Alexis Colley, MD, MS
Fellow
Medicine
School of Medicine

Her research in medical school was focused on patient engagement with decision making about chemotherapy. Dr. Colley is currently a clinical fellow in Palliative Medicine at UCSF. She completed a 2-year NIH T32 research fellowship in Surgical Oncology. Her research is focused on the use of Advance Care Planning (ACP) for surgical patients, surgeon-patient communication, and expanding the role of palliative care education for surgical trainees. Dr. Colley is mentored by surgeons Drs. Elizabeth Wick and Emily Finlayson, as well as geriatrician and palliative care physician Dr. Rebecca Sudore. Dr. Colley will return to surgical training in June 2024 and plans to pursue additional fellowship training in Colorectal Surgery after finishing residency. Dr. Colley has also collaborated with members of the Department of Surgery, including Drs. Lan Vu, Lucy Kornblith, and Mika Varma, to improve support for surgical trainees who are starting a family.

• Quality Improvement Initiative Implementation at the Unit or Hospital Level.
  Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 2023 Colley A, Wick E
• Disparities in advance care planning rates persist among emergency general surgery patients: Current state and recommendations for improvement.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2023 Johnson CL, Colley A, Pierce L, Lin JA, Bongiovanni T, Roman S, Sudore RL, Wick E
• Missed Opportunities and Health Disparities for Advance Care Planning Before Elective Surgery in Older Adults.
  JAMA surgery 2022 Colley A, Lin JA, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick E
• High risk of complications after a "low risk" procedure: A national study of nursing home residents and older adults undergoing haemorrhoid surgery.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2022 Colley A, Finlayson E, Zhao S, Boscardin J, Suskind A
• Robotic repair of perineal hernias: a video vignette and review of the literature.
  Surgical endoscopy 2022 Watanaskul S, Schwab ME, Colley A, Chern H, Varma MG, Hoffman WY, Sarin A
• "I Wish Someone had Asked Me Earlier"-Perspectives on Advance Care Planning in Surgery.
  Annals of surgery 2022 Colley A, Finlayson E, Sosa JA, Wick E
• Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC
• Public Opinions About Surgery in Older Adults: A Thematic Analysis.
  Annals of surgery 2021 Dharmasukrit C, Ramaiyer M, Dillon EC, Russell MM, Dutt M, Colley A, Tang VL
• Jejunal prolapse and incarceration following feeding tube exchange.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Conroy PC, Colley A, Bongiovanni T, Chang TT, Harris H
• Mental health, preoperative disability, and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty.
  Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2018 Wong SE, Colley AK, Pitcher AA, Zhang AL, Ma CB, Feeley BT
• Treatment Intensity After Traumatic Brain Injury: More Is Not Better.
  JAMA surgery 2018 Colley A, Finlayson E
• Factors associated with oncology patients' involvement in shared decision making during chemotherapy.
  Psycho-oncology 2016 Colley A, Halpern J, Paul S, Micco G, Lahiff M, Wright F, Levine JD, Mastick J, Hammer MJ, Miaskowski C, Dunn LB