Susan J. Lee, MD

Lee, Susan J., MD

Susan J. Lee, MD
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor

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Dr. Lee received her MD (Medicine) from Case Western Reserve University in 1997. In 2000, she was certified in internal medicine and in 2003 certified in rheumatology.

Research Interests

  • Inflammatory arthritis
  • Autoimmune diseases

Clinic Focus

  • Inflammatory arthritis
  • Autoimmune diseases

Clinical Profile and Appointments

Clinic Practice Locations

Perlman Medical Offices and Hillcrest Medical Offices South

Selected Publications

  1. Kavanaugh A, Rosengren S, Lee SJ, Hammaker D, Firestein G, Kalunian K et al. Assessment of rituximabs immunomodulatory synovial effects (the ARISE trial) I: clinical and synovial biomarker results. Ann Rheum Dis 2007 (in press). Published online first: 20 July 2007 i:10.1136/ard.2007.074229.
  2. Lee SJ, Kavanaugh AF. Monoclonal antibodies and fusion proteins. In: Rich RR, Fleisher TA, Shearer WT, Schroeder HW Jr, Frew AJ, Weyand CM, editors. Clinical Immunology: Principles and Practice. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:1405-16.
  3. Hirsch J, Lee S, Terkeltaub R, Khanna D, Singh J, Sarkin A et al. Evaluation of an instrument assessing gout impact on health-related quality of life. J Rheumatol 2008:35;2406-14.
  4. Lee SJ, Chang H, Yazici Y, Greenberg J, Kremer JM, Kavanaugh A. Utilization trends of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors among rheumatoid arthritis patients in a United States observational cohort study. J Rheumatol 2009 Aug;36(8):1611-7. Epub 2009 Apr 15.
  5. Lee SJ, Hirsch JD, Terkeltaub R, Khanna D, Singh JA, Sarkin A et al. Perceptions of disease and health-related quality of life among patients with gout. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Nov;48(11):1468.

Additional Lee Publications via PubMed