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Kelley Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP, CHFN

(Kelley M Anderson)

Associate Professor of Nursing
Department
Nursing Research
Office
McLeod 5038

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.

Anderson has experience mentoring BSN, CNL, Family Nurse Practitioner, DNP students; developing PhD and post-doctoral programs; and designing experiential global opportunities for students across curriculums.

Certifications

  • Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC)

Research Focus

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

Recent Grants

Humana Foundation Research Grant, Community collaborations to promote quality of life, mental health, and nutrition for rural seniors with cardiovascular disease (2025-2026).  

NIH, NINR, R21NR021061, Impact of social determinants of health on post-hospitalization outcomes and goal-concordant care in patients with advanced heart failure (2024-2026).

 

Publications

Advance Online Publications

Mihos, C.G., Liu, J.E., Anderson, K.M., Pernetz, M.A., O’Driscoll, J.M., Aurigemma, G.P. (2025). The American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. Speckle-tracking strain echocardiography for the assessment of left ventricular structure and function: A scientific statement from The American Heart Association. Circulation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001354

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

Online Journals

Anderson, K. M., Tobbell, D., Cessato, W. A., Graham-Perel, A., & Yearwood, E. L. (2025). Nursing disciplinary knowledge: Honoring the past and envisioning a future of PhD nursing education to advance health equity. Nursing Outlook, 73(5), 102491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102491

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, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.01.008

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

Rao, A., Maini, M., Anderson, K.M., Crowell, N.A., Gholami, S.S., Foley, C., Violanti, D., Singh, M., Sheikh, F.H., Najjar, S.S., & Groninger, H. (2024). Benefits and harms of continuous intravenous inotropic support as palliative therapy: A single-institution, retrospective analysis. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 41 (1), 6828-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091231160162

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.08.

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 (), 6828-6836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.01.007

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), 6828-6837. https://doi.org/10.2196/53091

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

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. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-23-551

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.04.004

Anderson, K. M., Yearwood, E., Weintraub, W. S., Xia, Y., Scally, R., Groninger, H., Rao, A., & Ahn, J. (2023). Determinants of health and outcomes in Medicare recipients with heart disease: A population study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 66 (5), 561-569. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.918146

Rao, A., Maini, M., Seplowe, M., Crowell, N. A., Pitcher, C., Scally, R., Weintraub, W. S., Najjar, S. S., Groninger, H., & Anderson, K. M. (2023). Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Receiving Continuous Intravenous Inotropic Support: A Multi-Center Survey. The American Journal of Cardiology. (), 6828-6836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.158

Davis, D., McLaughlin, M. K., & Anderson, K. M. (2022). Universal design for learning: A framework for blended learning in nursing education. Nurse Educator. 47 (3), 6828-6836. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001116

Asano, R., Anderson, K. M., Koirala, B., Abshire, M., Himmelfarb, C. D., & Davidson, P. M. (2022). The Edmonton Symptom Assessment scale in heart failure: A systematic review. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 37 (4), 6828-3637. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0000000000000835

Anderson, K. M., Ferranti, E. P., Alagha, E. C., Mykityshyn, E., French, C. E., & Reilly, C. M. (2022). The heart and gut relationship: A systematic review of the evaluation of the microbiome and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews. 27 (6), 2223-2249.-. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-022-10254-6837

McPherson, A., Nguyen, C., Groninger, H., Anderson, K. M., Henderson, P., & Rao, A. (2022). Continuous intravenous inotropic support for advanced heart failure: Palliative Considerations. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 36 (1), 6828-6836. https://doi.org/10.1080/15360288.2022.2050456

Anderson, K. M., Murphy, D., Groninger, H., Kolm, P., Wang, H., & Barton-Maxwel, V. (2022). Perceived symptoms as the primary indicators for 30-day heart failure readmission. PLOS ONE. 17 (5), 6826-6837. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267820

Shara, N., Bjarnadottir, M. V., Falah, N., Chou, J., Alqutri, H. S., Asch, F. M., Anderson, K. M., Bennett, S. S., Kuhn, A., Montalvo, B., Sanchez, O., Loveland, A., & Mohammed, S. F. (2022). Voice activated remote monitoring technology for heart failure patients: Study design, feasibility and observations from a pilot randomized control trial. PLOS ONE. 17 (5), 6828-6837. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267794

Shara, N., Anderson, K. M., Falah, N., Ahmad, M. F., Tavazoei, D., Hughes, J. M., Talmadge, B., Crovatt, S., & Dempers, R. (2022). Early identification of maternal cardiovascular risk through sourcing and preparing electronic health record data: Machine Learning Study. JMIR Medical Informatics. 10 (2), 6828-6837. https://doi.org/10.2196/34932

Rao, A., Singh, M., Maini, M., Anderson, K. M., Crowell, N. A., Henderson, P. R., Gholami, S. S., Sheikh, F. H., Najjar, S. S., & Groninger, H. (2022). Bridge to nowhere: A retrospective single-center study on patients using chronic intravenous inotropic support as bridge therapy who do not receive surgical therapy. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. (), 3828-6837. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.918146.

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.