(ASHAD)
founded in 2003
| Baskan (President): |
Doç. Dr. Tuncay DURUÖZ |
| Kurucu Üye (Board members): |
Prof. Dr. Bülent BÜTÜN
(Antalya) |
| International contacts |
Doç. Dr. Tuncay DURUÖZ (physiatrist
and rheumatologist), Celal Bayar University, Medical School, PM&R
Department, Rheumatology Division, Manisa, 45010, Turkey,
Prof. Dr. Bülent BÜTÜN, Akdeniz University Medical School, PM&R Department, Rheumatology Division, Antalya, Turkey. |
| Membership
1. Jan. 2012 |
92 members, 84 of them with ankylosing spondylitis |
| Local branches | Ankara and Antalya (will be founded in 3 months) |
| Medical advisor | Prof. Dr. Hasim ÇAKIRBAY, Fatih University Medical School, PM&R Deparment, Ankara, Turkey |
| Newsletter | We are planning to publish online newsletter (4 issues per year) on our website (www.ashad.org) in 2012 |
| Publications | 3
brochure (information about AS and exercises) Patient version of ASAS/EULAR recommendation for AS treatment in Turkish. http://romatizma.dergisi.org/text.php3?id=324 |
| Most
important events in past and coming year: |
In
2009: Local meetings such as Euroasia AS meeting in Istanbul, on April
2009 ASHAD had a booth at 5th World Congress of PM&R on June 2009. In 2010: Local meetings in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Manisa In 2011: ASHAD hosted 10th ASIF Council Meeting (www.asif2011.org) In 2012: Euroasia AS meeting in Istanbul, on March 2012 In 2012: National AS Meeting in Izmir ASHAD participate ASLEEP project. ASHAD support «Which bed for which AS patient ?» project. ASHAD support «what is important for AS patient ?» project |
| Membership fee | 6 YTL (about 3€) per year |
| To the ASIF Homepage |