Lianne Gensler, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

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

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Dr. Gensler's primary research interest is the disease progression of axial spondyloarthritis (a category that includes ankylosing spondylitis) and comorbidities.

Dr. 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 faculty in the department of Medicine and division of rheumatology .

Awards

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  • The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, University of California, San Francisco, 2025
  • GME Award for Excellence and Innovation, University of California, San Francisco, 2024
  • Master Clinician, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
  • 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, Spondylitis Association of America, 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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  • outcomes
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Axial Spondyloarthritis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • biomarkers
  • Spondyloarthritis

Websites

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Publications (260)

Top publication keywords:
Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedSpondylitis, AnkylosingArthritis, PsoriaticAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalUstekinumabSeverity of Illness IndexSpondylitisRheumatologySacroiliitisAntirheumatic AgentsCertolizumab PegolHLA-B27 AntigenDouble-Blind MethodEnthesopathySpondylarthritis

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