EULAR Council

President 
Prof. Daniel Aletaha, Austria 

President-Elect 
Prof. Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany

Past President
Liaison Officer to BioMedical Alliance
European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA)
Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PrES)  

Prof. Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy 

Treasurer 
Prof. Laure Gossec, France

EULAR HPR Vice President
Prof. Jette Primdahl, Denmark

EULAR PARE Vice President 
Dr. Elsa Mateus, Portugal

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

Executive Director EULAR Office
Dr. Stephan Maier, Switzerland


Members of the Chairmanship of each Committee

Advocacy Committee

Chair 
Prof. Loreto Carmona, Spain

Chair-elect
Prof. Margreet Kloppenburg, Netherlands


Congress Committee

Chair
Prof. Daniel Aletaha 

Past Chair
Prof. Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy   


Education Committee

Chair
Prof. Simona Rednic, Romania

Past Chair 
Prof. Chris Edwards, United Kingdom


Quality of Care Committee

Chair
Prof. Uta Kiltz, Germany

Past Chair 
Prof. Robert Landewe, The Netherlands


Research Committee

Chair
Prof. Ronald van Vollenhoven, The Netherlands

Past Chair
Prof. Dirk Elewaut, Belgium 


EULAR HPR Committee

Chair
Dr. Mwidimi Ndosi, United Kingdom

Chair-elect
Ms. Erika Mosor, Austria

Past Chair
Dr. Ricardo Ferreira, Portugal

 

EULAR PARE Committee

Chair
Mr. Peter Boyd, Ireland

Past Chair 
Ms. Souzi Makri, Cyprus


EULAR EMEUNET Committee

Chair
Dr. Tue Kragstrup, Denmark

Past Chair
Dr. Kim Lauper, Switzerland

 

PAED Committee

Chair
Prof. Dirk Foell, Germany 

Past Chair 
Prof. Michael Beresford, United Kingdom


Congress Scientific Lead
Prof. Caroline Ospelt, Switzerland

Congress Abstract Lead
Dr. Christian Dejaco, Italy

Liaison Officer to EMA
Prof. Marta Mosca, Italy

Liaison Officer to ACR
Prof. Ulf Mueller-Ladner, Germany

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

Editor-in-Chief of RMD Open
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.

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EULAR Statutes, Reports, and By-Laws

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

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