our team
overview
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
Dr Dzifa Dey
MBChB, FWACP, MSC, SCE-RCP (Rheum), FACR Senior lecturer: University of Ghana Medical school. Head of Rheumatology unit: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Fredrick Otieno Owuor
MBChB, MMed, FRCP (Edin), Clinical Fellow (Rheumatology) Assistant Professor and section head Rheumatology Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
Prof Madeleine Ngandeu-Singwe
MD. Prof of Rheumatology Unit of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
Mohammed Hassan Abu - Zaid
Associate Professor of Rheumatology Tana University, Egypt. Associate Editor for Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation journal PAFLAR, IOF and emeunet member
Dr. Naomi Mumo
MBCHb, MMED, FCP, ECSA Senior Instructor & Rheumatologist The Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Courage Uhmwangho
(MBBS, MSc, FWACP, FRCP (London) Snr. Lecturer / Consultant Rheumatologist Department of Medicine University of Jos / Jos University Teaching Hospital
Dr. Mawahib Aledrissy
Associate Professor Ribast National University Khartoum, Sudan
Prof Ali Asgar Kalla
MBChB, FCP(SA), MD. Head, Professor. University of Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Prof Ali Asgar Kalla
MBChB, FCP(SA), MD. Head, Professor. University of Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Dr Dzifa Dey
MBChB, FWACP, MSC, SCE-RCP (Rheum), FACR Senior lecturer: University of Ghana Medical school. Head of Rheumatology unit: Korle bu Teaching Hospital.
Prof Madeleine Ngandeu-Singwe
MD Prof of Rheumatology Unit of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
exco members
Dr. Daiyabu Alhaji Ibrahim
MBBS, FWACP Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, Kano.
Prof Frederick Otieno Owuor
MBChB, MMed. Assistant Prof Rheumatology Unit Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
Prof Adewale Adebajo
MBE, FWACP, FMCP, FRCP, FACP, FAcMed Consultant Rheumatologist, Clinical Director for Research and Development at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Prof Angela Migowa
MBCHB-UON, MMED-AKUHN, Assistant Professor and Pediatric rheumatologist Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
Prof Ian C Chikanza
MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPCH, FACP, FCP, MD Consultant Physician & in Rheumatology (Adult & Paediatric)
Dr Richard Akintayo
MbChB,MSc, FWACP Rheumatology Unit, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
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.
Prof. Femi Adelowo
FMCP, FWACP, FRCP Edin, FRCP Lond, FACR Professor of Medicine and Consultant Rheumatologist at Lagos State University College of Medicine. Nigeria
Prof Yasser El Miedany
MD, FRCP (UK)/ Prof. Canterbury Christ Church University England / Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer King's College London
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
Dr. Daiyabu Alhaji Ibrahim
MBBS, FWACP Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, Kano.
Prof Frederick Otieno Owuor
MBChB, MMed. Assistant Prof Rheumatology Unit Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
Prof Adewale Adebajo
MBE, FWACP, FMCP, FRCP, FACP, FAcMed Consultant Rheumatologist, Clinical Director for Research and Development at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Prof Angela Migowa
MBCHB-UON, MMED-AKUHN, Assistant Professor and Pediatric rheumatologist Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
Prof Ian Chikanza
Consultant in Adult & Paediatric Rheumatology, Barts & the Royal London Hospital, London, UK; Professor of Medicine, Catholic University and Prof in Rheumatology & Immunology, Univ of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Dr Richard Akintayo
MbChB,MSc, FWACP Rheumatology Unit, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
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.
Prof Yasser El Miedany
MD, FRCP (UK)/ Prof. Canterbury Christ Church University England / Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer King's College London