University of California San Francisco

Alexis K. Colley, MD, MS

Alexis Colley
Alexis
Colley
MD, MS

Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery 
T32 Surgical Oncology Fellow (2021-2023)

[email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California, San Francisco Fellowship, Palliative Medicine 2024
University of California, San Francisco MD Doctor of Medicine 2018
University of California, Berkeley MS Health and Medical Sciences 2016
Whitman College BA Biology 2007
University of California, San Francisco Residency, General Surgery

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 23
  1. Increasing the use of language-concordant discharge instructions in general surgery: A resident-led quality improvement initiative.
    Baskin AS, Romero-Hernandez F, Trang K, Cevallos J, Hernandez S, Colley A, Record H, Dao J, Soriano I, Bongiovanni T, Wick E| | PubMed
  2. Using the Perspectives of Advanced Practice Providers to Design Strategies to Increase Engagement of Surgical Patients in Advance Care Planning.
    Johnson CL, Barnes KE, Colley A, Broering J, Yee A, Bongiovanni T, Roman S, Wick EC| | PubMed
  3. Clinician Perspectives on How Family Support and Psychological Distress Influence Older Adults' Recovery After Major Surgery.
    Colley A, Dillon E, Yank V, Keny C, Finlayson E, Dutt M, Tang V| | PubMed
  4. Health Care Navigators for Perioperative Advance Care Planning.
    Colley A, Valderrama A, Tang V, Pierce L, Sudore RL, Wick EC| | PubMed
  5. "It Gives Me Peace of Mind So I Can Focus on Healing": Views on Advance Care Planning for Older Surgical Patients.
    Colley A, Broering J, Lee K, Lin JA, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick EC| | PubMed
  6. We asked the experts: Normalize challenges, build community, and develop mentorship: A guide for proactive institutional support for child rearing during surgical training.
    Colley A, Yap A, Trang K, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG, Vu L| | PubMed
  7. Advanced Care Planning Content Encoding with Natural Language Processing.
    Knoll BC, Gunderson M, Rajamani G, Wick EC, Colley A, Lindemann E, Rizvi R, Diethelm M, Hultman G, Pierce L, Zhang R, Melton GB| | PubMed
  8. "It's Incapacitated Me in so Many Ways": Older Adults' Lived Experience With Postoperative Symptoms at Home After Major Elective Surgery.
    Keny C, Dillon EC, Russell MM, Colley A, Yank V, Tang V| | PubMed
  9. Clinician Review of Advanced Care Planning for Older Surgical Patients Requiring Intensive Care.
    Lin JA, Colley A, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick EC| | PubMed
  10. Large Language Model-Based Chatbot vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Common Procedures.
    Decker H, Trang K, Ramirez J, Colley A, Pierce L, Coleman M, Bongiovanni T, Melton GB, Wick E| | PubMed
  11. Experiences with targeting inpatient advance care planning for emergency general surgery patients: A resident-led quality improvement project.
    Colley A, Lin J, Pierce L, Johnson C, Bongiovanni T, Finlayson E, Sudore R, Wick EC| | PubMed
  12. Quality Improvement Initiative Implementation at the Unit or Hospital Level.
    Colley A, Wick E| | PubMed
  13. Disparities in advance care planning rates persist among emergency general surgery patients: Current state and recommendations for improvement.
    Johnson CL, Colley A, Pierce L, Lin JA, Bongiovanni T, Roman S, Sudore RL, Wick E| | PubMed
  14. Missed Opportunities and Health Disparities for Advance Care Planning Before Elective Surgery in Older Adults.
    Colley A, Lin JA, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick E| | PubMed
  15. High risk of complications after a "low risk" procedure: A national study of nursing home residents and older adults undergoing haemorrhoid surgery.
    Colley A, Finlayson E, Zhao S, Boscardin J, Suskind A| | PubMed
  16. Robotic repair of perineal hernias: a video vignette and review of the literature.
    Watanaskul S, Schwab ME, Colley A, Chern H, Varma MG, Hoffman WY, Sarin A| | PubMed
  17. "I Wish Someone had Asked Me Earlier"-Perspectives on Advance Care Planning in Surgery.
    Colley A, Finlayson E, Sosa JA, Wick E| | PubMed
  18. Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
    Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC| | PubMed
  19. Public Opinions About Surgery in Older Adults: A Thematic Analysis.
    Dharmasukrit C, Ramaiyer M, Dillon EC, Russell MM, Dutt M, Colley A, Tang VL| | PubMed
  20. Jejunal prolapse and incarceration following feeding tube exchange.
    Conroy PC, Colley A, Bongiovanni T, Chang TT, Harris H| | PubMed
  21. Mental health, preoperative disability, and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty.
    Wong SE, Colley AK, Pitcher AA, Zhang AL, Ma CB, Feeley BT| | PubMed
  22. Treatment Intensity After Traumatic Brain Injury: More Is Not Better.
    Colley A, Finlayson E| | PubMed
  23. Factors associated with oncology patients' involvement in shared decision making during chemotherapy.
    Colley A, Halpern J, Paul S, Micco G, Lahiff M, Wright F, Levine JD, Mastick J, Hammer MJ, Miaskowski C, Dunn LB| | PubMed