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Francesco Boin, MD
IM Rheumatology
310-423-6257
Fax: 310-423-6287
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4.9
13 Reviews
4.9
13 Reviews
Languages
- English,
- Italian,
Gender
Male
Locations
Rheumatology Clinic
Rheumatology Clinic
(310) 423-6257
(310) 423-6287 (Fax)
Monday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
When you arrive
- Spielberg is located at 8723 Alden Drive at the corner of George Burns Road. Self-parking is available in the Spielberg Parking lot, located on George Burns Road between Alden Drive and Beverly Boulevard. Enter the building, take the Spielberg elevators to Level 2 and find your destination. Valet parking and additional self-parking are available in the North Tower Parking lot, located on George Burns Road between Beverly Boulevard and Gracie Allen Drive. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
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- IM Rheumatology
Programs
Research Areas
Titles
- Director, Division of Rheumatology
- Director, Scleroderma Center
Education & Training
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University of Padua School of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology
Fellowship
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Johns Hopkins University, Rheumatology
Fellowship
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Internship
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University of Padua School of Medicine
Medical School
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Residency
Achievements
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2
Board Certifications
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8
Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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IM/Rheumatology
American Board of Internal Medicine
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General Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and Honors
- International Health Program Scholarship, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (NIH-K23), NIH/NIAMS
- Bilka Visiting Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Jerome L. Greene Foundation Scholar Award, Jerome L. Greene Foundation
- Human Immunology Award, The Irvington Institute for Immunological Research and the Dana Foundation
- Cedars-Sinai Chair in Rheumatology, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
- Editorial Board, Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders
- Robert L. Kroc Chair in Rheumatic and Connective Tissue Diseases, University of California San Francisco
Publications
- Chizzolini C, Boin F. The role of the acquired immune response in systemic sclerosis. Semin Immunopathol 2015;37(5):519-28. PMID: 26152639
- Fava A, Cimbro R, Wigley FM, Liu QR, Rosen A, Boin F. Frequency of circulating topoisomerase-I-specific CD4 T cells predicts presence and progression of interstitial lung disease in scleroderma. Arthritis Res Ther 2016;18(1):99. PMID: 27145754
- Gourh P, Remmers EF, Boyden SE, Alexander T, Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Doumatey A, Bentley AR, Shriner D, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Steen VD, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Korman B, Varga J, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Hsu V, Gordon JK, Saketkoo LA, Gladue H, Kron B, Criswell LA, Derk CT, Bridges SL Jr, Shanmugam VK, Kolstad KD, Chung L, Jan R, Bernstein EJ, Goldberg A, Trojanowski M, Kafaja S, Maksimowicz-McKinnon KM, Mullikin JC, Adeyemo A, Rotimi C, Boin F, Kastner DL, Wigley FM. Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Rare Variants and Gene Networks That Increase Susceptibility to Scleroderma in African Americans. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018;70(10):1654-1660. PMID: 29732714
