Kelly Wolfe, PhD

Research Interests

Publications

• Reynolds, N., Mrug, S., Wolfe, K., Schwebel, D., & Wallander, J. (2016). Spiritual coping, psychosocial adjustment, and physical health in youth with chronic illness: A meta-analytic review. Health Psychology Review, 10, 226-243.
• Cassidy AR, Ilardi D, Bowen SR, Hampton LE, Heinrich KP, Loman MM, Sanz JH, Wolfe KR. Congenital heart disease: A primer for the pediatric neuropsychologist. Child Neuropsychol. 2017 Sep 6;:1-44. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28874075
• Hoskinson KR, Wolfe KR, Yeates KO, Mahone EM, Cecil KM, Ris MD. Predicting changes in adaptive functioning and behavioral adjustment following treatment for a pediatric brain tumor: A report from the Brain Radiation Investigative Study Consortium. Psychooncology. 2017 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28171696
• Kelly, S. L., Wolfe, K. R., Steinberg, E. A., Upshaw, N. C., Buchanan, C., & Suplee, A. (2017, August). Executive functioning and medication adherence in pediatric transplant recipients. In D. Lefkowitz (Chair), Identifying psychosocial risk factors in pediatric solid organ transplant patients. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
• Buchanan, C., Suplee, A. F., Kelly, S. L., Wolfe, K. R., Steinberg, E. A., & Upshaw, N. C. (2017, August). Substance abuse policy evaluation in pediatric transplant patients. In D. Lefkowitz (Chair), Identifying psychosocial risk factors in pediatric solid organ transplant patients. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
• Suplee, A. F., Upshaw, N., Steinberg, E. A., Kelly, S. L., Wolfe, K. R., & Buchanan, C. (2017, August). Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument: Identifying risk factors during pre-transplant evaluations. In D. Lefkowitz (Chair), Identifying psychosocial risk factors in pediatric solid organ transplant patients. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
• Upshaw, N., Suplee, A. F., Kelly, S. L., Wolfe, K. R., Buchanan, C., & Steinberg, E. A. (2017, August). Measurement of medication adherence in adolescent transplantation populations. In D. Lefkowitz (Chair), Identifying psychosocial risk factors in pediatric solid organ transplant patients. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
• Wolfe, K.R. & Kelly, S.K. (2017, June). Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Consultation in a Multidisciplinary Post-Fontan Single Ventricle Care Program. Poster presented at the annual Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Liptzin DR, Di Maria MV, Younoszai A, Narkewicz MR, Kelly SL, Wolfe KR, Veress LA. Pulmonary Screening in Subjects after the Fontan Procedure. J Pediatr. 2018 Aug;199:140-143. PubMed PMID: 29747936
• Cassidy AR, Ilardi D, Bowen SR, Hampton LE, Heinrich KP, Loman MM, Sanz JH, Wolfe KR. [Formula: see text]Congenital heart disease: A primer for the pediatric neuropsychologist. Child Neuropsychol. 2018 Oct;24(7):859-902. PubMed PMID: 28874075
• Hoskinson KR, Wolfe KR, Yeates KO, Mahone EM, Cecil KM, Ris MD. Predicting changes in adaptive functioning and behavioral adjustment following treatment for a pediatric brain tumor: A report from the Brain Radiation Investigative Study Consortium. Psychooncology. 2018 Jan;27(1):178-186. PubMed PMID: 28171696
• Wolfe KR, Brinton J, Di Maria MV, Meier M, Liptzin DR. Oxygen saturations and neurodevelopmental outcomes in single ventricle heart disease. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Jun;54(6):922-927. PubMed PMID: 30919581
• Di Maria MV, Barrett C, Rafferty C, Wolfe K, Kelly SL, Liptzin DR, Brigham D, Younoszai A. Initiating a Fontan multidisciplinary clinic: Decreasing care variability, improving surveillance, and subsequent treatment of Fontan survivors. Congenit Heart Dis. 2019 Jul;14(4):590-599. PubMed PMID: 30957968
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt M. Predictors of Neuropsychological Functioning and Medication Adherence in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Referred for Neuropsychological Evaluation. Pediatr Transpl.
• Ilardi D, Kelly R Wolfe, Sanz JH, Cassidy AR. Meta-analysis in congenital heart disease: a question of sampling and interpretation. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Jan;63(1):8-9. PubMed PMID: 32914412
• Wolfe KR, Liptzin DR, Brigham D, Kelly SL, Rafferty C, Albertz M, Younoszai AK, Di Maria MV. Relationships between Physiologic and Neuropsychologic Functioning after Fontan. J Pediatr. 2020 Dec;227:239-246. PubMed PMID: 32687915
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt MD. Predictors of neuropsychological functioning and medication adherence in pediatric heart transplant recipients referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Feb;24(1):e13615. PubMed PMID: 31713990
• Cooney SJ, Campbell K, Wolfe K, DiMaria MV, Rausch CM. Is Neurodevelopment Related to Exercise Capacity in Single Ventricle Patients Who Have Undergone Fontan Palliation?. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33190162
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Liptzin DR, Brigham D, Rafferty C, Younoszai A, Di Maria MV. Patient and family experience in a multidisciplinary clinic for children with single ventricle heart disease. Journal of Patient Experience, 2020:1-7. DOI: 10.1177/2374373520904214
• Wolfe KR, Hutaff-Lee C, Wilkening G. Neuropsychological Screening in Pediatric Multidisciplinary Clinics: Group Characteristics and Predictive Utility. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2021 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34747436
• Jassal YR, Christofferson ES, Everitt MD, Wolfe KR. Specific patterns of executive functioning weaknesses among children after heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep;25(6):e14033. PubMed PMID: 33971066
