Robert Lambert

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept

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Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept

Email: rlambert@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 407-6907
Address: WMC 2A2.41 Mackenzie Health Science Centre
8440 - 112 St

Edmonton AB

T6G 2B7

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Dr. Robert Lambert is currently appointed as Professor & Chair in the Department of Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

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ASAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REQUESTING AND REPORTING IMAGING EXAMINATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

A DEEP LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR MRI DETECTION OF ACTIVE INFLAMMATORY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE SACROILIAC JOINT CONSISTENT WITH AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE STUDY

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

VALIDATION OF THE SPARCC MRI-RETIC E-TOOL FOR INCREASING SCORING PROFICIENCY OF MRI LESIONS IN AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

STRUCTURAL OUTCOMES IN THE SACROILIAC JOINT AFTER IXEKIZUMAB TREATMENT FOR 16 WEEKS IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE NON-RADIOGRAPHIC AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS STRATIFIED BY GENDER, HLA-B27, AND BASELINE MRI INFLAMMATION

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE, INFLAMMATION, AND THE EFFECT OF ADALIMUMAB (OKINADA): A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

MRI SPINAL LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITHOUT MRI OR RADIOGRAPHIC LESIONS IN THE SACROILIAC JOINTS TYPICAL OF AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON A STANDARDIZED IMAGE ACQUISITION PROTOCOL FOR DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF THE SACROILIAC JOINTS BY MRI - AN ASAS-SPARTAN COLLABORATION

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

DATA-DRIVEN MRI DEFINITIONS FOR ACTIVE AND STRUCTURAL SACROILIAC JOINT LESIONS IN JUVENILE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS TYPICAL OF AXIAL DISEASE

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

CONSENSUS-DRIVEN DEFINITION FOR UNEQUIVOCAL SACROILIITIS ON RADIOGRAPHS IN JUVENILE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

DEVELOPMENT, REFINEMENT AND WEIGHTING OF CANDIDATE CRITERIA FOR AXIAL DISEASE IN JUVENILE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

2022 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2022 June;

MRI lesions of the spine in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: An update of lesion definitions and validation by the ASAS MRI working group

Baraliakos X., Østergaard M., Lambert R.G.W., Eshed I., Machado P.M., Pedersen S.J., Weber U., De Hooge M., Sieper J., Poddubnyy D., Rudwaleit M., Van Der Heijde D., Landewé R.B.M., Maksymowych W.

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2022 May; 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-222081

Improving the design of RCTs in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

Maksymowych W.P., Lambert R.G.W., Caplan L., van den Bosch F.E., Østergaard M.

Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 2022 May; 18 (8):481-489 10.1038/s41584-022-00789-1

Future of Low-Dose Computed Tomography and Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Diekhoff T., Hermann K.G.A., Lambert R.G.

Current Rheumatology Reports. 2022 April; 24 (6):198-205 10.1007/s11926-022-01075-5

MRI in axial spondyloarthritis: understanding an �ASAS-positive MRI’ and the ASAS classification criteria

Diekhoff T., Lambert R., Hermann K.G.

SKELETAL RADIOLOGY. 2022 February; 51 (9):1721-1730 10.1007/s00256-022-04018-4

Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis cohort (AXIS): the protocol of a joint project of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)

Poddubnyy D., Baraliakos X., Van den Bosch F., Braun J., Coates L.C., Chandran V., Diekhoff T., van Gaalen F.A., Gensler L.S., Goel N., Gottlieb A.B., van der Heijde D., Helliwell P.S., Hermann K.G.A., Jadon D., Lambert R.G., Maksymowych W.P., Mease P., Nash P., Proft F., Protopopov M., Sieper J., Torgutalp M., Gladman D.D.

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease. 2021 December; 13 10.1177/1759720X211057975

Data-driven MRI Definitions for Active and Structural Sacroiliac Joint Lesions in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis Typical of Axial Disease

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

The OMERACT Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: Validation of Quantitative Methodologies and Tri-compartmental Overlays by Comparison with the MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Scoring MRI Structural Lesions in Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: How Many Slices Are Optimal?

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Quantitative Assessment of Volumetric Change in Hip Effusion Using Artificial Intelligence in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Effects of Ixekizumab Treatment on Structural Changes in the Sacroiliac Joints Based on MRI Assessments at 16 Weeks in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Does Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joint and Spine Differ in Patients Presenting with Undiagnosed Back Pain and Psoriasis, Acute Anterior Uveitis, and Colitis: An Inception Cohort Study

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Development of Candidate Criteria for Axial Disease in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis: An International Collaboration

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Data-driven Definitions Based on Inflammatory Lesions for a Positive MRI of the Spine Consistent with Axial Spondyloarthritis

2021 ACR Annual Meeting. 2021 November;

Atlas of MRI findings of sacroiliitis in pediatric sacroiliac joints to accompany the updated preliminary OMERACT pediatric JAMRIS (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis MRI Score) scoring system: Part I: Active lesions

Herregods N., Maksymowych W.P., Jans L.B.O., Otobo T.M., Sudol-Szopinska I., Meyers A.B., Van Rossum M.A.J., Kirkhus E., Panwar J., Appenzeller S., Weiss P., Tse S.M.L., Doria A.S., Lambert R.G.W., Jaremko J.L.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 October; 51 (5):1089-1098 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.003

Atlas of MRI findings of sacroiliitis in pediatric sacroiliac joints to accompany the updated preliminary OMERACT pediatric JAMRIS (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis MRI Score) scoring system: Part II: Structural damage lesions

Herregods N., Maksymowych W.P., Jans L.B.O., Otobo T.M., Sudol-Szopinska I., Meyers A.B., Van Rossum M.A.J., Kirkhus E., Panwar J., Appenzeller S., Weiss P., Tse S.M.L., Doria A.S., Lambert R.G.W., Jaremko J.L.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 October; 51 (5):1099-1107 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.009

Reliability of the preliminary omeract juvenile idiopathic arthritis mri score (Omeract jamris-sij)

Otobo T.M., Herregods N., Jaremko J.L., Sudol-szopinska I., Maksymowych W.P., Meyers A.B., Weiss P., Tse S., Paschke J., Moineddin R., Haroon N., Tzaribachev N., Appenzeller S., Papakonstantinou O., Kirkhus E., van Rossum M.A.J., Carrino J., Conaghan P.G., Tolend M., Stimec J., Jans L., Lambert R.G., Rumsey D., Doria A.S.

Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021 October; 10 (19) 10.3390/jcm10194564

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the normal pediatric sacroiliac joint space that can simulate disease

Herregods N., Jans L.B.O., Paschke J., De Buyser S.L., Renson T., Dehoorne J., Joos R., Lambert R.G.W., Jaremko J.L.

PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY. 2021 September; 51 (13):2530-2538 10.1007/s00247-021-05168-8

Joint and entheseal inflammation in the knee region in spondyloarthritis - reliability and responsiveness of two OMERACT whole-body MRI scores

Wetterslev M., Maksymowych W.P., Lambert R.G., Eshed I., Pedersen S.J., Stoenoiu M.S., Krabbe S., Bird P., Foltz V., Mathew A.J., Gandjbakhch F., Paschke J., Carron P., De Marco G., Marzo-Ortega H., Poulsen A.E., Jaremko J.L., Conaghan P.G., Østergaard M.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 August; 51 (4):933-939 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.05.013

Blurring and irregularity of the subchondral cortex in pediatric sacroiliac joints on T1 images: incidence of normal findings that can mimic erosions

Herregods N, Lambert RGW, Schiettecatte E, Dehoorne J, Renson T, Laloo F, Van Den Berghe T, Jans LBO, Jaremko JL.

ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH. 2021 July; 10.1002/acr.24746

Imaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis: What is Relevant for Diagnosis in Daily Practice?

Weber U., Jurik A.G., Lambert R.G.W., Maksymowych W.P.

Current Rheumatology Reports. 2021 July; 23 (8) 10.1007/s11926-021-01030-w

Arthritis and enthesitis in the hip and pelvis region in spondyloarthritis - Validation of 2 whole-body MRI methods.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Data-driven definitions based on inflammatory lesions for a positive MRI of the spine consistent with axial spondyloarthritis.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Does imaging of the sacroiliac joint differ in patients presenting with undiagnosed back pain and psoriasis, acute anterior uveitis, and colitis: An inception cohort study.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Improving osteoarthritis care by automatic measurement of hip effusion using AI.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Reliability and responsiveness of 2 OMERACT whole-body MRI scores of entheseal and joint inflammation in the knee region in spondyloarthritis.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Sacroiliac joint MRI abnormalities in juvenile spondyloarthritis: An update of definitions and scoring of the OMERACT juvenile idiopathic arthritis MRI score.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

Scoring MRI structural lesions in sacroiliac joints of patients with axial spondyloarthritis: How many slices are optimal?

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

The OMERACT Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: Validation of quantitative methodologies and tricompartmental overlays by comparison with the MRI osteoarthritis knee score.

2021 EULAR Annual Meeting. 2021 June;

The OMERACT Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: Validation of quantitative methodologies and tri-compartmental overlays in osteoarthritis

Maksymowych W.P., McReynolds A., Pedersen S.J., Weber U., Paschke J., Wichuk S., Jaremko J.L., Lambert R.G.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 June; 51 (4):925-928 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.05.014

Volumetric quantitative measurement of hip effusions by manual versus automated artificial intelligence techniques: An OMERACT preliminary validation study

Jaremko J.L., Felfeliyan B., Hareendranathan A., Thejeel B., Vanessa Q.L., Østergaard M., Conaghan P.G., Lambert R.G.W., Ronsky J.L., Maksymowych W.P.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 June; 51 (3):623-626 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.03.009

Arthritis and enthesitis in the hip and pelvis region in spondyloarthritis - OMERACT validation of two whole-body MRI methods

Wetterslev M., Lambert R.G., Maksymowych W.P., Eshed I., Pedersen S.J., Bird P., Stoenoiu M.S., Krabbe S., Mathew A.J., Foltz V., Gandjbakhch F., Paschke J., De Marco G., Marzo-Ortega H., Carron P., Poulsen A.E., Jaremko J.L., Conaghan P.G., Østergaard M.

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 2021 May; 51 (4):940-945 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.05.006

Normal subchondral high T2 signal on MRI mimicking sacroiliitis in children: frequency, age distribution, and relationship to skeletal maturity

Herregods N., Jans L.B.O., Chen M., Paschke J., De Buyser S.L., Renson T., Dehoorne J., Joos R., Lambert R.G.W., Jaremko J.L.

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2021 May; 31 (5):3498-3507 10.1007/s00330-020-07328-0

Development of a technique for MRI gold-standard direct volumetric measurement of complex joint effusion, and validation at the hip

Quinn-Laurin V., Bostick G.P., Thejeel B., Mandegaran R., Steer K.J.D., Lambert R.G.W., Jaremko J.L.

SKELETAL RADIOLOGY. 2021 April; 50 (4):781-787 10.1007/s00256-020-03630-6

Low-dose computed tomography for axial spondyloarthritis: update on use and limitations

Lambert R.G.W., Hermann K.G.A., Diekhoff T.

CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY. 2021 April; 33 (4):326-332 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000803

Response to: 'Correspondence on 'MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joints of patients with spondyloarthritis: An update of definitions and validation by the ASAS MRI working group'' by Jibri et al

Maksymowych W.P., Lambert R.G.W., Østergaard M., Baraliakos X.

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2021 March; 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220078

Data-driven definitions for active and structural MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joint in spondyloarthritis and their predictive utility

Walter P Maksymowych, Robert G Lambert, Xenofon Baraliakos, Ulrich Weber, Pedro M Machado, Susanne J Pedersen, Manouk de Hooge, Joachim Sieper, Stephanie Wichuk, Denis Poddubnyy, Martin Rudwaleit, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert Landewe, Iris Eshed, Mikkel Ostergaard

RHEUMATOLOGY. 2021 February; 10.1093/rheumatology/keab099

Structural changes in the sacroiliac joint on MRI and relationship to ASDAS inactive disease in axial spondyloarthritis: a 2-year study comparing treatment with etanercept in EMBARK to a contemporary control cohort in DESIR

Maksymowych W.P., Claudepierre P., de Hooge M., Lambert R.G., Landewé R., Molto A., van der Heijde D., Bukowski J.F., Jones H., Pedersen R., Szumski A., Vlahos B., Dougados M.

ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2021 January; 23 (1):1-14 10.1186/s13075-021-02428-8

Bone Marrow Lesion Scores in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Undergoing Tibial Osteotomy: Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System (KIMRISS)

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November; 10:2239-41

Consensus Definitions for MRI Lesions in the Spine of Patients with Axial Spondylo arthritis: First Analysis from the Assessments in SpondyloArthritis International Society Classification Cohort

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November;

Performance of Three Referral Algorithms for Diagnosing Axial Spon dyloarthritis: Results from the Screening in Axial Spondyloarthritis for Psoriasis, Iritis, and Colitis Cohort

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November;

Preliminary Definition of a Positive MRI for Active Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints Typical of Axial Spondyloarthritis

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November;

Preliminary Definition of a Positive MRI for Structural Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints in Axial Spondyloarthritis

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November;

The Relative Diagnostic Utility of Inflammatory Back Pain Criteria in an Inception Cohort of Patients with Psoriasis, Iritis, and Colitis Presenting with Undiagnosed Back Pain

2020 ACR Annual Meeting. 2020 November;