Education

Brown University, Providence, RI, ScB, 1990, Applied Mathematics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, MSc, 1993, Statistics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, PhD, 1997, Engineering

Honors & Awards

  • 2007
    Fellowship Award, Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth
  • 2008
    Innovation Profile in Innovation Exchange, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services
  • 2009
    Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation Award
  • 2009
    Finalist, Decision Analysis Society Practice Award Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
  • 2010
    Health/Medical Advocate of the Year Dorland Health People Awards
  • 2010
    Faith Fancher Award for Outstanding Breast Cancer Research Proposal in Underserved Populations California Breast Cancer Research Program
  • 2010
    National Best Practice recognition for UCSF Decision Services Oncology Roundtable of the Advisory Board, Washington DC
  • 2010
    National Healthcare Quality Report, Successful Strategy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services
  • 2011
    UC Office of the President - Center for Health Quality and Innovation, The Patient Support Corps: A Service Learning Program for Improved Care and Education
  • 2020
    UCSF School of Medicine - Dean’s Commendation for Exceptional University Service for COVID-19 Pandemic Response
  • 2021
    UCSF Health PRIDE Experience Award for work with the COVID-19 Hotline Team

Selected Publications

  1. Kwon DH, Trihy L, Darvish N, Hearst E, Sumra S, Borno HT, Bose R, Chou J, de Kouchkovsky I, Desai A, Ekstrand B, Friedlander T, Kaur G, Koshkin VS, Nesheiwat S, Sepucha K, Small EJ, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. Patients Can Administer Mobile Audio Recordings to Increase Knowledge in Advanced Prostate Cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Nov; 13(22):e70433.  View on PubMed
  2. Wang T, Che M, Huilgol YS, Keane H, Goodman D, Soonavala R, Ozanne E, Shieh Y, Belkora JK, Fiscalini AS, Athena Breast Health Network Investigators and Advocate Partners, Esserman LJ. Validation study of risk-reduction activities after personalized breast cancer education tool in the WISDOM study. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2024 Oct 14; 10(1):90.  View on PubMed
  3. Belkora J, Reichert J, Williams K, Whooley M, Rezayat T, Sorensen S, Chilakamarri P, Sanders E, Maas A, Gomez A, Kurien P, Ashbrook L, Thomas J, Sarmiento K.. Implementing TeleSleep at Veterans Healthcare Administration: An organizational case study of adaptation and sustainment. Frontiers in Sleep. 2024; 3.  View on PubMed
  4. Belkora JK, Reichert J, Williams K, Whooley MA, Rezayat T, Sorensen S, Chilakamarri P, Sanders E, Maas A, Gomez A, Kurien P, Ashbrook L, Thomas J, Sarmiento KF. Implementing TeleSleep at Veterans Healthcare Administration: an organizational case study of adaptation and sustainment. Front Sleep. 2024 Sep 10; 3.  View on PubMed
  5. Kwon DH, Scheuner MT, McPhaul M, Hearst E, Sumra S, Ursem C, Walker E, Wang S, Huang FW, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. Germline testing for veterans with advanced prostate cancer: concerns about service-connected benefits. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Sep 02; 8(5).  View on PubMed
  6. Belkora JK, Ortiz DeBoque L, Folmer RL, Totten AM, Williams K, Whooley MA, Boudreau E, Atwood CW, Zeidler M, Rezayat T, Chilakamarri P, Sarmiento KF. Sustainment of the TeleSleep program for rural veterans. Front Health Serv. 2023; 3:1214071.  View on PubMed
  7. Belkora J, Broering J, Neuhaus J, Zargham A, Weinberg T, Witte J, Kenfield S, Van Blarigan E, Cooperberg M, Carroll P, Chan J. . Controlled trial of decision support for men with early-stage prostate cancer: brief research report of effects on patient knowledge. Frontiers in Urology. 2023; 3.  View on PubMed
