Committees
| Executive Committee |
| April Armstrong, Co-President |
Oliver FitzGerald, Co-President |
Arthur Kavanaugh, Co-Vice President |
| Joseph Merola, Co-Vice President |
Kristina Callis Duffin, Immediate Past President |
Philip Mease, Treasurer |
| Vinod Chandran, At Large |
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| Administration Committee |
| Kristina Callis Duffin |
Philip Helliwell |
Sharon Andrews |
| Governance Committee |
| This committee oversees the bylaws for the GRAPPA organization. |
| A.O. Adebajo, Co-Chair |
Philip Helliwell, Co-Chair |
Maarten de Wit |
| Ingrid Steinkoenig |
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| Education Committee |
| Plan joint rheumatology - dermatology continuing medical education symposia. |
| Philip Mease, Co-Chair |
Amit Garg, Co-Chair |
Ade Adebajo |
| Kristina Callis Duffin |
Vinod Chandran |
Jeffrey Chau |
| Philip Helliwell |
Elaine Husni |
Arnon Katz |
| Katy, Ling Ling Leung |
Ashish Mathew |
Luis Puig |
| Enrique Soriano |
Kurt de Vlam |
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| Finance/Development Committee |
| Working with the executive director and the treasurer, this committee suggests new source of revenue and keeps general tabs on income and expenditures via twice-yearly reports from the organization’s records in QuickBooks. |
| Arthur Kavanaugh, Co-Chair |
Kristina Callis Duffin, Co-Chair |
| Philip Mease |
Chris Lindsay |
| Imaging Committee |
| Imaging includes two main components: ultrasound and MRI. Each subcommittee works to establish standards for imaging exams with regards to diagnosis and treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis. |
| Gurjit Kaeley, Co-Chair |
Mikkel Ostergaard, Co-Chair |
| Walter Maksymowych |
Heidi Bertheussen |
| Lori Schick |
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| Imaging Committee: Ultrasound |
| Gurjit Kaeley, Chair |
Sibel Aydin |
| Catherine Bakewell |
Lihi Eder |
| Imaging Committee: Whole-Body MRI |
| Walter Maksymowych, Co-Chair |
Mikkel Ostergaard, Co-Chair |
| Meeting Planning |
| Executive Committee |
| Membership Committee |
| Evaluates the broad rules governing GRAPPA membership and changes them if needed. If a prospective member does not meet all of the criteria for membership, an appeal for a decision on that person’s suitability for membership may be brought before the membership manager. |
| Vinod Chandran, Co-Chair |
Cheryl Rosen, Co-Chair |
Chris Lindsay
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| Rodrigo Firmino |
Ashish Mathew |
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| GRAPPA-OMERACT Core Set Steering Committee |
| Leads development of a GRAPPA-OMERACT core outcome measurement set for psoriatic arthritis clinical trials. |
Dafna Gladman,
Co-Chair for North America |
"Katy", Ling Ling Leung,
Co-Chair for Austral-Asia |
Ana-Maria Orbai, Co-Chair
Co-Chair for North America |
William Tillett,
Co-Chair for Europe |
Laura Coates |
Maarten de Wit |
| Oliver FitzGerlad |
Niti Goel |
Chris Lindsay
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| Philip Mease |
Alexis Ogdie |
Vibeke Strand
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| Patient Research Partners |
| The Patient Research Partner group seeks to fight psoriatic disease and improve patient quality of life by working with others in GRAPPA towards shared goals and projects, while contributing the important patient perspective and experience. |
| Ingrid Steinkoenig, Chair |
Arnon Katz, Chair-Elect |
Kristina Callis Duffin |
| Arthur Kavanaugh |
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| Professional Development |
| More inward-focused than the Education Committee, this committee works to promote programming for GRAPPA members to learn about new discoveries, techniques and opportunities that will support the goal of state-of-the-art care for patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and to support the development of future psoriasis and PsA focused dermatologists and rheumatologists. This may be through meeting content (Annual Meeting and Adjacent-to meetings), newsletters and email messages to the membership. |
