Dr Osama Alalwan is a consultant in rheumatology at Salmaniya Hospital, Bahrain. He graduated from Arabian Gulf University in 2009. He is board certified in internal medicine since 2016. Thereafter, he joined the rheumatology unit of Salmaniya Hospital. Dr Alalwan pursued his training in rheumatology by completing a 2-year international fellowship program in Ireland from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) in April 2023. He has a special interest in inflammatory arthritis, musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) and SLE. He received the EULAR Competency Assessment Certificate in MSUS in July 2024. He got MSc in Clinical Trials with merit from the University of Edinburgh in August 2024.