Carole Ann Spencer
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Endocrine Society: International Award for Publishing Excellence, 2011
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry: Distinguished Scientist Award, 2004
American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Albert L. Chaney Award, 2003
Clinical Ligand Assay Society: Distinguished Scientist Award, 1998
American Association for Clinical Chemistry: Outstanding Speaker, 1998
American Association for Clinical Chemistry: Outstanding Speaker, 1997
American Association for Clinical Chemistry: Outstanding Speaker, 1992
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art: Gold Medal, 1967
Laboratory Thyroid Tests: A Historical Perspective Thyroid. 2023 Apr; 33(4):407-419. . View in PubMed
Clinical interpretation of thyroid tests: considerations for reference intervals Thyroid. 2023 Mar 16. . View in PubMed
Evaluation of risk-factor-based screening for thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity in pregnancy Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 Mar; 84(3):417-22. . View in PubMed
Marginal Iodine Status and High Rate of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Washington DC Women Planning Conception Thyroid. 2015 Oct; 25(10):1151-4. . View in PubMed
Thyroglobulin (Tg) Testing Revisited: Tg Assays, TgAb Assays, and Correlation of Results With Clinical Outcomes J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Aug; 100(8):E1074-83. . View in PubMed
Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer using sensitive (second-generation) immunometric assays can be disrupted by false-negative and false-positive serum thyroglobulin autoantibody misclassifications J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Dec; 99(12):4589-99. . View in PubMed
How sensitive (second-generation) thyroglobulin measurement is changing paradigms for monitoring patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, in the absence or presence of thyroglobulin autoantibodies Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2014 Oct; 21(5):394-404. . View in PubMed
In search of an unstimulated thyroglobulin baseline value in low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma patients not receiving radioactive iodine ablation Thyroid. 2014 Jul; 24(7):1127-33. . View in PubMed
Commentary on: Implications of thyroglobulin antibody positivity in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a clinical position statement Thyroid. 2013 Oct; 23(10):1190-2. . View in PubMed
Thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) methods - Strengths, pitfalls and clinical utility for monitoring TgAb-positive patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Oct; 27(5):701-12. . View in PubMed
Clinical review: Clinical utility of thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) measurements for patients with differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Dec; 96(12):3615-27. . View in PubMed
Effect of environmental perchlorate on thyroid function in pregnant women from Córdoba, Argentina, and Los Angeles, California Endocr Pract. 2011 May-Jun; 17(3):412-7. . View in PubMed
Current thyroglobulin autoantibody (TgAb) assays often fail to detect interfering TgAb that can result in the reporting of falsely low/undetectable serum Tg IMA values for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 May; 96(5):1283-91. . View in PubMed
Serum TSH determinations in pregnancy: how, when and why? Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2010 Sep; 6(9):526-9.. View in PubMed
Serum Basal thyroglobulin measured by a second-generation assay correlates with the recombinant human thyrotropin-stimulated thyroglobulin response in patients treated for differentiated thyroid cancer Thyroid. 2010 Jun; 20(6):587-95. . View in PubMed
Effect of thyroid peroxidase antibodies on thyroid-stimulating hormone reference limits in a primarily Latina population Obstet Med. 2009 Dec; 2(4):154-6. . View in PubMed
Free T4 immunoassays are flawed during pregnancyAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Mar; 200(3):260. e1-6. . View in PubMed
Mildly elevated TSH and cognition in middle-aged and older adults Thyroid. 2009 Feb; 19(2):111-7. . View in PubMed
Measuring thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin autoantibody in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Apr; 4(4):223-33. . View in PubMed
Thyroglobulin reference values in a pediatric infant population Thyroid. 2007 Nov; 17(11):1049-54. . View in PubMed
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-thyroperoxidase antibody relationships demonstrate that TSH upper reference limits may be skewed by occult thyroid dysfunction J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Nov; 92(11):4236-40. . View in PubMed
Clinical impact of thyroglobulin (Tg) and Tg autoantibody method differences on the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Oct; 90(10):5566-75. . View in PubMed
A simple lifestyle score predicts survival in healthy elderly men Prev Med. 2005 Jun; 40(6):712-7. . View in PubMed
Are detection and treatment of thyroid insufficiency in pregnancy feasible? Thyroid. 2005 Jan; 15(1):44-53.. View in PubMed
Challenges of serum thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement in the presence of Tg autoantibodies J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Aug; 89(8):3702-4. . View in PubMed
Laboratory medicine practice guidelinesLaboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease. Thyroid. 2003 Jan; 13(1):3-126. . View in PubMed
Serum thyroglobulin autoantibodies: prevalence, influence on serum thyroglobulin measurement, and prognostic significance in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Apr; 83(4):1121-7. . View in PubMed
Absence of thyroid hormone resistance in vitamin D-;resistant new world primates Am J Primatol. 1994; 32(3):215-222. . View in PubMed
Dr. Spencer earned her PhD from Glasgow University in Scotland. She then went on to complete two fellowships, one in Clinical Biochemistry at Glasgow, and the other at the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry.