| Alexis Ogdie, Co-Chair |
Cheryl Rosen, Co-Chair |
Enrique Soriano |
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| Publications Committee |
| Oversees publication of the annual GRAPPA insert in the Journal of Rheumatology. Has input on other potential publications such as the Trainee abstracts being published in the National Psoriasis Foundation’s journal and others. |
| Dafna Gladman, Co-Chair |
Alice Gottlieb, Co-Chair |
Niti Goel, Co-Chair |
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| Research Committee |
| Promotes research within GRAPPA and forges collaborative partnerships for research projects where appropriate. |
| Oliver FitzGerald, Co-Chair |
Paulo Gisondi, Co-Chair |
Vinod Chandran
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| Kurt de Vlam |
Dafna Gladman |
Philip Helliwell |
| Philip Mease |
Christopher Ritchlin |
April Armstrong |
| Heidi Bertheussen |
Maarten de Wit |
Niti Goel |
| John Latella |
Denis O'Sullivan |
Stefan Siebert |
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| Rheumatology-Dermatology Combined Clinics |
| Fosters combined, collaborative rheumatology-dermatology clinics/centers as well as local/regional community partnerships to advance patient care and research within the unique models. |
| Joseph Merola, Co-Chair |
Jose Scher, Co-Chair |
Alison Ehrlich |
| John Latella |
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| Slide Project |
| This committee sources educational slides in PowerPoint, updated every two years, and made available to members via the GRAPPA website. |
| Philip Helliwell, Co-Chair |
Wolf-Henning Boehncke, Co-Chair |
| Niti Goel |
Jeffrey Chau |
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| Steering Committee |
| A.O. Adebajo |
April Armstrong |
Kristina Callis Duffin |
| Vinod Chandran |
Atul Deodhar |
Lihi Eder |
| Oliver FitzGerald |
Dafna Gladman |
Alice Gottlieb |
| Philip Helliwell |
Elaine Husni |
Deepak Jadon |
| Arnon Katz |
Arthur Kavanaugh |
Ennio Lubrano |
| Philip Mease |
Joseph Merola |
Peter Nash |
| Alexis Ogdie |
Denis Poddubnyy |
Luis Puig |
| Christopher Ritchlin |
Cheryl Rosen |
Laura Savage |
| Claudia Schainberg |
Jose Scher |
Stefan Siebert |
| Ingrid Steinkoenig |
Vibeke Strand |
William Tillett |
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Training Modules
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| The Training Modules Committee is responsible for facilitating development and delivery of the online educational training modules for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis assessments. |
| Kristina Callis Duffin, Co-Chair |
April Armstrong, Co-Chair |
Joseph Merola, Co-Chair |
| Dafna Gladman |
Philip Helliwell |
Arthur Kavanaugh |
| Philip Mease |
Chris Lindsay |
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Treatment Recommendations Committee
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| The treatment recommendations committee is responsible for organizing the process and conduct of GRAPPA’s periodic development of PsA treatment recommendations, which are updated every few years as new evidence for current and emerging medicines becomes available. |
| Laura Coates, Co-Chair |
Arthur Kavanaugh, Co-Chair |
Enrique Soriano, Co-Chair |
| Christopher Ritchlin, Co-Chair |
Denis O'Sullivan |
Sherry Rohekar |
| Ingrid Steinkoenig |
Philip Mease |
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| Website Committee |
| The website committee is responsible for organizing and developing GRAPPA’s website, interactive training modules and mobile application (“app”). |
| Laura Coates, Co-Chair |
Kristina Callis Duffin, Co-Chair |
Sharon Andrews |
| Philip Mease |
Peter Nash |
Denis O'Sullivan |
| Ingrid Steinkoenig |
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