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Welcome messages

From our APLAR cohort

Hear from our APLAR cohort on the upcoming congress updates along with APLAR initiatives. 

Welcome from Prof Tsutomu Takeuchi, President, APLAR

Welcome from Dr Ronald Yip, Secretary General, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Nazrul Islam, Vice President, COPCORD Coordinator, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Paulo Lorenzo, President-Elect, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Ved Chadervedi, Deputy Secretary General, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Kunihiro Yamaoka, Treasurer, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Sumaira Farman Raja, Vice President, APLAR

Welcome from Prof Yoshiya Tanaka, President, Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)

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Welcome from Prof Yoshiya Tanaka, President, Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)

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Welcome from Prof Hashimoto, Chairman, J-STAR – subcommittee of JCR

日本語

Welcome from Prof Hashimoto, Chairman, J-STAR – subcommittee of JCR

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Welcome from Prof. Mohsen G. Soroush, President, Iranian Rheumatology Association

Welcome from Prof. Seung Cheol Shim, President, Korean College of Rheumatology

Welcome from Prof Chit Soe, President, Myanmar Rheumatology Society

Welcome from Prof. Muhammad Ahmed Saeed, President, Pakistan Society for Rheumatology

Welcome from Prof. Galymzhan Togizbayev, President, Qazaq College of Rheumatology

Welcome from Dr. Cheng Tien-Tsai, President, Taiwan College of Rheumatology

Welcome from Prof. Sukurova Suraiyo, President, Tajikistan Rheumatologists Association

Welcome from Dr. Nguyễn Văn Hùng, Executive, Vice President Vietnam Rheumatology Association

Welcome from Prof Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, President, Bangladesh Rheumatology Society

Welcome from Dr. Javohir Mullokulov, a leading Rheumatologist from Uzbekistan

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