Kelley Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP, CHFN

(Kelley M Anderson)

Associate Professor of Nursing

Department

Nursing Research

Office

McLeod 5038

kma8mk@virginia.edu

Biography

Associate professor Kelley Anderson conducts research on innovations for patients with heart failure, cardiovascular health, assistive technology for patients with heart failure, and innovations in teaching and mentoring. A long-time family nurse practitioner, Anderson also studies nursing in global and under-resourced contexts and earned a Fulbright Program Scholarship to the Czech Republic.

Editor of The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician (Springer), on the editorial board of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, and a reviewer for Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, JMIR Cardiology, Nursing Forum, SAGE Open Nursing, and Circulation: Heart Failure, Anderson earned a BSN from UVA School of Nursing, an MSN from the University of Texas, Austin, an FNP certificate from the University of Florida, and a PhD from the Catholic University of America. A member of the Raven Society and on the School’s Alumni Council for more than a decade, she serves on the Blue Ridge Medical Center board of directors and is deeply involved in the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.

Prior to her arrival at UVA in 2024, Anderson was an associate professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing where she developed its PhD curriculum, established a post-doctoral fellowship in nursing program, developed an experiential program for students in rural Tanzania, and mentored DNP, CNL, BSN, and family nurse practitioner students.

Certifications

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC)

Research Focus

Care and management of patients with cardiovascular conditions, with a focus on quality of life and health equity.

Publications

Advance Online Publications

Esbhani, U. A., Abidi, S. H. R., Tavares, C., Anderson, K. M., Groninger, H., Sheikh, F. H., Bush, E., & Rao, A. (2025). Outcomes of heart failure patients on palliative inotrope therapy in the hospice setting: A single center retrospective cohort study. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2024.0492

Journal Articles

Anderson, K. M., Schmitt, A., Weintraub, W. S., Scally, R., & Steen, T. Y. (2025). Cardiac cachexia and the associations to the microbiome: State‐of‐the‐Science review. JCSM Communications. 8(1), e114 (1), e114-. https://doi.org/10.1002/rco2.114

Kumar, S., VanDolah, H., Rasheed, A. D., Budd, S., Anderson, K., Papolos, A. I., M, B. B. K., Singam, N. S. V., Rao, A., & Groninger, H. (2024). Optimizing outcomes: Impact of palliative care consultation timing in the cardiovascular intensive care unit. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care, 68, 265-271.

Fraser, M., Barnes, S. G., Barsness, C., Beavers, C., Bither, C. J., Boettger, S., Hallman, C., Keleman, A., Leckliter, L., McIlvennan, C. K., Ozemek, C., Patel, A., Pierson, N. W., Shakowski, C., Thomas, S. C., Whitmire, T., & Anderson, K. M. (2024). Nursing care of the patient hospitalized with heart failure: Executive summary: A scientific statement from the American Association of Heart Failure nurses. Heart & Lung, 64, A1-A5.

Shara, N., Mirabal-Beltran, R., Talmadge, B., Falah, N., Ahmad, M., Dempers, R., Crovatt, S., Eisenberg, S., & Anderson, K. (2024). Use of machine learning for early detection of maternal cardiovascular conditions: Retrospective study using electronic health record data. JMIR Cardio. 8, e53091. https://doi.org/10 (), -.

Noufi, P., Anderson, K. M., Crowell, N., White, Y., Molina, E., Rao, S. D., & Groninger, H. (2024). Prognostic implications of delirium after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation: A retrospective study. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 63, S225-S226 (), -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaclp.2024.04.005

Maini, M., Anderson, K. M., Seplowe, M., Crowell, N. A., Pitcher, C., Scally, R., Weintraub, W. S., Najjar, S. S., Groninger, H., & Rao, A. (2024). Disease-state understanding and experience of patients receiving continuous intravenous inotropic support as palliative therapy: A multicenter survey. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 27 (8), 1026-1032. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2023.0670

Bjarnadóttir, M. V., Anderson, D., Anderson, K. M., Aljwfi, O., Peluso, A., Ghannoum, A., Balba, G., & Shara, N. (2024). Health care usage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the adoption of telemedicine: Retrospective study of chronic disease cohorts. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26, e54991 (e54991), -. https://doi.org/10.2196/54991

Fraser, M., Barnes, S. G., Barsness, C., Beavers, C., Bither, C. J., Boettger, S., Hallman, C., Keleman, A., Leckliter, L., McIlvennan, C. K., Ozemek, C., Patel, A., Pierson, N. W., Shakowski, C., Thomas, S. C., Whitmire, T., & Anderson, K. M. (2024). Nursing care of the patient hospitalized with heart failure: A scientific statement from the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 64, 1-5.

Abdullah, B., Gupta, R., Anderson, K. M., Balsara, K., Sheikh, F. H., Groninger, H., &, Rao, A. (2024). The role of palliative care for patients with left ventricular assist devices: A narrative review. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 13(3), 598-606.

Kelemen, A., Groninger, H., Yearwood, E. L., French, C., Bither, C., Rao, A., & Anderson, K. M. (2024). The experiences among bereaved family members after a left ventricular assist device.. Heart & Lung, 1(66), 117-22.

Book Sections

Reilly, C., & Anderson, K. M. (2024). Prevention of heart failure.. In S. B. Dunbar & L. T. Braun (Eds.), Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing. (pp. 507-527). Princeton, NJ: Springer.