  8. Belkora JK, Fields B, Shamim-Uzzaman QA, Stratford D, Alfandre D, Hollingshaus S, Yackel E, Geppert C, Nechanicky P, Nichols A, Williams K, Reichert J, Whooley MA, Francis J, Sarmiento KF. Veterans Health Administration response to 2021 recall of Philips Respironics devices: A case study. Front Sleep. 2023 Apr 12; 2.  View on PubMed
  9. Shepherd SC, Hacking B, Wallace LM, Murdoch SE, Belkora J. Feeling known and informed: Serial qualitative interviews evaluating a consultation support intervention for patients with high-grade glioma. Cancer Med. 2023 04; 12(7):8652-8661.  View on PubMed
  10. Kwon DH, Karthikeyan S, Chang A, Borno HT, Koshkin VS, Desai A, Bose R, Friedlander T, Rodvelt T, Li P, Small EJ, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. Mobile Audio Recording Technology to Promote Informed Decision Making in Advanced Prostate Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 05; 18(5):e648-e658.  View on PubMed
  11. Wang T, Huilgol YS, Black J, D'Andrea C, James J, Northrop A, Belkora J, Esserman LJ. Pre-Appointment Nurse Navigation: Patient-Centered Findings From a Survey of Patients With Breast Cancer. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2021 10 01; 25(5):E57-E62.  View on PubMed
  12. Belkora J, Weinberg T, Murphy J, Karthikeyan S, Tran H, Toliver T, Lopez F, Tominaga G, Helle M, Intinarelli G, Adler J. Extending the Population Health Workforce Through Service Learning Internships During COVID: A Community Case Study. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:697515.  View on PubMed
  13. Keane H, Huilgol YS, Shieh Y, Tice JA, Belkora J, Sepucha K, Shibley WP, Wang T, Che M, Goodman D, Ozanne E, Fiscalini AS, Esserman LJ. Development and pilot of an online, personalized risk assessment tool for a breast cancer precision medicine trial. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021 Jun 17; 7(1):78.  View on PubMed
  14. Belkora J, Koehne N.. Helping Undergraduates Generate Internship Opportunities through Relationship Marketing: A Case Report. Frontiers in Education. 2021; 68(6).  View on PubMed
  15. Scheepens JCC, Veer LV', Esserman L, Belkora J, Mukhtar RA. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: A narrative review of the evidence and acceptability. Breast. 2021 Apr; 56:61-69.  View on PubMed
  16. Kwon DH, Aggarwal RR, Esserman LJ, Belkora JK. Prime Time for Consultation Audio Recordings: Supporting Shared Decision Making During and After the COVID-19 Era. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 04; 17(4):161-163.  View on PubMed
  17. Wu SY, Lazar AA, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Gottschalk AR, Jablons DM, Jahan TM, Wang VEH, Dunbar TL, Wong ML, Chan JW, Guthrie W, Belkora J, Yom SS. Evaluation of a National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines-Based Decision Support Tool in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 09 01; 3(9):e209750.  View on PubMed
  18. Belkora J, Chan JM, Cooperberg MR, Neuhaus J, Stupar L, Weinberg T, Broering JM, Tenggara I, Cowan JE, Rosenfeld S, Kenfield SA, Van Blarigan EL, Simko JP, Witte J, Carroll PR. Development and pilot evaluation of a personalized decision support intervention for low risk prostate cancer patients. Cancer Med. 2020 01; 9(1):125-132.  View on PubMed
  19. Yao K, Belkora J, Lee C, Kuchta K, Pesce C, Kopkash K, Rabbitt S, Barrera E, Simovic S, Sepucha K. An In-Visit Decision Aid for Surgeons to Address Decision Making for Bilateral Mastectomy for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec; 26(13):4372-4380.  View on PubMed
  20. Sepucha KR, Langford AT, Belkora JK, Chang Y, Moy B, Partridge AH, Lee CN. Impact of Timing on Measurement of Decision Quality and Shared Decision Making: Longitudinal Cohort Study of Breast Cancer Patients. Med Decis Making. 2019 08; 39(6):642-650.  View on PubMed

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