Carling Ursem, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
• MD College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia Univeristy
• Residency Internal Medicine Duke University Medical Center
• BS Molecular Toxicology UC Berkeley

Interests

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• Geriatric oncology
• GI oncology
• colon cancer outcomes

Publications (25)

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Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalWater SupplyErbB ReceptorsTamoxifenDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsUrologic DiseasesEukaryotaWater MicrobiologyOvarian NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsProduct Surveillance, PostmarketingAdverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsBiliary Tract DiseasesChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCamping

• Challenges in patient-centered germline testing delivery for veterans with advanced prostate cancer (APC).
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024 Daniel H Kwon, Marissa McPhaul, Eliza Hearst, Saffanat Sumra, Carling Jade Ursem, Evan Justin Walker, Maren Theresa Scheuner, Sunny Wang, Rahul Raj Aggarwal, Franklin W. Huang, Jeffrey Belkora
• Associations of frailty with overall survival (OS) and functional decline among older adults with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and/or targeted therapy.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023 Howard Jinsoo Lee, Louise Christie Walter, Alexander K. Smith, Ying Shi, W. John Boscardin, Harvey Jay Cohen, Grant Richard Williams, Sandra Zeng, Carolyn J Presley, Allison Magnuson, Supriya Gupta …
• "You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture": Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool for geriatric oncology.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2022 Wong ML, Nicosia FM, Smith AK, Walter LC, Lam V, Cohen HJ, Loh KP, Mohile SG, Ursem CJ, Schwarze ML
• SIOG2021-0067* “You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture”: Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case (BC/WC) communication tool to geriatric oncology.
  Journal of Geriatric Oncology 2021 M. Wong, F. Nicosia, A. Smith, L. Walter, V. Lam, H. Cohen, K.P. Loh, S. Mohile, C. Ursem, M. Schwarze
• Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Wong ML, Shi Y, Smith AK, Miaskowski C, Boscardin WJ, Cohen HJ, Lam V, Mazor M, Metzger L, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Loh KP, Ursem CJ, Friedlander TW, Blakely CM, Gubens MA, Allen G, Shumay D, Walter …

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• Changes in functional status associated with radiation for prostate cancer in older veterans.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2020 Ursem C, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin J, Lee S
• Embedded palliative care for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a mixed-methods pilot study.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2020 Bischoff KE, Zapata C, Sedki S, Ursem C, O'Riordan DL, England AE, Thompson N, Alfaro A, Rabow MW, Atreya CE
• Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Impact of Oophorectomy for Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer.
  The oncologist 2020 Ursem C, Zhou M, Paciorek A, Atreya CE, Ko AH, Venook A, Zhang L, Van Loon K
• Mixed methods comparison of functional decline during chemotherapy, immunotherapy (IO), and/or targeted therapy in older adults with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 Melisa L. Wong, Alexander K. Smith, Christine Miaskowski, Vivek Musinipally, Harvey Jay Cohen, Vivian Lam, Melissa Mazor, Carling Jade Ursem, Kah Poh Loh, Jamie Cohen, Dianne Shumay, Anna Ordin Levin,…
• P111 “NO ENERGY, ZIP”: A MIXED METHODS COMPARISON OF FUNCTIONAL DECLINE DURING IMMUNOTHERAPY, TARGETED THERAPY, AND/OR CHEMOTHERAPY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC).
  Journal of Geriatric Oncology 2019 M.L. Wong, A.K. Smith, C. Miaskowski, V. Musinipally, H.J. Cohen, V. Lam, M. Mazor, C.J. Ursem, K. Loh, J.A. Cohen, D. Shumay, A.O. Levin, N. Dixit, J. Grandi, L.C. Walter
• Prognostic factors among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A multisite cohort study.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 Melisa L. Wong, Christine Miaskowski, Alexander K. Smith, W. John Boscardin, Harvey Jay Cohen, Arti Hurria, Vivian Lam, Carling Jade Ursem, Collin Michael Blakely, Matthew A. Gubens, Thierry Marie …
• Emerging treatment options for BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer.
  Gastrointestinal cancer : targets and therapy 2018 Ursem C, Atreya CE, Van Loon K
• Association of changes in functional status with radiation for prostate cancer in older veterans.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2018 Carling Jade Ursem, L. Griselle Diaz-Ramirez, Sean Lang-Brown, Xiao X. Wei, Ronald C. Chen, Sei Lee
• Clinicopathologic characteristics and impact of oophorectomy for ovarian metastases (ovmets) in colorectal cancer (CRC).
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2018 Carling Jade Ursem, Margaret Zhou, Alan T Paciorek, Chloe Evelyn Atreya, Andrew H. Ko, Li Zhang, Katherine Van Loon
• The Developing Role of Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Agents in the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
  Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) 2017 Ursem C, Venook AP
• Symptom Burden in Patients Initiating Treatment for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (SA527B).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2017 Laura Cantino, Carling Ursem, Christine Ritchie, Michael Rabow, Chloe Atreya, Kara Bischoff
• A model of early integration of palliative care into oncology care for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016 Carling Jade Ursem, Laura Cantino, Ingrid Maravilla, Nicole Thompson, Chloe Evelyn Atreya, Kara Bischoff
• Adjuvant Therapy Trials.
  Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2016 Ursem C, Van Loon K, Venook A
• Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2015 Ursem CJ, Bosworth HB, Shelby RA, Hwang W, Anderson RT, Kimmick GG
• Abstract P1-09-05: Does socioeconomic status (SES) influence receipt of guideline concordant care in older women with breast cancer: Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national program of cancer registries (NPCR) patterns of care study.
  Poster Session Abstracts 2013 C Ursem, ST Fleming, S Sabatino, X-C Wu, JF Wilson, J Lipscomb, R Cress, R Anderson, G Kimmick
• Abstract P1-09-10: Disparities in presentation of breast cancer in a geriatric population.
  Poster Session Abstracts 2013 C Ursem, F Camacho, R Anderson, G Kimmick
• Disparities in breast cancer presentation and treatment of older women, by insurance status.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2013 Carling Ursem, Gretchen Genevieve Kimmick, Roger T. Anderson, Wenke Hwang, Fabian Camacho
• Identification of structure-activity relationships for adverse effects of pharmaceuticals in humans: Part B. Use of (Q)SAR systems for early detection of drug-induced hepatobiliary and urinary tract toxicities.
  Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP 2009 Matthews EJ, Ursem CJ, Kruhlak NL, Benz RD, Sabaté DA, Yang C, Klopman G, Contrera JF
• Identification of structure-activity relationships for adverse effects of pharmaceuticals in humans. Part A: use of FDA post-market reports to create a database of hepatobiliary and urinary tract toxicities.
  Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP 2009 Ursem CJ, Kruhlak NL, Contrera JF, MacLaughlin PM, Benz RD, Matthews EJ
• Surface water quality along the Central John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: coliforms and algae.
  High altitude medicine & biology 2009 Ursem C, Evans CS, Ger KA, Richards JR, Derlet RW