Dr Laila Girgis

Dr Laila Girgis

Conjoint Senior Lecturer

MBBS (Hons1) UNSW

PhD USyd, Dept of Experimental Medicine, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology (T cell biology Laboratory)

FRACP

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine
Phone
+61 2 8382 6730
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Dai P; Skinner O; Lin X; Telfser A; Ruiz-Diaz S; Saldanha RG; Frith K; Lin M-W; Preece K; Gray PE; Pinzo A; Sullivan A; Adelstein S; Tong WWY; Parker MJS; Girgis L; Wainstein B; Ojami S; Deenick EK; Goldstein LD; Rogers MJ; Phan TG, 2025, 'Utilising ASC Speck Assay to interrogate the pathogenicity of MEFV variants', Pathology, 57, pp. S28 - S29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.138
    Journal articles | 2025
    Littlejohn G; Anbumurali N; O'Sullivan C; Smith T; Racunica T; Pentony P; Jayaweera S; Girgis L; Smyth CM; Deakin CT, 2025, 'The Relationship Between Patient-Reported Quality of Life and Physician-Derived Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Australian OPAL Dataset', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.70123
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chui B; Day R; Umashankar E; Abdel Shaheed C; Keogh A; Girgis L; Penglase R, 2024, 'Meta-analysis and systematic review of gout prevalence in the heart/lung transplantation population', Frontiers in Transplantation, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2024.1356058
    Journal articles | 2024
    O'Neill RS; Gardner L; Kelleher A; Pamphlett R; Girgis L; Stoita A, 2024, 'Perplexing case of abdominal pain with eosinophilia and fasciitis', Gut, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332580
    Journal articles | 2024
    Penglase R; Girgis L; Englert H; Ma D; Moore J, 2024, 'Australian rheumatologists' perception of autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional survey', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 1478 - 1482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16422
    Journal articles | 2023
    Gorrie N; Kaur G; Bart N; Girgis L; Kotlyar E, 2023, '(847) Turning Back The Clock; A Unique Case of Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension', The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 42, pp. S370 - S370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.860
    Journal articles | 2023
    Krishnan A; Wu K; Girgis L; Pamphlett R; Tomlinson S; Muthiah K, 2023, 'A mitochondrial cytopathy presenting with persistent troponin elevation: case report', European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 7, pp. ytad132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytad132
    Journal articles | 2023
    Penglase R; Girgis L; Englert H; Brennan X; Jabbour A; Kotlyar E; Ma D; Moore J, 2023, 'Cardiotoxicity in autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis', Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, 8, pp. 87 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23971983221145639
    Journal articles | 2023
    Pham JP; Boot M; Stefani M; Chapman S; Byrne A; Abdel-Shaheed C; Girgis L, 2023, 'Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection complicating rheumatoid arthritis: A case report and review of the literature', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 26, pp. 1167 - 1171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.14605
    Journal articles | 2023
    Seah V; Sreeharan T; Kocic D; Reuter SE; Girgis L; Marriott DJE; Stocker SL, 2023, 'Effect of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange on Itraconazole Pharmacokinetics: A Case Study', Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 45, pp. 129 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/FTD.0000000000001057
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bennett MJ; Balcerek MI; Lewis EAD; Zhang RLL; Bachmeier C; Tey S; Faux S; Girgis L; Greenfield JR; Lazarus S; Bennett M, 2022, 'Voriconazole-Associated Periostitis: New Insights into Pathophysiology and Management', JBMR Plus, 6, pp. e10557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10557
    Journal articles | 2022
    Umashankar E; Abdel-Shaheed C; Plit M; Girgis L, 2022, 'Assessing the role for nailfold videocapillaroscopy in interstitial lung disease classfication: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 61, pp. 2221 - 2234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab772
    Journal articles | 2018
    Song N; Kearney K; Muthiah K; Namasivayam M; Macdonald P; Roy D; Jabbour A; Muller D; Hayward C; Girgis L; Nair P; Connellan M; Jansz P, 2018, 'Bridge to Recovery with Early Mobilisation: The Impella Device via Axillary Artery in Lupus-Associated Acute Cardiomyopathy', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 27, pp. S80 - S81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.086
