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Lianne Simone Gensler, M.D.

Director, Ankylosing Spondylitis Clinic

Dr. Lianne Gensler is a rheumatologist at UCSF Medical Center and director of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Clinic, which treats an inflammatory disease that primarily causes pain and inflammation in the spine and the joints between the spine and pelvis.

Gensler earned a medical degree at the University of California, Irvine. She completed an internal medicine residency, chief residency and rheumatology fellowship at UCSF and then joined the medical staff in Rheumatology. Her primary research interest is in studying the disease progression of ankylosing spondylitis and identifying the predictors of osteoporosis development in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. She is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF.

Clinics

Ankylosing Spondylitis Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353–2305
Fax: (415) 353–2530

Hours: Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B-1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2497
Fax: (415) 353-2530

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Rheumatology Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353–2497
Fax: (415) 353–2530

Hours: Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Scleroderma Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353–2497
Fax: (415) 353–2530

Hours: Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Lianne Simone Gensler

Education

UC Irvine School of Medicine 2001

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Internal Medicine 2005

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Rheumatology 2008

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Bethi S, Dasgupta A, Weisman MH, Learch TJ, Gensler LS, Davis JC, Reveille JD, Ward MM. Functional limitations due to axial and peripheral joint impairments in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: are focused measures more informative? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Apr; 65(4):607-14.
  2. Yazdany J, Schmajuk G, Robbins M, Daikh D, Beall A, Yelin E, Barton J, Carlson A, Margaretten M, Zell J, Gensler LS, Kelly V, Saag K, King C. Choosing wisely: The American College of Rheumatology's top 5 list of things physicians and patients should question. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Mar; 65(3):329-39.
  3. Ward MM, Learch TJ, Gensler LS, Davis JC, Reveille JD, Weisman MH. Regional radiographic damage and functional limitations in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: Differences in early and late disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Feb; 65(2):257-65.
  4. Gensler L, Inman R, Deodhar A. The "knowns" and "unknowns" of biologic therapy in ankylosing spondylitis. Am J Med Sci. 2012 May; 343(5):360-3.
  5. Joshi R, Reveille JD, Brown MA, Weisman MH, Ward MM, Gensler LS, Wordsworth BP, Evans DM, Assassi S. Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 May; 64(5):780-4.
  6. Barton JL, Pincus L, Yazdany J, Richman N, McCalmont TH, Gensler L, Dall'era M, Fye KH. Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Case Rep Rheumatol. 2011; 2011:242681.
  7. Gensler LS, Ward MM, Reveille JD, Learch TJ, Weisman MH, Davis JC. Clinical, radiographic and functional differences between juvenile-onset and adult-onset ankylosing spondylitis: results from the PSOAS cohort. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Feb; 67(2):233-7.
  8. Gensler L, Davis JC. Recognition and treatment of juvenile-onset spondyloarthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2006 Sep; 18(5):507-11.
  9. Leeper NJ, Wener LS, Dhaliwal G, Saint S, Wachter RM. Clinical problem-solving. One surprise after another. N Engl J Med. 2005 Apr 7; 352(14):1474-9.
  10. Wener L, Boyle CD. Splenic scintiscanning in the preoperative diagnosis of subcapsular hematoma. N Engl J Med. 1967 Jul 6; 277(1):35-7.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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