Lindsy J. Forbess, MD, MSc Staff Physician, Rheumatology
Email: Lindsy.Forbess@cshs.org Phone: (310) 423-2170 Fax: (310) 423-6898

Awards and Activities

Master's Degree, Clinical Investigation, Weill Cornell Medical College	2012
Distinguished Fellow Award, American College of Rheumatology	2011

Research Focus

Therapeutic trials, outcome measures, pre-clinical biomarkers, genetic susceptibility and environmental risk for pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases with a particular focus on vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus.Therapeutic trials, outcome measures, pre-clinical biomarkers, genetic susceptibility and environmental risk for pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases with a particular focus on vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Current investigations include:

Biomarkers for disease activity in large-vessel vasculitis; imaging techniques in vasculitis; therapeutic trials in vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus; outcome measures to determine clinical efficacy in systemic lupus erythematosus; determinants of genetic susceptibility to developing vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Selected Publications

1. Gordon C, Wallace DJ, Shinada S, Kalunian KC, Forbess L, Braunstein GD, Weisman MH: Testosterone patches in the management of patients with mild/moderate systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(3): 334-8, 2008
2. Forbess LJ, Bass AR: Update in rheumatology: evidence published in 2011. Ann. Intern. Med., 157(2): 114-9, 2012
3. Forbess LJ, Fields TR: The broad spectrum of urate crystal deposition: unusual presentations of gouty tophi. Semin. Arthritis Rheum., 42(2): 146-54, 2012