Kimberly (Showalter) Lakin, MD, MS

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Appointments

Affiliations

Member, American College of Rheumatology
Member, American Medical Association

Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, 2019

Awards

Charles L. Christian Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research, 2020
Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium, Travel Award, 2020
Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium, Young Investigator Award, 2019
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2013
Scleroderma Foundation New Investigator Grant, 2020

Education

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2014

Internship

Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2015

Residency

Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2017

Fellowship

Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, 2020

State Licensure

Languages

English

Patient Education

• Raynaud's Phenomenon

Professional Education

• Sjogren’s Syndrome-associated Interstitial Lung Disease Treated with Immunosuppression
• Progressive Dyspnea and Cough in a Healthy, Young Man

Selected Journal Articles

Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Richardson C, Aaby D, Lee J, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Savas H, Wu X, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated with Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533

Showalter K, Pinheiro, L, Jannat-Khah, D, Sobol I. Szymonifka, J, Finik, J, Steen, V, Gordon, JK. Hospital readmission in systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary hypertension: Results from the PHAROS registry. Rheumatology, 2021;, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab569

Showalter K, Ma X, Pinheiro L, Sobol I, Gordon JK. Thirty-day hospital readmission in systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary hypertension: A nationwide study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2021;51(1):324-330 doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.01.002.

Showalter K and Gordon JK. Skin Histology in Systemic Sclerosis: A Relevant Clinical Biomarker. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2020 Nov 26;23(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s11926-020-00970-z

Showalter K, Magro C, Zhang Y, Spiera R, Orange DE, Gordon JK. Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Machine learning integration of scleroderma histology and gene expression identifies fibroblast polarisation as a hallmark of clinical severity and improvement'' by Manetti. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Nov 6:annrheumdis-2020-219292. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219292. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33158883

Showalter K, Spiera R, Magro C, Agius, P, Martyanov V, Franks J, Sharma R, Geiger H, Wood T, Zhang Y, Hayle C, Finik J, Whitfield ML, Orange DE, Gordon JK. Machine learning integration of scleroderma histology and gene expression identifies fibroblast polarization as a hallmark of clinical severity and improvement. (2020) Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Published Online First: 07 October 2020. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217840

Showalter K, Merkel P, Khanna, D, Gordon JK. Assessment of Skin Disease in Scleroderma: Practices and Opinions of Investigators Studying Scleroderma. (2020) Journal of Scleroderma and Related Diseases. doi.org/10.1177/2397198320921044

Showalter K, Wu X, Gordon JK. Progressive Dyspnea and Cough in a Healthy, Young Man. Grand Rounds from HSS: Management of Complex Cases. 2019;8(3):3.

Showalter K, Hoffmann A, DeCredico N, Thakrar A, Arroyo E, Goldberg I, Hinchcliff M. Complementary Therapies for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. (2019) Journal of Scleroderma and Related Diseases. 4(3), 187-199

Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Rouleau G, Aaby D, Lee J, Richardson C, Dematte, J, Agrawal R, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. (2018) Performance of forced vital capacity and lung diffusion cut-points for associated radiographic interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Journal of Rheumatology. 46(3), 1572-1576.

Showalter K and Bass A. Polyglandular inflammation following immunotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Grand Rounds from HSS: Management of Complex Cases. 2018;7(3):3.

Selected Presentations

Showalter K., Hoffmann A., Rouleau G., Aaby D., Lee J., Richardson C., Dematte J., Agrawal R., Chang R.W., Hinchcliff M. Performance of forced vital capacity and lung diffusion cut-points for associated radiographic interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Abstract for poster presentation. American College of Rheumatology 2017 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2017.

Showalter K., Pinheiro L., Szymonifka J., Sobol I., Steen V., Gordon J.K. Patient-level factors associated with hospital readmission among patients with systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary hypertension. Abstract for poster presentation. American College of Rheumatology 2018 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, October 2018.

Showalter K., Magro C., Orange D., Zhang Y., Agius P., Finik J., Spiera R., Gordon J.K. Histologic features correlate with the modified Rodnan skin score, serum inflammatory markers, and patient reported outcomes in patients with early, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Abstract for oral presentation. 16th International Workshop on Scleroderma Research, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, U.K., July 2019.

Showalter K., Spiera R., Orange D., Magro C., Zhang Y., Finik J., Gordon J.K. Change in skin histology correlates with the Combined Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) in patients with early, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Abstract for oral presentation. American College of Rheumatology 2019 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2019.

Showalter K., Smith M., Cheah J., Ghosh N., Gkrouzman E., Lieber S., Sattui Cortes S., Schwartz N., Schwartzman M., Berman J., Sammaritano L., Bass A. Reproductive counseling documentation practices for women receiving teratogenic medications in an academic rheumatology clinic serving a Medicaid/Medicare patient population. Abstract for poster presentation. American College of Rheumatology 2019 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2019.

Showalter K., Hoffmann A., Richardson C., Koloms K., Rouleau G., Aaby D., Lee J., Dematte J., Agrawal R., Wu X., Chang R.W., Hinchcliff M. Esophageal dilation and other clinical factors associated with pulmonary function decline in patients with systemic sclerosis. Abstract for poster presentation. American College of Rheumatology 2019 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2019.

Showalter K., Orange D., Magro, C., Agius, P., Martyanov, V., Franks, J., Sharma, R., Geiger, H., Wood, T., Zhang, Y., Spiera, R., Whitfield, M, Gordon, J. CD34 and alpha-smooth muscle actin distinguish scleroderma gene expression subsets using a machine learning approach. Abstract for poster presentation. Systemic Sclerosis World Congress Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, (Meeting postponed from March 2020 and held virtually July 2020).

Showalter K, Gordon JK, Wu, Y, Kwakkenbos L, Carrier ME, Henry R, Wu Y, Ostbo N, Nordlund J, Bourgeault A, Ayala MC, Discepola MN, Denton C, Mouthon L, Thombs B, Spiera RF. Vaccination Against COVID-19: Self-Reported Experiences of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021: 73 (suppl 10)  ACR Convergence 2021

Dr. Lakin conducts clinical and translational research in systemic sclerosis, with a focus on testing novel therapeutics, improving trial outcome measurement tools, and determining predictive patient factors that may assist with personalized disease management.