Committees

Executive Committee
Kristina Callis Duffin, President	Oliver FitzGerald, Vice President and President-Elect	Arthur Kavanaugh, At Large
Philip Mease, Treasurer	Philip Helliwell, Immediate Past President	Vinod Chandran, At Large
Joseph Merola, At Large

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	Joel Gelfand, Co-Chair	Philip Helliwell
Maarten de Wit	Ingrid Steinkoenig

Education Committee
Plan joint rheumatology - dermatology continuing medical education symposia.
Philip Mease, Co-Chair	Amit Garg, Co-Chair	Ade Adebajo
April Armstrong	Kristina Callis Duffin	Philip Helliwell
Katy, Ling Ling Leung	Roland MacDonald	Ashish Mathew
Enrique Soriano

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

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
Rodrigo Firmino	Ashish Mathew

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
Philip Mease	Alexis Ogdie	Vibeke Strand

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.
Denis O'Sullivan, Chair	Ingrid Steinkoenig, Chair-Elect	Kristina Callis Duffin
Arthur Kavanaugh

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

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

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
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

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

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

Steering Committee
A.O. Adebajo	April Armstrong	Kristina Callis Duffin
Alberto Cauli	Vinod Chandran	Laura Coates
Atul Deodhar	Oliver FitzGerald	Dafna Gladman
Alice Gottlieb	Philip Helliwell	Elaine Husni
Arthur Kavanaugh	Ennio Lubrano	Walter Maksymowych
Philip Mease	Joseph Merola	Peter Nash
Alexis Ogdie	Ana-Maria Orbai	Denis O'Sullivan
Christopher Ritchlin	Jose Scher	Stefan Siebert
Evan Siegel	Enrique Soriano	Ingrid Steinkoenig
Vibeke Strand	Diamant Thaçi

Training Modules
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

Treatment Recommendations Committee
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	Philip Mease, Co-Chair
Christopher Ritchlin, Co-Chair	Denis O'Sullivan	Sherry Rohekar
Ingrid Steinkoenig

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