MBChB, FWACP, MSC, SCE-RCP (Rheum), FACR
Senior lecturer: University of Ghana Medical School.
Head of Rheumatology unit: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Meet Our Team
We’re proud to be an Investors in People-accredited organisation; we're a diverse and friendly team with a key focus on equality, diversity and inclusion
There’s a varied range of teams within our organisation, supporting all of our many functions, from membership to events, registers to journals.
Below you can find out more about each of the individuals who make up our staff team.
Current Executives
- Former President, AFLAR
Dr Dzifa Dey
- President, AFLAR
Dr.Fredrick Otieno Owuor
MBChB, MMed, FRCP (Edin), Clinical Fellow (Rheumatology),
Assistant Professor and section head, Rheumatology,
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
- General Secretary, AFLAR
Dr. Naomi Mumo
MBChB, MMED, FCP, ECSA Senior Instructor & Rheumatologist,
the Aga Khan University Hospital,
Nairobi, Kenya
- President Elect, AFLAR
Dr. Courage Uhmwangho
(MBBS, MSc, FWACP, FRCP (London),
Snr. Lecturer / Consultant Rheumatologist Department of Medicine University of Jos /
Jos University Teaching Hospital
- Vice President, AFLAR
Dr. Mawahib Aledrissy
Associate Professor Ribast National University Khartoum, Sudan
- Assistant Vice President, AFLAR
Dr. Pierrot Lebughe
Clinical Head of the Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of
Kinshasa, DR Congo
Senior academic staff of the Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Kinshasa
- Assistant General Secretary, AFLAR
Prof. Dr. Reem Hamdy A Mohammed
MD, PhD, I FACR, FRCP
Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
School of Medicine, Cairo University
- Treasurer, AFLAR
Dr Farhanah Paruk
(MBChB cum laude (UN), FCP (SA), Certificate in Rheumatology, PhD (UKZN).
Rheumatologist, Ahmed al Kadi Hospital
Sessional consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Exco Members
- Exco Member
Dr. Daiyabu Alhaji Ibrahim
MBBS, FWACP Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, Kano.
- Exco Member
Prof Frederick Otieno Owuor
MBChB, MMed. Assistant Prof Rheumatology Unit Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
- Exco Member
Prof Adewale Adebajo
MBE, FWACP, FMCP, FRCP, FACP, FAcMed Consultant Rheumatologist, Clinical Director for Research and Development at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
- Exco Member
Prof Angela Migowa
MBCHB-UON, MMED-AKUHN, Assistant Professor and Pediatric rheumatologist Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
- Exco Member
Prof Ian C Chikanza
MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPCH, FACP, FCP, MD Consultant Physician & in Rheumatology (Adult & Paediatric)
- Exco Member
Dr Richard Akintayo
MbChB,MSc, FWACP Rheumatology Unit, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
- Exco Member
Prof Mohammed Tikly
MMed, MRCP, PHD Emeritus Professor and Academic Head of the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
- Exco Member
Prof Yasser El Miedany
MD, FRCP (UK)/ Prof. Canterbury Christ Church University England / Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer King’s College London
- Exco Member
Prof Girish Mody
Professor and Chief Specialist MB BCh, MSc, PHd (London University), FCP (SA). Fellow and Past President of the South Africa Rheumatism and Arthritis Association
- Exco Member
Prof. Femi Adelowo
FMCP, FWACP, FRCP Edin, FRCP Lond, FACR Professor of Medicine and Consultant Rheumatologist at Lagos State University College of Medicine. Nigeria
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