Professor Sami Salman 1973 MB, Ch B Faculty of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq 1980 Certificat d’Etude Speciales,Medicine du Sport, Universite de Montpellier, France 1984 ​MRCP Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin 1985 DMR Diploma of Rehabilitation, Royal College of Physician, London, UK 2005 FRCP Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, UK. Currently Emeritus Professor in Rheumatology and Medicine in College of Medicine, University of Baghdad. Associate Editor of the International Journal of Rheumatology Ex Chairman of Education Committee of Asia Pacific League of Rheumatology (APLAR) APLAR Master Awardee 2018.