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Andrea Spencer, MD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Psychiatry

MD, Harvard Medical School

Websites

	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy

Andrea Spencer, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine. Her primary research interest is improving treatment for ADHD in primary care settings. She is Board Certified in both Child and Adult Psychiatry after completing a dual residency at Mass General Hospital and McLean Hospital. She stayed at Mass General Hospital to work with Dr. Joseph Biederman in the Bressler Program for Autism at MGH. Dr. Spencer's research has been bolstered by grants such as the Dupont Warren and Livingston Awards. Outside of the medical field Dr. Spencer, a music major during her undergrad, plays viola with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra.

2015 Child Intervention, Prevention and Services: National Institutes of Mental Health CHIPS Fellow

2011 Partners Healthcare: Global and Humanitarian Center of Expertise Travel Awardee

2007 Harvard Medical School: Paul Dudley White International Research Fellow

BMC Research

Rising Suicides in Black Children with ADHD: The Role of Discrimination
03/01/2021 - 02/28/2023 (PI)
Charles H. Hood Foundation

Developing a Pediatrics-based Social Needs Intervention to Reduce Disparities in ADHD Outcomes…
09/21/2018 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
NIH-NIMH
5K23MH118478-02

(Moore Foundation) Transforming Behavioral Health Care for Underserved, Minority Children Through…
12/01/2017 - 11/30/2020 (PI)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

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Surman C, Ceranoglu A, Vaudreuil C, Albright B, Uchida M, Yule A, Spencer A, Boland H, Grossman R, Rhodewalt L, Fitzgerald M, Biederman J. Does L-Methylfolate Supplement Methylphenidate Pharmacotherapy in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?: Evidence of Lack of Benefit From a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2019 Jan/Feb; 39(1):28-38.View Related Profiles.

Yule, Amy
Spencer, Andrea

PMID: 30566416; PMCID: PMC6750952; DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000990;

Spencer AE, Chiang C, Plasencia N, Biederman J, Sun Y, Gebara C, Jellinek M, Murphy JM, Zima BT. Utilization of Child Psychiatry Consultation Embedded in Primary Care for an Urban, Latino Population. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 30(2):637-652. PMID: 31130542; PMCID: PMC6750951; DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0047;

Spencer AE, Plasencia N, Sun Y, Lucke C, Haile H, Cronin R, Faraone SV, Jellinek M, Murphy JM, Biederman J. Screening for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Comorbidities in a Diverse, Urban Primary Care Setting. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 10; 57(12):1442-1452. PMID: 30003797

Spencer TJ, Bhide P, Zhu J, Faraone SV, Fitzgerald M, Yule AM, Uchida M, Spencer AE, Hall AM, Koster AJ, Feinberg L, Kassabian S, Storch B, Biederman J. The Mixed Opioid Receptor Antagonist Naltrexone Mitigates Stimulant-Induced Euphoria: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Naltrexone. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Mar/Apr; 79(2).View Related Profiles.

Yule, Amy
Spencer, Andrea

PMID: 29617066; PMCID: PMC6548180; DOI: 10.4088/JCP.17m11609;

Spencer TJ, Bhide P, Zhu J, Faraone SV, Fitzgerald M, Yule AM, Uchida M, Spencer AE, Hall AM, Koster AJ, Biederman J. Opiate Antagonists Do Not Interfere With the Clinical Benefits of Stimulants in ADHD: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Mixed Opioid Receptor Antagonist Naltrexone. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Jan/Feb; 79(1).View Related Profiles.

Yule, Amy
Spencer, Andrea

PMID: 28640990; PMCID: PMC6438372; DOI: 10.4088/JCP.16m11012;

Wilens TE, Carrellas NW, Zulauf C, Yule AM, Uchida M, Spencer A, Biederman J. Pilot Data Supporting Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation in Medicated Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Deficits in Emotional Self-Regulation. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2017 10; 27(8):755-756.View Related Profiles.

Yule, Amy
Spencer, Andrea

PMID: 28661708; PMCID: PMC6913100; DOI: 10.1089/cap.2017.0080;

Uchida M, Spencer AE, Kenworthy T, Chan J, Fitzgerald M, Rosales AM, Kagan E, Saunders A, Biederman J. A Pilot Study: Cardiac Parameters in Children Receiving New-Generation Antidepressants. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jun; 37(3):359-362. PMID: 28301398

Spencer AE, Marin MF, Milad MR, Spencer TJ, Bogucki OE, Pope AL, Plasencia N, Hughes B, Pace-Schott EF, Fitzgerald M, Uchida M, Biederman J. Abnormal fear circuitry in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A controlled magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Apr 30; 262:55-62. PMID: 28235692

Zaccagnino M, Gahagan S, Spencer A, Jellinek M, Stein MT. Sudden Onset of Refusal to Eat on Waking After a Nightmare in a 6-Year-Old Girl. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2017 Feb/Mar; 38 Suppl 1:S53-S55. PMID: 28141722

Spencer AE, Biederman J. Drs Spencer and Biederman Reply. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016 09; 77(9):e1150. PMID: 27780324

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Spencer AE, Faraone SV, Bogucki OE, Pope AL, Uchida M, Milad MR, Spencer TJ, Woodworth KY, Biederman J. Examining the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016 Jan; 77(1):72-83. PMID: 26114394

Uchida M, Spencer AE, Biederman J, Castro VM, Kenworthy T, Chan J, Rosales AM, Newton-Cheh C, Perlis RH. A Systematic Evaluation of the QTc Interval and Antidepressants in Youth: An Electronic Health Record Study. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2015 Jul-Aug; 36(6):434-9. PMID: 26154713

Spencer AE, Uchida M, Kenworthy T, Keary CJ, Biederman J. Glutamatergic dysregulation in pediatric psychiatric disorders: a systematic review of the magnetic resonance spectroscopy literature. J Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 75(11):1226-41. PMID: 25271988

Adeyemo BO, Biederman J, Zafonte R, Kagan E, Spencer TJ, Uchida M, Kenworthy T, Spencer AE, Faraone SV. Mild traumatic brain injury and ADHD: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. J Atten Disord. 2014 Oct; 18(7):576-84. PMID: 25047040

Greene DI, Spencer AE, Pridgen BC, Cather C, Ablon S. Evolving illness, shifting perspectives: childhood psychosis through the lenses of family therapy and individual therapy. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2013 Sep-Oct; 21(5):259-68. PMID: 24651558

Kotte A, Joshi G, Fried R, Uchida M, Spencer A, Woodworth KY, Kenworthy T, Faraone SV, Biederman J. Autistic traits in children with and without ADHD. Pediatrics. 2013 Sep; 132(3):e612-22. PMID: 23979086; PMCID: PMC3876754; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3947;

Biederman J, Wozniak J, Martelon MK, Spencer TJ, Woodworth Y, Joshi G, Spencer A, Uchida M, Kotte A, Faraone SV. Can pediatric bipolar-I disorder be diagnosed in the context of posttraumatic stress disorder? A familial risk analysis. Psychiatry Res. 2013 Aug 15; 208(3):215-24. PMID: 23790757; PMCID: PMC3728676; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.011;

Joshi G, Petty C, Wozniak J, Faraone SV, Spencer AE, Woodworth KY, Shelley-Abrahamson R, McKillop H, Furtak SL, Biederman J. A prospective open-label trial of paliperidone monotherapy for the treatment of bipolar spectrum disorders in children and adolescents. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Jun; 227(3):449-58. PMID: 23397049

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 18 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2013 and 2017