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Elissa A Kolva

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. Holt DE, Carr AL, Roberts S, Milgrom SA, Kolva E, Kavanagh BD, Switzer GE, Eitel C, Nelson J, Miller B, Shiao J, Mueller AC, Karam SD, Clapp TR. The Use of Virtual Reality for 3D Diagnostic Imaging Review Enhances Understanding and Education of Patients with Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Mar 28. PMID: 40152846.
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    2. Carr AL, Roberts S, Bonnell LN, Kolva E. Existential distress and meaning making among female breast cancer patients with cancer-related fertility concerns. Palliat Support Care. 2023 Apr; 21(2):196-204. PMID: 36562084.
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    3. Kolva E, Karam SD, Carr AL, Roberts S, Torkko K, Lanning R, Cox-Martin E. Guided imagery for treatment (GIFT): protocol of a pilot trial of guided imagery versus treatment as usual to address radiotherapy-related distress in head and neck cancer. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Sep 05; 8(1):199. PMID: 36064748.
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    4. Plys E, Vaughan CL, Kutner JS, Berk J, Kolva E. Interdisciplinary neuropalliative care: A unique and valuable clinical training experience for geropsychology trainees. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2022 Oct-Dec; 43(4):551-563. PMID: 34044751.
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    5. Biringen EK, Cox-Martin E, Niemiec S, Wood C, Purcell WT, Kolva E. Psychotropic medications in oncology. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Nov; 29(11):6801-6806. PMID: 33993408.
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    6. Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2021 04; 30(4):520-528. PMID: 33217070.
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    7. Kolva E, Hoffecker L, Cox-Martin E. Suicidal ideation in patients with cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, intervention and assessment. Palliat Support Care. 2020 04; 18(2):206-219. PMID: 31554521.
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    8. Kolva E, Bonnell L, Cox-Martin E. Innovations in online assessment of suicidality in patients with cancer: Optimizing safety and feasibility. Psychooncology. 2020 01; 29(1):224-226. PMID: 31652365.
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    9. Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Laudenslager ML, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BW, Kolva E, Joshi T, Amoyal Pensak N. Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 03; 5(1):e11406. PMID: 31066678.
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    10. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino RM. Neuropsychological Predictors of Decision-Making Capacity in Terminally Ill Patients with Advanced Cancer. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Jan 24; 35(1):1-9. PMID: 31328219.
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    11. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino R. Assessing the Decision-Making Capacity of Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 05; 26(5):523-531. PMID: 29398351.
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    12. Melton L, Brewer B, Kolva E, Joshi T, Bunch M. Increasing access to care for young adults with cancer: Results of a quality-improvement project using a novel telemedicine approach to supportive group psychotherapy. Palliat Support Care. 2017 04; 15(2):176-180. PMID: 27457109.
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    13. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H, Breitbart W. Using item response theory (IRT) to reduce patient burden when assessing desire for hastened death. Psychol Assess. 2017 03; 29(3):349-353. PMID: 27280743.
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    14. Bhatia M, Kolva E, Cimini L, Jin Z, Satwani P, Savone M, George D, Garvin J, Paz ML, Briamonte C, Cruz-Arrieta E, Sands S. Health-related quality of life after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Apr; 21(4):666-72. PMID: 25559691.
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    15. Saracino R, Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Measuring social support in patients with advanced medical illnesses: An analysis of the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Oct; 13(5):1153-63. PMID: 25201170.
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    16. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Brescia R, Comfort C. Assessing decision-making capacity at end of life. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2014 Jul-Aug; 36(4):392-7. PMID: 24698057.
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    17. Applebaum AJ, Kolva EA, Kulikowski JR, Jacobs JD, DeRosa A, Lichtenthal WG, Olden ME, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Conceptualizing prognostic awareness in advanced cancer: a systematic review. J Health Psychol. 2014 Sep; 19(9):1103-19. PMID: 24157936.
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    18. Sachs E, Kolva E, Pessin H, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. On sinking and swimming: the dialectic of hope, hopelessness, and acceptance in terminal cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2013 Mar; 30(2):121-7. PMID: 22556280.
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    19. Rosenfeld B, Pessin H, Lewis C, Abbey J, Olden M, Sachs E, Amakawa L, Kolva E, Brescia R, Breitbart W. Assessing hopelessness in terminally ill cancer patients: development of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness Questionnaire. Psychol Assess. 2011 Jun; 23(2):325-336. PMID: 21443366.
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    20. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Pessin H, Breitbart W, Brescia R. Anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Nov; 42(5):691-701. PMID: 21565460.
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    21. Porter M, Kolva E, Ahl R, Diefenbach MA. Changing patterns of CAM use among prostate cancer patients two years after diagnosis: reasons for maintenance or discontinuation. Complement Ther Med. 2008 Dec; 16(6):318-24. PMID: 19028331.
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