Jeffrey Belkora, PhD

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

• 1998-2002
  Leadership roles in Research & Development, Business Development, and Technical Sales for Outcome Software, Inc.
• 2003-2007
  Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
• 2003-present
  Director, Decision Services, UCSF Breast Care Center
• 2008-present
  Assistant Professor, In Residence, Surgery and Health Policy, UCSF School of Medicine

• 1987
  Cryptologia Award for best undergraduate paper on cryptography Cryptologia Journal
• 1987
  Regional Winner, NAAAF Essay on the Bicentennial of the Constitution National Academic Achievement Award Foundation
• 1989
  Phi Beta Kappa honors society - humanities Phi Beta Kappa
• 1989
  Sigma Xi honors society - science Sigma Xi
• 1990
  Graduated magna cum laude Brown University
• 1997
  Goldsmith Award for Best Paper on Dispute Resolution by a Stanford University Student Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation
• 1997
  Ph.D. dissertation on Consultation Planning named as National Best Practice Oncology Roundtable of the Advisory Board, Washington DC
• 2004
  Tax Check-Off Award for "research projects that could make the greatest impact on California women," funded through voluntary check-off area on state income taxes California Breast Cancer Research Program
• 2006
  DatStat Research Enhancement Award Mechanism (DREAM) DatStat, Inc.
• 2006
  Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women's Health UCSF/NIH K12 Career Development Award
• 2006
  Fellow in the Teaching Scholars Program Office of Medical Education, UCSF School of Medicine
• 2006
  Tax Check-Off Award for "research projects that could make the greatest impact on California women," funded through voluntary check-off area on state income taxes California Breast Cancer Research Program
• 2007
  Fellowship Award, Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth
• 2008
  Innovation Profile in Innovation Exchange, www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=95 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services
• 2009
  Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation Award http://centerforinnovation.mayo.edu/transform/2009/jeff-belkora.html Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation
• 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 www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr10/nhqr10.pdf Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

• 1. Belkora J, Rugo H, Moore D, Hutton D, and Esserman L, Risk communication with patients with breast cancer: cautionary notes about printing Adjuvant! estimates. Lancet Oncol, 2008. 9: p. 602-3 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS147020450870158X/abstract
• 2. Belkora J, Loth M, Chen D, Chen J, Volz S, and Esserman L, Monitoring the Implementation of Consultation Planning, Recording, and Summarizing in a Breast Care Center. Patient Educ Couns, 2008 Dec;73(3):536-43. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TBC-4T9TC3F-1/2/62b9f97ed06ccc24b0cba4d8f49a5bf0
• 3. Ozanne E, Braithwaite D, Sepucha K, Moore D, Esserman L, Belkora J. Sensitivity to Input Variability of the Adjuvant! Online Breast Cancer Prognostic Model. J Clin Oncol. Jan 10 2009;27(2):214-219. http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/doi/10.1200/JCO.2008.17.3914
• 4. Braithwaite D, Moore D, Liebman M, Belkora J, West D, Satariano W, Tammemagi C, Ozanne E, Hiatt R, Esserman L. Hypertension is an independent predictor of survival disparity between African American and white breast cancer patients. Int J Cancer. 2009 Mar 1;124(5):1213-9. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121431839/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
• 5. Belkora J, Moore D, Hutton D. Assessing risk communication in breast cancer: Are continuous measures of patient knowledge better than categorical? Patient Educ Couns 2009, 76(1):106-112. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TBC-4V8N7H8-1/2/69bcce336b74be885cfcd43b46284ad0
• 6. Belkora J, Rugo HS, Moore D, Hutton D, Chen F, Esserman L: Oncologist use of the Adjuvant! model for risk communication: a pilot study examining patient knowledge of 10-year prognosis. BMC Cancer 2009, 9:127. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/127
• 7. Hutton D, Belkora J, Shachter R, Moore D. Are patients getting the "gist" in risk communication: patient knowledge of breast cancer therapy prognosis. J Cancer Educ 2009, 24(3):194-199. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a912376147&fulltext=713240928
• 8. Belkora J, Franklin L, O'Donnell S, Ohnemus J, and Stacey D. Adaptation of Consultation Planning for Native American and Latina women with breast cancer. Journal of Rural Health 2009;25:384-7. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122606544/HTMLSTART
• 9. Belkora J, Loth M, Volz S, and Rugo H. Implementing decision and communication aids to facilitate patient-centered care in breast cancer: A case study. Patient Educ Couns 2009;77:360-8 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19850438
• 10. Franklin L, Belkora J, O'Donnell S, Elsbree D, Hardin J, Ingle B, and Johnson N. Consultation support for rural women with breast cancer: Results of a community-based participatory research study. Patient Educ Couns 2010;80:80-87. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19889509
• 11. Belkora J, Teng A, Volz S, Loth M, Esserman L. Expanding the reach of decision and communication aids in a breast care center: a quality improvement study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2011;83:234-9. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399110004040
• 12. Sepucha K, Belkora J. Importance of Decision Quality in Breast Cancer Care. Psicooncología. Vol. 7, Núm. 2-3, 2010, pp. 313-328. http://seom.org/seomcms/images/stories/recursos/sociosyprofs/documentacion/psicooncologia/vol7_numero2-3/articulo7.pdf
• 13. Lee C, Belkora J, Chang Y, Moy B, Partridge A, Sepucha K. Are patients making high-quality decisions about breast reconstruction after mastectomy? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jan;127(1):18-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21200195
• 14. Belkora J, Volz S, Teng A, Moore D, Loth M, Sepucha K. Impact of decision aids in a sustained implementation at a breast care center. Patient Education and Counseling, 2011. [epub 2011 Jun 10]. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399111002370
• 15. Belkora J, Hutton D, Moore D, Siminoff L. Does use of the Adjuvant! model influence use of adjuvant therapy through better risk communication? JNCCN-The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2011 Jul; 9(7):707-12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21715722