Lianne Gensler, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-353-2497

Dr. Lianne Gensler is a rheumatologist and serves as director of the UCSF Ankylosing Spondylitis Clinic, which is dedicated to care for this inflammatory disease.

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Gensler's primary research interest is the disease progression of axial spondyloarthritis (a category that includes ankylosing spondylitis). Her research also seeks to identify predictors of osteoporosis development in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Gensler earned her medical degree at the University of California, Irvine. She completed an internal medicine residency, chief residency and rheumatology fellowship at UCSF, and subsequently joined the medical staff in the rheumatology program.

Awards

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  • Ira M. Goldstein Teaching award in Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2015
  • Research Mentoring Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2015
  • Spondylitis Association Young Investigator Award, 2012

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • Certificate Medicine (Advance Training in Clinical Research) University of California, San Francisco 2008
  • Rheumatology Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 2008
  • Chief Resident University of California, San Francisco 2005
  • Residency, Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2004
  • M.D. School of Medicine University of California Irvine 2001
  • B.S. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics University of California, Los Angeles 1995

Interests

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  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • biomarkers
  • Spondyloarthritis
  • outcomes
  • Axial Spondyloarthritis

Websites

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Publications (200)

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Maintenance ChemotherapyEnthesopathyAntirheumatic AgentsNetwork Meta-AnalysisCertolizumab PegolSpondylitis, AnkylosingSpondylarthritisAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedArthritis, PsoriaticRheumatologyAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalSacroiliitisSpondylitisUstekinumabHLA-B27 Antigen

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