Dr. Payam Azali is a Swedish Board-Certified consultant rheumatologist with over 12 years of clinical experience in Europe and the UAE. His professional journey includes completing a five-year postgraduate specialist education at the Karolinska Institute, Danderyds University Hospital, and Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. He has over 10 years of clinical experience as a specialist and senior consultant rheumatologist at these hospitals in Stockholm and has also worked as a consultant rheumatologist at hospitals in Dubai and Sharjah.He served as the head of the rheumatology department at Danderyds University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, for 10 years. He continues to work remotely as a senior consultant rheumatologist at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm.He is a member of the Swedish Rheumatology Society (SRF), the Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR), and the Emirates Medical Association (EMA).