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Lauren King

MD PhD FRCPC

Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

Email: Lauren.King@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-5420
Twitter: @lauren_king_

Biography

Dr. Lauren King is a rheumatologist and clinician scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at University of Toronto. Her clinical research program combines epidemiology and implementation science, with the goal of identifying gaps in care and developing evidence-informed solutions to improve care and outcomes for people living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, with a particular focus on osteoarthritis.

Recent Publications

  1. Mahmoudian, A, King, LK, Liew, JW, Wang, Q, Appleton, CT, Englund, M et al.. Timing is everything: Towards classification criteria for early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.888. PubMed PMID:38437945 .
  2. Hannon, CP, Goodman, SM, Austin, MS, Yates, A Jr, Guyatt, G, Aggarwal, VK et al.. Erratum to "2023 American College of Rheumatology and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline for the Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients With Symptomatic Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis or Advanced Symptomatic Osteonecrosis With Secondary Arthritis for Whom Nonoperative Therapy Is Ineffective" [The Journal of Arthroplasty 38 (2023) 2193-2201]. J Arthroplasty. 2024;39 (3):851-852. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.11.019. PubMed PMID:38049357 .
  3. Hannon, CP, Goodman, SM, Austin, MS, Yates, A Jr, Guyatt, G, Aggarwal, VK et al.. 2023 American College of Rheumatology and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline for the Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients With Symptomatic Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis or Advanced Symptomatic Osteonecrosis With Secondary Arthritis for Whom Nonoperative Therapy Is Ineffective. J Arthroplasty. 2023;38 (11):2193-2201. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.09.003. PubMed PMID:37778918 .
  4. Hannon, CP, Goodman, SM, Austin, MS, Yates, A Jr, Guyatt, G, Aggarwal, VK et al.. 2023 American College of Rheumatology and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline for the Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients With Symptomatic Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis or Advanced Symptomatic Osteonecrosis With Secondary Arthritis for Whom Nonoperative Therapy Is Ineffective. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023;75 (11):1877-1888. doi: 10.1002/art.42630. PubMed PMID:37746897 .
  5. Hannon, CP, Goodman, SM, Austin, MS, Yates, A Jr, Guyatt, G, Aggarwal, VK et al.. 2023 American College of Rheumatology and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline for the Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients With Symptomatic Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis or Advanced Symptomatic Osteonecrosis With Secondary Arthritis for Whom Nonoperative Therapy Is Ineffective. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023;75 (11):2227-2238. doi: 10.1002/acr.25175. PubMed PMID:37743767 .
  6. King, LK, Bodmer, NS, Saadat, P, Bobos, P, Hawker, GA, da Costa, BR et al.. Intracluster correlation coefficients in osteoarthritis cluster randomized trials: A systematic review. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023;31 (12):1548-1553. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.09.006. PubMed PMID:37717903 .
  7. Liew, JW, King, LK, Mahmoudian, A, Wang, Q, Atkinson, HF, Flynn, DB et al.. A scoping review of how early-stage knee osteoarthritis has been defined. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023;31 (9):1234-1241. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.04.015. PubMed PMID:37225053 PubMed Central PMC10528892.
  8. King, LK, Ivers, NM, Waugh, EJ, MacKay, C, Stanaitis, I, Krystia, O et al.. Improving diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes: development of a complex intervention. Implement Sci Commun. 2023;4 (1):20. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00398-3. PubMed PMID:36855209 PubMed Central PMC9972628.
  9. King, LK, Krystia, O, Waugh, EJ, MacKay, C, Stanaitis, I, Stretton, J et al.. Understanding the behavioural determinants of seeking and engaging in care for knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2022;4 (4):100305. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100305. PubMed PMID:36474800 PubMed Central PMC9718122.
  10. King, LK, Krystia, O, Waugh, EJ, MacKay, C, Stanaitis, I, Stretton, J et al.. Barriers and enablers to health care providers assessment and treatment of knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2022;4 (4):100299. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100299. PubMed PMID:36474789 PubMed Central PMC9718241.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto