The Education Committee formulates and promotes education and training opportunities in rheumatology by developing tailored materials and courses, by deploying innovative learning approaches, by facilitating broad access to these educational offers, and by fostering and contributing to the harmonization of educational standards in rheumatology across Europe.The committee coordinates the work of the Sub-Committees (online courses, live courses, training/CME).

​Education Committee By-Laws  ​

​ Live Courses Sub-Committee Regulations ​

​ Online Courses Sub-Committee  Regulations ​

​Training CME Sub-Committee Regulations ​ 

Chair:  Dr. Francisca Sivera, Spain
Past-Chair: Prof. Simona Rednic,  Romania 

Sub-committee Chairs:  
Prof. Frank Buttgereit, Germany – Online courses & other digital offers
Dr. Aurelie Najm, United Kingdom – Live courses & meetings
Prof. Christopher Edwards, United Kingdom – Training & CME

Advisors:  Prof. Annamaria Iagnocco, Prof. Xenofon Baraliakos
Consultants:  Dr. Catherine Haines, Prof. Eric Hachulla

Committee Members

Martin Aringer, Germany

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Emre Bilgi, Turkey

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Ertugrul Cagri Bolek, Turkey

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Frank Buttgereit, Germany

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-27

Kaushik Chaudhuri, United Kingdom

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Christina Duftner, Austria

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Christopher Edwards, United Kingdom

Mandate duration: Jun-24 – Jun-26

David Kane, Ireland

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Maria Jelusic, Croatia

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Francisca Sivera, Spain

Mandate duration: Jun-24 – Jun-28

Maria Maslinska, Poland

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Laura Muntean, Romania

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Aurelie Najm, United Kingdom

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-27

Ivan Padjen, Croatia

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Luis Fernando Perez, Netherlands

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Katja Perdan Pirkmajer, Slovenia

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Alexander Pfeil, Germany

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Silvia Piantoni, Italy

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Simona Rednic, Romania

Mandate duration: Jun-22 – Jun-26

Valentin Ritschl, Austria

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Victoria Romero, Spain

Mandate duration: Jun-22 – Jun-26

Nikolay Stoilov, Bulgaria

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Vanessa Smith, Belgium

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Thijs Swinnen, Belgium

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Greece

Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27

Jens Vikse, Norway

Mandate duration: Jun-24 – Jun-28

Maarten de Wit, Netherlands

Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29

Education Sub-Committee Live Courses 

Sub-committee chair:  Aurelie Najm, United Kingdom, 
Mandate duration: Jun-25 - Jun-27

Alessia Alunno, Italy
Andrea Marques, Portugal
Andrew Filer, United Kingdom
Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy
Brunno Fautrel, France
Christian Dejaco, Austria
Elena Nikiphorou, United Kingdom
Francis Guillemin, France
Hans Ulrich-Scherer, Netherlands
Joao Madruga Dias, Portugal
Karin Niederman, Switzerland
Katerina Chatzidionysiou, Sweden
Lene Terslev, Denmark 
Marie-Elise Truchetet, France
Maurizio Cutolo, Italy
Pedro Machado, United Kingdom
Peter Mandl, Austria
Silvia Manzoni, Italy
Sofia Ramiro, Netherlands
Vanessa Smith, Belgium
Wolfgang Schmidt, Germany
Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany

 

Education Sub-Committee Online Courses

Sub-committee chair(s):  Frank Buttgereit, Germany,
Mandate duration: Jun-25 - Jun-27
Consultant(s): Catherine Haines, Eric Hachulla

Alberto Martini, Italy
Alessia Alunno, Italy
Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy
Antonios Fanouriakis, Greece
Aurelie Najm, United Kingdom
Carina Mihai, Switzerland
Christian Dejaco, Austria
Cosimo Bruni, Italy
Daniel Glinatsi, Sweden
Elena Nikiphorou, United Kingdom
Elsa Mateous, Portugal
Frank Buttgereit, Germany
Garifallia Sakellariou, Italy
Katerina Tsekoura, Greece
Marco Cimmino, Italy
Martin Krusche, Germany
Maurizio Cutolo, Italy
Meryem-Maud Farhat, France
Nelly Ziade, Lebanon
Paul Studenic, Austria
Philipp Sewerin, Germany
Ricard Cevera, Italy
Terry O'Neil, United Kingdom
Torsten Diekhoff, Germany
Vanessa Smith, Belgium
Wilfred Peter, Netherlands

 

Education Sub-Committee Training-CME

Sub-committee chair(s):  Christopher Edwards, United Kingdom
Mandate duration: Jun-24 - Jun-26

Alessia Alunno, Italy
Carlo Perricone, Italy
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Greece
Eric Hachulla, France
Francisca Sivera, Spain
Gyorgy Nagy, Hungary
Jacob M van Laar, Netherlands
Joao Madruga Dias, Portugal
Jose Antonio Pereira da Silva, Portugal
Marloes van Onna, Netherlands
Martin Aringer, Germany
Martin Krusche, Germany
Mette Holland-Fischer, Denmark
Philipp Sewerin, Germany
Richard Conway, United Kingdom
Roberto Felice Caporali, Italy
Sebastien Sanges, France
Sofia Ramiro, Netherlands
Tadej Avcin, Slovenia
Thao Pham, France
Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany