governance

EULAR is governed by an elected board composed by 4 experts in rheumatology and one representative of each pillar (organisations representing other health professionals in rheumatology, patient organisations and scientific societies). Our activities are overseen by 5 content committees and 4 representation committees whose activities are delivered by several hundred expert rheumatology volunteers.

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EULAR Member Organisations

Supported by its members, EULAR aims to reduce the burden of rheumatic diseases on the individual and society and to improve the treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal diseases. 


EULAR Statutes, Reports, and By-Laws

The official statutes of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR

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