Jessican Colon-Franco (Cleveland Clinic) ICP-MS testimonial

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* Dr. Jessica Colon-Franco is inspired by providing answers to physicians and patients using mass spectrometry.

Dr. Jessica Colon-Franco is the Section Head of Clinical Biochemistry and Medical Director of the Special Chemistry Laboratory at Cleveland Clinic. Her clinical laboratory performs testing for clinical care, including lead testing. Her laboratory has developed a method using dried blood spots, in tandem with ICP-MS, to provide meangful actionable results to patients. Dr. Jessica Colon-Franco is inspired by providing answers to physicians and patients using mass spectrometry.

 

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Thread 'Cleveland Clinic Revolutionizing Men’s Health: Advanced ED-LC-MS/MS & QQQ Technology for Accurate Free Testosterone Measurement'

May 10, 2026

No one should be using/elying on the known to be inaccurate direct immunoassay!

Speakers: Jessica Colon-Franco, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic; Leslie Farris, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic

Accurate assessment of free testosterone (FT) is essential in evaluating androgen status, particularly in cases where total testosterone may be misleading due to altered binding protein levels. This workshop will describe a practical and state-of-the-art LC-MS/MS method for directly...

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• hypogonadism; free t; accuracy assays/diagnosis
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• Forum: Testosterone and Men's Health Articles