Kichul Shin is a Rheumatologist and a Professor at Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea. He completed his fellowship at the SNU Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA. He is the Director of the Committee of International Affairs of the Korean College of Rheumatology and the Director of the KOBIO registry. He is also a member of the APLAR Executive Committee and the APLAR Center of Excellence Committee. His research interest is in the quality care of managing rheumatoid arthritis and psoraitic arthritis.