Spyridoula Maraka

High Impact

Associate Professor

UAMS

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Internal Med, College of Medicine

32 h-index 136 pubs 3,913 cited

Research Areas

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Spyridoula Maraka's research program focuses on patient-centered, evidence-based endocrine care, with a particular emphasis on subclinical hypothyroidism. Her work involves outcome analysis, evidence synthesis, decision-making processes, and health services delivery.

Her recent publications investigate the association between maternal thyroid function and pregnancy outcomes, including gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia. She has also conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses on levothyroxine use in the United States, the benefits and harms of different levothyroxine treatment regimens, and reference intervals for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) during pregnancy. Other research areas include the association of thyroid function with suicidal behavior and the use of machine learning techniques for thyroid nodule classification.

Maraka is recognized as a highly cited researcher, with an h-index of 33 and 3,909 total citations across 137 publications. She leads a research group and collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Arwa Albashaireh, Richard R. Owen, Hooman Motahari, and Soumya Thumma.

Research Overview

Clinical Practice: General endocrinology with emphasis on thyroid disorders Research Interests: Promotion of patient-centered, evidence based endocrine care through a research program focusing on outcome analysis, evidence synthesis, decision making, and health services delivery. Main focus: subclinical hypothyroidism.

Metrics

h-index: 32
Publications: 136
Citations: 3,913

Selected Publications

A comparison of bilateral internal jugular vein sampling with bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling at Mayo Clinic for the subtype evaluation of corticotropin-dependent cushing syndrome (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Risk Factors for Thyroid Function Test Abnormalities During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Validate Current Risk Factors and Identify Novel Ones (2025)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Frequency and Determinants of Levothyroxine Therapy Initiation for Veterans with Subclinical Hypothyroidism (2024)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Interventions to improve symptomatology in patients with hypothyroidism and persistent symptoms: A systematic review (2024)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Risk Factors for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis (2024)

20 citations DOI OpenAlex
Thyroid storm in pregnancy: a review (2024)

13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Trends and Components of Thyroid Status Evaluation in Commercially Insured Adults in the United States, 2006-2020 (2023)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Interventions to improve symptomatology in patients with hypothyroidism and persistent symptoms: A systematic review. (2023)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Appropriateness of Levothyroxine Prescription: A Multicenter Retrospective Study (2023)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Determinants for Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Multicenter Electronic Health Records-Based Study (2023)

7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Thyroid Cancer Risk Communication in Patients with Thyroid Nodules (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Appropriate Use of Telehealth Visits in Endocrinology: Policy Perspective of the Endocrine Society (2022)

36 citations DOI OpenAlex
Intensive vs. conventional blood pressure goals in older patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
TSH and FT4 Reference Intervals in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis (2022)

43 citations DOI OpenAlex
Under and overtreatment with thyroid hormone replacement during pregnancy (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Research Interests

Research Interests: Promotion of patient-centered, evidence based endocrine care through a research program focusing on outcome analysis, evidence synthesis, decision making, and health services delivery. Main focus: subclinical hypothyroidism.

Grants & Funding

Role of Natural Antibodies Against Oxidation Specific Epitopes in Bone Homeostasis VA Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Merit Review Award Co-Investigator
Discontinuation of levothyroxine therapy for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a pilot randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study VA Health Services Research and Development Service Pilot Merit Review Award Principal Investigator
Subclinical hypothyroidism: a research career development plan Arkansas Biosciences Institute Principal Investigator
Correlation of Bone Mineral Density with Anti-oxidation Specific Epitopes (anti-OSEs) Antibody levels South Central VA Health Care Network Principal Investigator