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Liptzin DR, Brigham D, Rafferty C, Younoszai AK, Di Maria MV. Patient and Family Experience in a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Children With Single-Ventricle Heart Disease. J Patient Exp. 2020 Dec;7(6):1384-1390. PubMed PMID: 33457591
• Ilardi D, Kelly R Wolfe, Sanz JH, Cassidy AR. Meta-analysis in congenital heart disease: a question of sampling and interpretation. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Jan;63(1):8-9. PubMed PMID: 32914412
• Jassal YR, Kelly S, DiMaria M, Jacobsen R, Brigham D, Hawkins S, Rafferty C, Wolfe KR. Implications of attention and executive functioning weaknesses in youth with Fontan circulation. Child Neuropsychol. 2022 Sep 9;:1-20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36082702
• Wolfe KR, Liptzin DR, Brigham D, Kelly SL, Rafferty C, Albertz M, Younoszai AK, Di Maria MV. Relationships between Physiologic and Neuropsychologic Functioning after Fontan. J Pediatr. 2020 Dec;227:239-246. PubMed PMID: 32687915
• Kasparian NA, Sadhwani A, Sananes R, Blumenfeld E, Butcher JL, Cassidy AR, Cox SM, Kenowitz J, Miller TA, Sanz JH, Wolfe KR, Ilardi D. Telehealth services for cardiac neurodevelopmental care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a site survey from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. Cardiol Young. 2022 Feb 24;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35197144
• Cox SM, Butcher JL, Sadhwani A, Sananes R, Sanz JH, Blumenfeld E, Cassidy AR, Cowin JC, Ilardi D, Kasparian NA, Kenowitz J, Kroll K, Miller TA, Wolfe KR. Integrating Telehealth Into Neurodevelopmental Assessment: A Model From the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. J Pediatr Psychol. 2022 Jun 7;47(6):707-713. PubMed PMID: 35146508
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt MD. Predictors of neuropsychological functioning and medication adherence in pediatric heart transplant recipients referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Feb;24(1):e13615. PubMed PMID: 31713990
• Wolfe KR, Hutaff-Lee C, Wilkening G. Neuropsychological Screening in Pediatric Multidisciplinary Clinics: Group Characteristics and Predictive Utility. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2022 May 16;37(4):789-797. PubMed PMID: 34747436
• Ortinau CM, Wypij D, Ilardi D, Rofeberg V, Miller TA, Donohue J, Reichle G, Seed M, Elhoff J, Alexander N, Allen K, Anton C, Bear L, Boucher G, Bragg J, Butcher J, Chen V, Glotzbach K, Hampton L, Lee CK, Ly LG, Marino BS, Martinez-Fernandez Y, Monteiro S, Ortega C, Peyvandi S, Raiees-Dana H, Rollins CK, Sadhwani A, Sananes R, Sanz JH, Schultz AH, Sood E, Tan A, Willen E, Wolfe KR, Goldberg CS. Factors Associated With Attendance for Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Evaluation. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 1;152(3). PubMed PMID: 37593818
• Turner EM, Cassidy AR, Rea KE, Smith-Paine JM, Wolfe KR. The multifaceted role of neuropsychology in pediatric solid organ transplant: preliminary guidelines and strategies for clinical practice. Child Neuropsychol. 2023 Jun 8;:1-35. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37291962
• Wolfe KR, Caprarola SD, Clark C, Davidson J, Everitt MD, Faul L, Hageman C, Kelly SL, Maloney E, Patteson H, Scott S, Talbot A, Tong S, DiMaria KL. Implementation of the Cardiac Inpatient Neurodevelopmental Care Optimization (CINCO) programme: an interdisciplinary, generalisable approach to inpatient neurodevelopmental care. Cardiol Young. 2023 Apr 12;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37042605
• Jassal YR, Slomowitz R, Everitt MD, Christofferson ES, von Alvensleben JC, Di Maria M, Wolfe KR. A Preliminary Study of One Year Safety and Tolerability of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medications in Youth with Fontan Palliation or Heart Transplant. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36809419
• Jassal YR, Kelly S, DiMaria M, Jacobsen R, Brigham D, Hawkins S, Rafferty C, Wolfe KR. Implications of attention and executive functioning weaknesses in youth with Fontan circulation. Child Neuropsychol. 2023 Nov;29(7):1021-1040. PubMed PMID: 36082702
• Thomson LM, Niemiec S, Mancuso CA, Khailova L, Ali E, Syed A, Wolfe KR, Zakrzewski J, Stone M, Hyslop R, Frank BS, Davidson JA. Disruption of the Circulating Proteome in Neonates Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Following Congenital Heart Disease Surgery: A Nested Case-Control Study. J Pediatr. 2024 Sep 19;276:114322. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39306320
• Wolfe KR, Thomson LM, Niemiec S, Mancuso CA, Khailova L, Frank BS, Davidson JA. Early Circulating Biomarkers of Language Development in Single Ventricle Heart Disease. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Oct 1;178(10):1072-1074. PubMed PMID: 39102258
• Turner EM, Wilkening G, Hutaff-Lee C, Wolfe KR. From Evidence-Based Guidelines to Clinical Practice: Pediatric Neuropsychology Care in Multidisciplinary Clinics. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2024 Jul 24;39(5):547-556. PubMed PMID: 38205830
• Nguyen-Martinez A, Weigand B, Wolfe K, Kammeyer R, Schreiner T, Hutaff-Lee C. Clinical utility of brief screening measures during neuropsychological consultation for pediatric onset multiple sclerosis. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2024 Sep 19;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39297185
• Brosig CL, Bear LM, Wolfe, KR. Diagnosis and Intervention Strategies to Address Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Challenges in School-­ Aged Children With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024;13:e035985. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.035985

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

• Center for Neuroscience

Specialty Information

• Neuropsychology