Our Subcommittees
Our Subcommittees
In order to fullfill the multiple working tasks, iMyoS is organized in different subcommittees (see below). We are thankful to all members actively participating in a growing community. All members are welcome to serve on a subcommittee.
iMyoS committee “Cooperation with professional societies”
Sonye Danhoff, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Co-Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program, and Associate Director of the Myositis Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Marianne de Visser, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuromuscular Disease (em), Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Peter Korsten, MD
Department Chief, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Sendenhorst, Germany
Jens Schmidt, MD, FEAN, FAAN
Chair of iMyoS and Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology and Pain Treatment, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, University Hospital of the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany
Victoria P. Werth, MD
Professor of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
iMyoS Newsletter committee
Silke Schlüter (Chair)
Treasurer of iMyoS and Chair of the „Myositis-Gruppe“, the German Patient Support Group for Myositis - in the German Society for Muscular disorders (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e.V. – DGM), Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany
Natalia Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Teerin Liewluck, MD, FAAN, FANA
Associate Professor of Neurology, Muscle Pathology Laboratory and Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Manuel Lubinus, MBA, PhD
Chief Science Officer- Myositis Support and Understanding (MSU), Frisco, Texas, USA
Roland Mischke
Chair of the regional association of German Society for Muscular disorders of Hessen (German Patient Support Group for Myositis), Taunusstein, Hessen, Germany
iMyoS Nominating committee
Ingrid Lundberg, MD (Chair)
Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Marianne de Visser, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuromuscular Disease (em), Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wael Jajour, MD
Chair, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Victoria P. Werth, MD
Professor of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
iMyoS Regional outreach committee
Latika Gupta, MD
Rheumatologist and Clinical Immunologist, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Manchester, UK
Hitoshi Kohsaka, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
Peter Korsten, MD
Department Chief, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Sendenhorst, Germany
Merrilee Needham, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Professor, Foundation Chair of Neurology at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
Ichizo Nishino, MD, PhD
Director, Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
Jantima Taboon, MD
Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Guochun Wang, MD
Professor, Director of the Rheumatology Department and the Key Laboratory of Myositis, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
iMyoS Fundraising committee
Rohit Aggarwal, MD
Associate Professor, UPMC Myositis Center, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ingrid Lundberg, MD
Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Silke Schlüter
Treasurer of iMyoS and Chair of the „Myositis-Gruppe“, the German Patient Support Group for Myositis - in the German Society for Muscular disorders (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e.V. – DGM), Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany
Jens Schmidt, MD, FEAN, FAAN
Chair of iMyoS and Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology and Pain Treatment, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, University Hospital of the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany
Jiří Vencovský, MD, DSc
Vice-Director, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic