Robert Lambert, MBBCh, FRCR, FRCPC

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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About

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

Research

Dr. Lambert’s primary research interests are MSK MRI and imaging of arthritis often involving networks of international investigators. This includes the development and clinical validation of image-based definitions and scoring tools for assessment of spondyloarthritis (SpA) and osteoarthritis, and randomized trials of arthritis therapy. He has published 170 peer-reviewed articles, 5 book chapters, and hundreds of abstracts.

Featured Publications

Development of international consensus on a standardised image acquisition protocol for diagnostic evaluation of the sacroiliac joints by MRI: an ASAS–SPARTAN collaboration

Robert G W Lambert, Xenofon Baraliakos, Stephanie A Bernard, John A Carrino, Torsten Diekhoff, Iris Eshed, Kay Geert A Hermann, Nele Herregods, Jacob Jaremko, Lennart BO Jans, Anne Grethe Jurik, John M D O'Neill, Monique Reijnierse, Michael J Tuite, Walter P Maksymowych

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2024 December; 10.1136/ard-2024-225882

Reporting Sacroiliac Joint Imaging Performed for Known or Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis: Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Recommendations

Torsten Diekhoff, Iris Eshed, Chiara Giraudo, Hildrun Haibel, Kay Geert A. Hermann, Manouk de Hooge, Lennart Jans, Anne Grethe Jurik, Robert G. Lambert, Pedro Machado, Michael Mallinson, Walter P. Maksymowych, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Mikkel Østergaard, Susanne J. Pedersen, Monique Reijnierse, Martin Rudwaleit, Fernando Sommerfleck, Ulrich Weber, Xenofon Baraliakos, Denis Poddubnyy

Radiology. 2024 June; 10.1148/radiol.231786

Erosions on T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Versus Radiography of Sacroiliac Joints in Recent-Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis: 2-Year Data (EMBARK Trial and DESIR Cohort)

Walter P. Maksymowych, Pascal Claudepierre, Manouk de Hooge, Robert G. Lambert, Robert Landewé, Anna Molto, Désirée van der Heijde, Jack F. Bukowski, Heather Jones, Ron Pedersen, Annette Szumski, Bonnie Vlahos, Maxime Dougados

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2024 May; 10.3899/jrheum.2023-0906

Hip and pelvis region MRI reference image atlas for scoring inflammation in peripheral joints and entheses according to the OMERACT-MRI WIPE scoring system in patients with spondyloarthritis

Mikkel Østergaard, Robert GW Lambert, Anna EF Hadsbjerg, Iris Eshed, Walter P Maksymowych, Ashish J Mathew, Lennart Jans, Susanne J Pedersen, Philippe Carron, Yasser Emad, Gabriele De Marco, Paul Bird, Maria S Stoenoiu, Violaine Foltz, Joel Paschke, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Signe Møller-Bisgaard, Philip G Conaghan, Marie Wetterslev

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024 February; 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152383

Consensus-Driven Definition for Unequivocal Sacroiliitis on Radiographs in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis

Pamela F. Weiss, Timothy G. Brandon, Robert G. Lambert, David M. Biko, Nancy A. Chauvin, Michael L. Francavilla, Nele Herregods, Alison M. Hendry, Walter P. Maksymowych

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2023 September; 10.3899/jrheum.2022-0890

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

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

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

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

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

The OMERACT Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: Validation of Quantitative Methodologies and Tri-compartmental Overlays in Osteoarthritis

Walter P Maksymowych, Andrew McReynolds, Susanne J Pedersen, Ulrich Weber, Joel Paschke, Stephanie Wichuk, Jacob L. Jaremko, Robert G Lambert

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2021 June; 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.05.014

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outcomes and Findings of the International Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) BIODAM Cohort for Validation of Soluble Biomarkers in RA

Walter P. Maksymowych, Oliver FitzGerald, Mikkel Østergaard, Joanne Homik, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert G. Lambert, Ori Elkayam, Sofia Ramiro, J. Carter Thorne, Maggie J. Larché, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Marina Backhaus, Gerd R. Burmester, Gilles Boire, Bernard Combe, Thierry Schaeverbeke, Alain Saraux, Maxime Dougados, Maurizio Rossini, Marcello Govoni, Luigi Sinigaglia, Alain Cantagrel, Cheryl Barnabe, Clifton O. Bingham, III, Paul P. Tak, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Hilde Berner Hammer, Joel Paschke, Rana Dadashova, Edna Hutchings, Alexandre Sepriano, Robert Landewé

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2020 June; 10.3899/jrheum.190302

Canada-Denmark MRI scoring system of the spine in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: updated definitions, scoring rules and inter-reader reliability in a multiple reader setting

Simon Krabbe, Mikkel Østergaard, Susanne J Pedersen, Ulrich Weber, Georg Kröber, Walter Makysmowych, Robert G W Lambert

RMD Open. 2019 October; 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001057

Development and Validation of an OMERACT MRI Whole-Body Score for Inflammation in Peripheral Joints and Entheses in Inflammatory Arthritis (MRI-WIPE)

Simon Krabbe, Iris Eshed, Frédérique Gandjbakhch, Susanne J. Pedersen, Paul Bird, Ashish J. Mathew, Robert G. Lambert, Walter P. Maksymowych, Daniel Glinatsi, Maria S. Stoenoiu, René Poggenborg, Lennart Jans, Jacob L. Jaremko, Nele Herregods, Violaine Foltz, Philip G. Conaghan, Christian E. Althoff, Joel Paschke, Charles Peterfy, Kay-Geert A. Hermann, Mikkel Østergaard

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2019 September; 10.3899/jrheum.181084

OMERACT Hip Inflammation Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring System (HIMRISS) Assessment in Longitudinal Study

Jacob L. Jaremko, Robert G.W. Lambert, Susanne J. Pedersen, Ulrich Weber, Duncan Lindsay, Zeid Al-Ani, Kieran Steer, Marcus Pianta, Stephanie Wichuk, Walter P. Maksymowych

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2019 September; 10.3899/jrheum.181043

The OMERACT MRI in Enthesitis Initiative: Definitions of Key Pathologies, Suggested MRI Sequences, and a Novel Heel Enthesitis Scoring System

Ashish J. Mathew, Simon Krabbe, Iris Eshed, Frédérique Gandjbakhch, Paul Bird, Susanne J. Pedersen, Maria S. Stoenoiu, Violaine Foltz, Daniel Glinatsi, Robert G. Lambert, Kay Geert A. Hermann, Walter P. Maksymowych, Ida K. Haugen, Jacob L. Jaremko, René P. Poggenborg, Joel Paschke, Jean-Denis Laredo, Philippe Carron, Philip G. Conaghan, Mikkel Østergaard

The Journal of Rheumatology. 2019 September; 10.3899/jrheum.181093