- Gourh P, Safran SA, Alexander T, Boyden SE, Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Doumatey A, Bentley AR, Shriner D, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Steen VD, Varga J, Hsu V, Saketkoo LA, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Gordon JK, Kron B, Criswell LA, Gladue H, Derk CT, Bernstein EJ, Bridges SL Jr, Shanmugam VK, Kolstad KD, Chung L, Kafaja S, Jan R, Trojanowski M, Goldberg A, Korman BD, Steinbach PJ, Chandrasekharappa SC, Mullikin JC, Adeyemo A, Rotimi C, Wigley FM, Kastner DL, Boin F, Remmers EF. HLA and autoantibodies define scleroderma subtypes and risk in African and European Americans and suggest a role for molecular mimicry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jan 7;117(1):552-562. PMID: 31871193
- Hinze AM, Lin CT, Hussien AF, Perin J, Venado A, Golden JA, Boin F, Brown RH, Wise RA, Wigley FM. Longitudinal assessment of interstitial lung disease in single lung transplant recipients with scleroderma. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020;59(4):790-798. PMID: 31504916
- Joseph CG, Darrah E, Shah AA, Skora AD, Casciola-Rosen LA, Wigley FM, Boin F, Fava A, Thoburn C, Kinde I, Jiao Y, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Rosen A. Association of the autoimmune disease scleroderma with an immunologic response to cancer. Science 2014;343(6167):152-7. PMID: 24310608
- Kalekar LA, Cohen JN, Prevel N, Sandoval PM, Mathur AN, Moreau JM, Lowe MM, Nosbaum A, Wolters PJ, Haemel A, Boin F, Rosenblum MD. Regulatory T cells in skin are uniquely poised to suppress profibrotic immune responses. Sci Immunol 2019;4(39):eaaw2910. PMID: 31492709
- Lofgren S, Hinchcliff M, Carns M, Wood T, Aren K, Arroyo E, Cheung P, Kuo A, Valenzuela A, Haemel A, Wolters PJ, Gordon J, Spiera R, Assassi S, Boin F, Chung L, Fiorentino D, Utz PJ, Whitfield ML, Khatri P. Integrated, multicohort analysis of systemic sclerosis identifies robust transcriptional signature of disease severity. JCI Insight 2016;1(21):e89073. PMID: 28018971
- Mecoli CA, Shah AA, Boin F, Wigley FM, Hummers LK. The Utility of Plasma Vascular Biomarkers in Systemic Sclerosis: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020. doi: 10.1002/art.41265. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32200572
- Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Steen VD, Varga J, Carns M, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Hsu V, Gordon JK, Gladue H, Saketkoo LA, Criswell LA, Derk CT, Trojanowski MA, Shanmugam VK, Chung L, Valenzuela A, Jan R, Goldberg A, Remmers EF, Kastner DL, Wigley FM, Gourh P, Boin F. Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Dec;96(51):e8980. PMID: 29390428
- Park JK, Fava A, Carrino J, Del Grande F, Rosen A, Boin F. Association of Acroosteolysis With Enhanced Osteoclastogenesis and Higher Blood Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2016;68(1):201-9. PMID: 26361270
- Pauling JD, Frech TM, Hughes M, Gordon JK, Domsic RT, Anderson ME, Ingegnoli F, McHugh NJ, Johnson SR, Hudson M, Boin F, Ong VH, Matucci-Cerinic M, Altorok N, Scolnik M, Nikpour M, Shah A, Pope JE, Khanna D, Herrick AL. Patient-reported outcome instruments for assessing Raynaud's phenomenon in systemic sclerosis: A SCTC Vascular Working Group Report. J Scleroderma Relat Disord 2018;3(3):249-252. PMID: 30705970
- Sacchetti C, Bai Y, Stanford SM, Di Benedetto P, Cipriani P, Santelli E, Piera-Velazquez S, Chernitskiy V, Kiosses WB, Ceponis A, Kaestner KH, Boin F, Jimenez SA, Giacomelli R, Zhang ZY, Bottini N. PTP4A1 promotes TGFβ signaling and fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Nat Commun. 2017;8(1):1060. PMID: 29057934
- Shah RJ, Boin F. Lung Transplantation in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2017 May;19(5):23. PMID: 28386760
- Stern LK, Selby V, Boin F, Kolaitis N, Aras M, Klein L, De Marco T. Heart-Lung transplantation: a viable option for connective tissue diseases. Clin Transplant. 2020;34(2):e13776. PMID: 31867763
- Tiniakou E, Fava A, McMahan ZH, Guhr T, O'Meally RN, Shah AA, Wigley FM, Cole RN, Boin F, Darrah E. Definition of Naturally Processed Peptides Reveals Convergent Presentation of Autoantigenic Topoisomerase I Epitopes in Scleroderma. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020. doi: 10.1002/art.41248. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32162841
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