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 HPR Vice President
Dr. Rikke Helene Moe, Norway

EULAR PARE Vice President 
Souzi Makri, Cyprus

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

Executive Director EULAR Office
Carina Haupt


Members of the Chairmanship of each Committee

Advocacy Committee

Chair 
Prof. Margreet Kloppenburg, Netherlands

Past-Chair
Prof. Loreto Carmona, Spain  


Congress Committee

Chair
Prof. Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany

Chair-elect 
Prof. Laure Gossec, France


Education Committee

Chair
Prof. Dr. Francisca Sivera, Spain

Past-Chair
Dr. Simona Rednic, Romania  


Quality of Care Committee

Chair
Dr. George Fragoulis, Greece

Past-Chair 
Prof. Uta Kiltz, Germany


Research Committee

Chair
Dr. Anna Molto, France

Past-Chair
Prof. Ronald van Vollenhoven, The Netherlands


EULAR HPR Committee

Chair
Dr. Erika Mosor, Austria

Chair-elect
Dr. Nina Brodin, Sweden​ 


EULAR PARE Committee

Chair
Simon Stones, United Kingdom

Past-Chair
Peter Boyd, Ireland


EULAR EMEUNET Committee

Chair
Dr. Diego Benavent , Spain

Past-Chair
Dr. Tue Kragstrup, Denmark

 

PAED Committee

Chair
Dr. Jordi Anton, Spain 

Past-Chair
Prof. Dirk Foell, Germany


Congress Scientific Chair
Prof. Bimba Hoyer, Germany ​

Congress Abstract Chair
Associate Prof. Helga Lechner-Radner, Austria

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. 


EULAR Statutes, Reports, and By-Laws

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

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