Peter Ellis Lipsky M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
1545 London Rd Charlottesville VA, 22901About
Dr. Peter Lipsky is a rheumatologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Lipsky specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Lipsky treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
New York University School of Medicine 1969
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 in health and disease.
- The management of pain and inflammation in orthopedic medicine: question-and-answer period.
- Suppression of carrageenan-induced inflammation in vivo by an extract of the Chinese herbal remedy Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F.
- Specific COX-2 inhibitors in arthritis, oncology, and beyond: where is the science headed?
- Association of clonally expanded T cells with the syndrome of primary biliary cirrhosis and limited scleroderma.
- Human CD4+ T cell differentiation and effector function: implications for autoimmunity.
- Altered memory T cell differentiation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
- The clinical potential of cyclooxygenase-2-specific inhibitors.
- Ig lambda and heavy chain gene usage in early untreated systemic lupus erythematosus suggests intensive B cell stimulation.
- Enhanced mutational activity of Vkappa gene rearrangements in systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Expression, regulation, and function of B cell-expressed CD154 in germinal centers.
- The utility of trained arthritis patient educators in the evaluation and improvement of musculoskeletal examination skills of physicians in training.
- Targeting and subsequent selection of somatic hypermutations in the human V kappa repertoire.
- Access to disease modifying treatments for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
- Somatic hypermutation of VkappaJkappa rearrangements: targeting of RGYW motifs on both DNA strands and preferential selection of mutated codons within RGYW motifs.
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