Levels’ 1 & 2 Sonographers in Europe Spain • Marcos Cerqueira • Carlos Manuel Feced Olmos • Diego Saaibi • Orlando Villota Italy • Dr. Andrea Di Matteo • Dr. Valentina Lato • Dr. Alessandro Ciapetti (Japan) • Ryo Rokutanda UK • Dr Helen Harris (Fife) • Dr Rainer Klocke (Dudley) • Dr Anupam Paul (Middlesbrough) • Dr Susan Earl (Devon and Exeter) • Dr Sarang Chitale (level 2) (Wigan and Leigh) • Dr Andrew Russell (level 1) (Carlisle) • Dr Sanjay Pathare (level 1) (South Tees) • Dr Hazem Youssef (level 2) (Aberdeen) • Dr Ismael Atchia (level 2) (Newcastle) • Dr Ravik Mascarenhas (Devon and Exeter) • Dr Lucy Maggiori (Dumfries) • Dr Neil McKay (Edinburgh) • Dr Mhairi Brandon (level 1) (Glasgow) • Dr Sarang Chitale ()Wigan and Leigh) • Dr Hazem Youssef (Aberdeen) • Dr Nicola Alcorn (level 2) (Aberdeen) Switzerland • Dr. med. Laure Brulhart, Neuenburger Krankenhäuser, La Chaux-de-Fonds • PD Dr. med. Adrian Ciurea, Universitätsspital Zürich • Prof. Dr. med. Burkhard Möller, Inselspital Bern • Dr. med. Michael Nissen, Universitätsspital Genf • PD Dr. med. Pascal Zufferey, Universitätsspital Lausanne • KD Dr. med. Sandra Blumhart, Universitätsspital Zürich • Dr. med. Andreas Krebs, Universitätsspital Zürich • Dr. med. Andrea Stärkle-Bär, Uster • Dr. med. Raphael Micheroli, Universitätsspital Zürich • Dr. med. Michael Andor, Uster • Dr. med. Christian Marx, Uster • Dr. med. Gion Caliezi, Bern Level 3 sonographers in Europe Austria • Peter Mandl, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, 18-20 Währinger Gürtel, 1090 Vienna, Austria. • Christian Dejaco, PhD, Medizinische Universität Graz, Auenbruggerplaz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria Belgium • Maria Stoenoiu Bulgaria • Rodina Nestorova, MD, Rheumatologist Rheumatology Centre St. Irina, Director of the Centre 5 Jeko voivoda Str, Darvenitza, Sofia 1756, Bulgaria. Denmark • Lene Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark • Marcin Szkudlarek, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hospital at Køge, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark • Søren Torp-Pedersen, MD, Department of Diagnostics Radiology Section, Glostrup Hospital, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark France • Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital, APHP Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Inserm U987, 9 avenue Charles de Gaulles, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Frédérique Gandjbakhch, MD, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, Sorbonne Universités, GRC-08 (EEMOIS); APHP, Rheumatology Dept., Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital, 85 boulevard de l’hopital, 75013 Paris, France • Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, MD, Rheumatologist, musculoskeletal sonographer, Cavale blanche university hospital, 29200 BREST, France Finland • Juhani Koski, MD, PhD, consulting rheumatologist, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Porrassalmenkatu 35-37, 50100 Mikkeli, Finland Germany • Herbert Kellner • Wolfgang Hartung • Marina Backhaus, Prof, MD, Park-Klinik Weißensee Berlin, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Schoenstr. 80, D-13086 Berlin, Germany. • Wolfgang A. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. med., Immanuel Krankenhaus, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin – Buch, Lindenberger Weg 19, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Hungary • Peter V. Balint, MD, PhD, FRCP (Glasgow), Head of Department, 3rd Rheumatology Department National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, 25-29 Frankel L St, Budapest 1023, Hungary Ireland • David Kane, Prof, PhD FRCPI, Consultant Rheumatologist & Physician, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland (for correspondence). Clinical Professor in Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland. • Gary Wright, BSc MD FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA Italy • Emilio Filippucci • Walter Grassi • Marwin Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Rheumatology. Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche. Via Dei Colli, 52 (60035) Jesi, Ancona, Italy. • Annamaria Iagnocco, prof., Rheumatology Unit Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Roma, Italy Norway • Andreas Diamantopoulos, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust Kristiansand, Norway • Hilde Berner Hammer, MD, PhD, Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 Vinderen, 0319 Oslo, Norway Northern Ireland • Allister Taggart, MD, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland Poland • Artur Bachta, MD, PhD, senior assistant Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Military Medical Institute, ul. Szaserow 128; 04-141 Warszawa, Poland Portugal • Margarida Alexandre Oliveira, MD, Rheumatologist, Head of the Unit of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira, Covilhã- Portugal Rumania • Violeta Vlad, MD, PhD, Senior Specialist Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Bucharest, Ion Mihalache 37-39, Sector 1, 011170, Mihaela Micu Daniela Fodor, Bucharest, Rumania. Serbia • Nemanja Damjanov, MD PhD, Full Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Director of the Institute, Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Resavska 69, Serbia. Spain • David Bong, Instituto Poal de Reumatología, Barcelona, Spain • Lucía Mayordomo, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain • Ingrid Möller, MD, PhD, Professor, Instituto Poal de Reumatología, Barcelona, Spain • Esperanza Naredo, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital GU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain • Jacqueline Uson, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain Switzerland • Hans-Rudolf Ziswiler, MD, OsteoRheuma Bern, Bahnhofplatz 1, CH- 3011 Bern, Switzerland • Giorgio Tamborrini, MD, Ultrasound Center Basel, Aeschenvorstadt 68, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, irheuma.com • Dr. med. Stefano Bianchi, CIM The Netherlands • George AW Bruyn, MD, PhD, Chair, department of Rheumatology, MC groep hospitals, Lelystad, The Netherlands • Nanno Swen, MD, PhD, department of Rheumatology, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, The Netherlands The UK • Phill Platt (Newcastle) • Zunaid Karim (Mid Yorkshire) • Allister Taggart (Belfast) • Carlos Acebes (Spain at present) • Cristina Estrach (Liverpool) • Anna Ciechomska (University Hospital Wishaw and Glasgow Royal Infirmary) Turkey • Levent Özçakar, MD, Professor, Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. .