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wang LW; Jabbour A; Hayward CS; Furlong TJ; Girgis L; Macdonald PS; Keogh AM, 2015, 'Potential role of coenzyme Q10 in facilitating recovery from statin-induced rhabdomyolysis.', Intern Med J, 45, pp. 451 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12712
    Journal articles | 2008
    Howes R; Girgis L; Kossard S, 2008, 'Eosinophilic annular erythema: A subset of Wells` syndrome or a distinct entity?', Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 49, pp. 159 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00456.x
    Journal articles | 2007
    Chang JH; Girgis L, 2007, 'Clinical use of anti-TNF-a biological agents - A guide for GPs', Australian Family Physician, 36, pp. 1035 - 1038
    Journal articles | 2001
    Handel ML; Girgis L, 2001, 'Transcription factors', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 15, pp. 657 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/berh.2001.0186
    Journal articles | 1999
    Fazekas De St Groth B; Smith AL; Koh WP; Girgis L; Cook MC; Bertolino P, 1999, 'Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester and the virgin lymphocyte: A marriage made in heaven', Immunology and Cell Biology, 77, pp. 530 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1711.1999.00871.x
    Journal articles | 1999
    Girgis L; Davis MM; Fazekas De St Groth B, 1999, 'The avidity spectrum of T cell receptor interactions accounts for T cell anergy in a double transgenic model', Journal of Experimental Medicine, 189, pp. 265 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.189.2.265
    Journal articles | 1994
    Girgis L; Brooks P, 1994, 'Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Differential Use in Older Patients', Drugs & Aging, 4, pp. 101 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199404020-00003
    Journal articles | 1994
    Girgis L; Conaghan PG; Brooks P, 1994, 'Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, including methotrexate, sulfasalazine, gold, antimalarials, and penicillamine', Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 6, pp. 252 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00002281-199405000-00003
  • Conference Abstracts | 2024
    Penglase R; Gunawardhana S; Jones G; Jabbour A; Kotlyar E; Girgis L; Ma D; Moore J, 2024, 'Cardiac Biomarkers for Predicting Cardiopulmonary Toxicity of Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis', in ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 76, pp. 1453 - 1454
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Penglase R; Brenu E; Englert H; Milliken S; Withers B; Karki N; Perram J; Tao H; Girgis L; Jabbour A; Kotlyar E; Ma D; Moore J, 2022, 'NT-proBNP measurements during cyclophosphamide conditioning in patients undergoing autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis suggest increased cardiac strain', in BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, SPRINGERNATURE, CZECH REPUBLIC, Vol. 57, pp. 128 - 128, presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the European-Society-for-Blood-and-Marrow-Transplantation (EBMT), CZECH REPUBLIC, 19 March 2022 - 23 March 2022, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000878153300192&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Penglase R; Girgis L; Englert H; Jabbour A; Kotlyar E; Karki N; Withers B; Milliken S; Ma D; Moore J, 2022, 'AUTOLOGOUS HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR SEVERE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS USING STANDARD DOSE CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE CONDITIONING - A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY, Vol. 52, pp. 10 - 10, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000799456100018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Penglase R; Visweswaran M; Zaunders J; Girgis L; Ma D; Moore J, 2021, 'Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis Results in Sustained Changes in Immunoregulatory T and NK Cells', in ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 1113 - 1114, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000744545202059&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Fazekas de St Groth B; Smith A; Wikstrom M; Girgis L, 1998, 'Do lymphoid and myeloid dendritic cells distinguish between self and foreign antigen?', in JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY, FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, pp. 28 - 28, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000076309900067&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

WG Tellesson Memorial Prize, Best performance in clinical medicine

Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine, Excellence in Occupational Health/ Community Medicine

My Teaching

Clinical teaching, St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Sydney