Joely Straseski

Joely Straseski, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Pathology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Clinical Chemistry

Dr. Straseski is a Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is the Section Chief for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Director of Endocrinology, and Co-Director of the Automated Core Laboratory at ARUP Laboratories. She is board certified in clinical chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and is a fellow of the AACC Academy.

Dr. Straseski received her Ph.D. in pathology and laboratory medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland. She also holds a Masters degree in Bacteriology and Immunology and a Bachelors of Science degree in Medical Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an active member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and American Society for Clinical Pathology.

Dr. Straseski's research interests are reproductive endocrinology, specifically markers of ovarian reserve and fertility.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin-Madison
 BS
Graduate Training University of Wisconsin-Madison
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Wisconsin-Madison
 PhD
Postdoctoral Training University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Pathology
 Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Pathology
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Powers JA, Strathmann FG, Straseski JA (2017). Thyroglobulin antibody screen prior to mass spectrometry provides measurable cost savings and optimal laboratory utilization. Am J Clin Pathol, 147(3), 309-14.
  2. Wyness SP, Yee MA, La`ulu SL, Tosiello L, Straseski J (2014). Multiple macroenzymes in a patient with AIDS: Diagnosis using ultrafiltration. American journal of clinical pathology, 142(2), 266-8.
  3. Merrigan SD, Yang DT, Straseski J (2014). Intrinsic factor blocking antibody interference is not detected in five automated cobalamin immunoassays. American journal of clinical pathology, 141(5), 702-5.
  4. Klee GG, Ichihara K, Ozarda Y, Baumann NA, Straseski JA, Bryant SC, Wood-Wentz C (2018). Reference intervals: Comparison of calculation methods and evaluation of procedures for merging reference measurements from two USA medical centers. American journal of clinical pathology, 150, 545-54.
  5. Straseski J (2013). Postdoctoral professional fellowships in laboratory medicine. Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, 24(1), 1-9.
  6. Lin DC, Straseski JA, Schmidt, RL, The Thyroid Benchmarking Grou (2017). Multi-center benchmark study reveals significant variation in thyroid testing in United States. Thyroid, 27(10), 1232-45.
  7. Wyness SP, Straseski J (2015). Performance characteristics of six automated 25-hydroxyvitamin D assays: Mind your 3's and 2's. Clinical biochemistry, 48(16-17), 1089-96.
  8. Kushnir MM, Rockwood AL, Straseski JA, Meikle A (2014). Comparison of LC-MS/MS to an immunoassay for measurement of thyroglobulin in fine-needle aspiration samples. Clinical chemistry, 60(11), 1452-3.
  9. Ichihara K, Ozarda Y, Barth JH, Klee G, Shimizu Y, Xia L, Hoffmann M, Shah S, Matsha T, Wassung J, Smit F, Ruzhanskaya A, Straseski J, Bustos DN, Kimura S, Takahashi A, Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limits, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine and Science Committee, Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistr (2017). A global multicenter study on reference values: 2. Exploration of sources of variation across the countries. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 467, 83-97.
  10. Owen WE, Bunker AM, Straseski J (2014). Pediatric reference intervals for thyroglobulin using the Beckman Coulter Access 2 immunoassay. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 435, 40-1.
  11. La'ulu SL, Straseski JA, Schmidt RL, Genzen J (2014). Thrombin-mediated degradation of parathyroid hormone in serum tubes. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 437, 191-6.
  12. Straseski JA, Strathmann F (2013). Patient data algorithms. Clinics in laboratory medicine, 33(1), 147-60.
  13. Bihorac A, Chawla LS, Shaw AD, Al-Khafaji A, Davison DL, Demuth GE, Fitzgerald R, Gong MN, Graham DD, Gunnerson K, Heung M, Jortani S, Kleerup E, Koyner JL, Krell K, Letourneau J, Lissauer M, Miner J, Nguyen HB, Ortega LM, Self WH, Sellman R, Shi J, Straseski J, Szalados JE, Wilber ST, Walker MG, Wilson J, Wunderink R, Zimmerman J, Kellum J (2014). Validation of cell-cycle arrest biomarkers for acute kidney injury using clinical adjudication. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 189(8), 932-9.
  14. Ichihara K, Ozarda Y, Klee G, Straseski J, Baumann N, Ishikura (2013). Utility of a panel of sera for the alignment of test results in the worldwide multicenter study on reference values. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 51(5), 1007-1025.
  15. Li QK, Nugent SL, Straseski JA, Cooper D, Riedel S, Askin FB, Sokoll L (2013). Thyroglobulin measurements in fine-needle aspiration cytology of lymph nodes for the detection of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. Cancer cytology, 121(8), 440-8.
  16. Schmidt RL, Straseski JA, Raphael KL, Adams AH, Lehman C (2015). A risk assessment of the Jaffe vs enzymatic method for creatinine measurement in an outpatient population. PloS one, 10(11), e0143205.
  17. La'ulu SL, Rasmussen KJ, Straseski J (2016). Pediatric reference intervals for free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine by equilibrium dialysis-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology, 8(1), 26-31.
  18. Straseski JA, Whale C, Wilson A, Strathmann F (2016). The significance of reporting to the thousandths place: Figuring out the laboratory limitations. Practical laboratory medicine, 7, 1-5.
  19. Nelson HA, Doyle K, Straseski J (2025). TSH receptor antibody test utilization patterns from a national reference laboratory: TRAb, TSI, or Both?. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 111(1), e92-9.

Book Chapter

  1. Straseski JA, Clarke (2011). Mass Spectrometry. 131-141.
  2. Greer R, Straseski JA, Roberts W (2013). Principles of Clinical Chemistry Automation. 139-159.

Case Report

  1. Schlegel A, Straseski J (2025). Successful diagnosis and monitoring of giant prolactinomas: the role of sample dilutions. Laboratory Medicine, 56(6), 786-9.

Letter

  1. Wyness SP, Roberts WL, Straseski J (2013). Pediatric reference intervals for four serum bone markers using two automated immunoassays. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 415, 169-172.

Abstract

  1. Wyness SP, Straseski J (2014). Performance characteristics of six automated 25-hydroxyvitamin D assays: Mind your 3's and 2's. Endocrine reviews, 35(3), SAT-0256.
  2. Lu J, Holt CM, Choi MA, Kalp KJ, Straseski J (2014). Analytical evaluation of the AnshLabs picoAMH ELISA assay for anti-mullerian hormone. Endocrine reviews, 35(3), SUN-0003.

Other

  1. Hackenmueller S, Straseski J (2013). Sample contamination. 22(3), 24-26.