MBChB, FWACP, MSC, SCE-RCP (Rheum), FACR
Senior lecturer: University of Ghana Medical School.
Head of Rheumatology unit: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Past Presidents
As a growing organization, our path has been steered by capable and dedicated hands who have been instrumental in our growth.
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.
- Former President, AFLAR
Dr Dzifa Dey
- 2015 -2019
Prof. Femi Adelowo
MBChB, MMed, FRCP (Edin), Clinical Fellow (Rheumatology) Assistant Professor and section head Rheumatology Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
- 2013 -2015
Prof George Omondi Oyoo
FACR; FACP (ECSA); FRCP(Edin); FIPH; MMed; MB Ch B; Cert Trop Med;Clin Rheum; Cert Clin Epid. Associate Professor in the department of clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Head of rheumatology unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
- 2011-2015
Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig
Chief Rheumatology, University Hospital Center Ben Aknoun, Algeria
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Ahmed Khaled (Deceased)
PhD in Immunology University of London UK; FRCP London UK
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Prof Najia HAJJAJ-HASSOUNI
MD, PhD. Member of French society of rheumatology. Dean of the International Faculty of Medicine, international university of Rabat
- 1999-2003
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
- 1995-1999
Prof Slaheddine Sellami
Professor of rheumatology, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, FRCP. Immediate Past President of ILARProfessor of Medicine (Rheumatology) Former Health Minister Tunisia Osteoporosis and Arthritis laboratory, Rabta hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis EL Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
- 1991-1995
Tashin Hadidi
Professor of rheumatology, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, FRCP. Immediate Past President of ILAR
- 2019 - 2023
Prof Ali Asgar Kalla
MBChB, FCP(SA), MD. Head, Professor. University of Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
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