• Editor-in-Chief

    Fernando Pérez-Ruiz, MD, PhD

    Senior Consultant and Chief of the Rheumatology Division in Cruces University Hospital; Head of the Investigation Group for Arthritis at BIOBizkaia Health Research Institute; Associated Professor of the Department of Medicine in School of Medicine and Nursery at the Basque Country University, Biskay, Spain
    Email: fperezruiz@telefonica.net
    Associate Editors

    Jürgen Braun, MD

    Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, Osteoporosis
    Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany

    Robin Christensen, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Interests: Biostatistics, Evidence-Based Research, Clinical Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Meta-Research, OMERACT, Cochrane, GRADE
    Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital; Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital; Cochrane Denmark & Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, MD, PhD

    Interests: Antiphospholipid syndrome, Connective tissue diseases, Autoimmunity, Autoantibodies
    Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Laura Frey-Law, PhD, PT

    Interests: Musculoskeletal pain and fatigue, Knee osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Multisensory sensitivity (MSS), Quantitative sensory testing (QST)
    Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, IA, USA

    Ali Ghasem Zadeh,

    Interests: Osteoporosis, Bone mineral density, Quantitative bone imaging
    Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Vivien Hsu, MD

    Interests: Scleroderma spectrum disorders
    Scleroderma Program, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Elena Jones, PhD

    Interests: Knee joint, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatology, Orthopedic surgery, Arthroplasty
    Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Joel M. Kremer, MD

    Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Methotrexate, Omega-3 fatty acids, Fish oil
    Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

    Peter Mandl, MD, PhD

    Interests: Musculoskeletal imaging, Musculoskeletal ultrasound, Fibroblast, Synovial biopsy, Rheumatoid arthritis
    Division of Rheumatology, 3rd Dept.of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria

    Ingrid Möller, MD, PhD

    Interests: Rheumatic diseases, Musculoskeletal ultrasound
    Instituto Poal de Reumatologia Barcelona, EULAR Working Group Anatomy for the Image, University of Barcelona, International University of Catalunya, Spain

    Javier Narváez, MD, PhD

    Interests: Systemic autoinmune diseases, Vasculitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Systemic sclerosis
    Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge; Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

    Joan M. Nolla, MD, PhD

    Interests: Treatment of immune-mediated rheumatic diseases, Comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis, Sarcopenia, Osteoporosis, Comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis
    Head of Rheumatology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona; Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Ahmad Oryan, PhD

    Interests: Fracture healing, Biomechanical performance, Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Histopathology, Ultrastructure, Tendon healing
    Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Chaim Putterman, MD

    Interests: SLE, Neuropsychiatric lupus, Lupus nephritis
    Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Rubén Queiro, MD, PhD

    Interests: Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Outcome measures
    Rheumatology Division & Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA). Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias & Oviedo University School of Medicine, Oviedo, Spain

    Naomi Schlesinger, MD

    Interests: Gout, Gouty inflammation
    Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Francisca Sivera, MD, PhD

    Interests: Gout, Calcium pyrophosphate arthropathy, Synovial fluid, Adherence
    Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Elda, Alicante; Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain

    Blanka Stiburkova, Ph.D.

    Interests: Hyperuricemia, Hypouricemia, Gout, Inherited metabolic disorder, Purine metabolism
    Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech republic & Department of Pediatrics and Inherited metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jagadeesh Kumar Venkatesan, PhD

    Interests: Gene therapy, Cartilage repair, Meniscus
    Center of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
    Editorial Board Members

    Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, MD, PhD

    Interests: Spondyloarthritis, Gout, Biopharmaceuticals, Biosimilars, Gut microbioma, Psoriatic arthritis, Pharmacoeconomics
    Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

    Amin Bigham-Sadegh, DVM

    Interests: Bone, Tendon and cartilage healing biology, Tissue engineering research, Animal modeling for healing research
    Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Marek Brzosko, PhD

    Interests: Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases, Diagnostics of cardiovascular complications in systemic connective tissue diseases and vasculitis
    Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

    Ivan Castellví Barranco, MD, PhD

    Interests: Systemic Sclerosis, Sclerodermia, Myositis, Interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary hypertension
    Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    Hèctor Corominas, MD, PhD

    Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Autoimmune diseases, Sjögren's syndrome, Capillaroscopy, Musculoskeletal ultrasound
    Director of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases Department; Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain

    Dimitrios Daoussis, MD, PhD

    Interests: Systemic sclerosis, Scleroderma, Spndyloarthropathies
    Associate Professor in Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Patras Medical School, Rio, Greece

    Cesar Diaz-Torne, MD, PhD

    Interests: Gout, CPPD, Crystal arthritis, Clinical rheumatoid arthritis
    Unitat d'artritis i artropaties microcristalines, Servei de de Reumatologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Professor Associat de Medicina de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Arthritis and Crystal Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Associate Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

    Sun Hee Do, PhD

    Interests: Wound healing, Musculoskeletal system, Regenerative medicine, Tissue engineering, Pathology
    Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

    Paiva Eduardo, PhD

    Interests: Fibromyalgia, Relapsing polychondritis, CACH syndrome
    Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Brazilian Society of Rheumatology, Brazil

    Angelo L. Gaffo, MD, MsPH, FACP

    Interests: Gout, Crystalline arthritis, Vasculitis
    Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Rheumatology Section Chief, Birmingham VA Medical Center, University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-2182, USA