Prof. Boulos Haraoui, MD FRCPC is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and head of the Clinical Research Unit in Rheumatology at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal.
Dr Haraoui received his medical degree from St. Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. Following his post graduate training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of Montreal, he completed a research Fellowship at the Arthritis Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
He is a founding member and vice-chairman of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC). He also chairs the Canadian Initiative in Outcomes in Rheumatology Care (CIORA), the research granting committee of the CRA
Doctor Haraoui is a Past-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Canadian Rheumatology Association.
He was an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a member of the Subspecialty Committee on Rheumatology of the RCPSC. He is also a past chairman of the Laurentian Conference of Rheumatology
Doctor Haraoui serves on several provincial, national and international educational and advisory committees, especially on issues pertaining to the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis.