Ashley Arkema, FNP-BC, MS

Professional Titles

• Nurse Practitioner
• Senior Instructor

Publications

• Higgins MG, Helmkamp L, Zimmaro LA, Leslie SE, Adams M, Vemuru S, Huynh VD, Baurle E, Bozzuto L, Rojas KE, Coons HL, Arkema A, Tevis S. Preliminary evaluation of the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of an online sexual health educational video series for breast cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2026 Jan 26;34(2):130. doi: 10.1007/s00520-026-10381-y. PMID: 41586882.
• Yoshida C, Higgins MG, George A, Adams M, Leslie SE, Durden J, Vemuru S, Goode J, Arkema A, Becker N, Tevis SE. Perceptions and Experiences of Patients at High-Risk for Breast Cancer. Academic Surgical Congress. February 2026. Lake Buena Vista, FL. Quickshot Presentation.
• Yoshida C, Higgins MG, Adams M, Vemuru S, Parris H, Huynh V, Goode J, DeWitt A, Arkema A, Becker N, Davis N, Helmkamp L, Leslie SE, Durden J, Tevis SE. Patient-Reported Outcomes and Attitudes in Patients at High-Risk for Breast Cancer. Am J Surg. April 2026.
• Higgins MG, Helmkamp L, Zimmaro LA, Leslie SE, Adams M, Vemuru S, Huynh VD, Baurle E, Bozzuto L, Rojas KE, Coons HL, Arkema A, Tevis S. Let's Talk About Sex: An Acceptable, Appropriate and Feasible Online Sexual Health Educational Video Series for Breast Cancer Patients. Res Sq. 2025 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 40894017
• Adams M, Higgins MG, Vemuru SR, Huynh V, Coons HL, Baurle E, Rojas KE, Hampanda K, Zimmaro L, Arkema A, Bozzuto L, Fleagle E, Makela K, Singer K, Tevis SE. Developing a patient-centered educational video series on sexual health for women with breast cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Jul 28;33(8):724. PubMed PMID: 40719966
• S Goldfarb, J Carter, N Toumbacaris, M Cheng, A Arkema, N Abdo, C Chang, S Wong, A Jamner, Y Chen, L Vahdat, (017) Flibanserin improves libido and sexual satisfaction in women with breast cancer on endocrine therapy, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 21, Issue Supplement_5, June 2024, qdae054.017, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae054.017
• Carter J, Arkema A, Roth A, Saban S, & Nelson C. (2021). Sexual Problems and Cancer. In: Breitbart WS, Butow PN, Jacobsen PB, Lam W, Lazenby M, Loscalzo MJ (Eds). Psycho-Oncology, (4th edition pp. 276-282). Oxford University Press.
• Mendelsohn R, Palmaira RL, Lumish M, Bacani J, Krishnan A, Weiss J, Semler R, Casson A, Arkema A, Carter J, Nelson C, Mulhall J, Garcia-Aguilar J, Stadler Z, Maya H, Cercek A. A Coordinated Clinical Center for Young Onset Colorectal Cancer. Oncologist. 2021 Aug;26(8):625-629. doi: 10.1002/onco.13849. Epub 2021 Jun 17. PMID: 34096669; PMCID: PMC8342573.
• Goldfarb S, Saban S, Arkema A, Patil S, Flynn J, Goldfrank D, Norton L, Carter, J. Objective and subjective vulvovaginal symptoms in breast cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, e24056-e24056(2020). DOI:10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e24056
• Carter J, Saban S, Arkema A, Goldfrank D, Goldfarb S, 042 Breast Cancer Patients in a Female Sexual Medicine and Women’s Health Program: A Cross-sectional Retrospective Study, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 17, Issue Supplement_3, July 2020, Page S239, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.04.278

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), Affiliate Member
• The Menopause Society, Member
• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH), Member
• Scientific Network on Female Sexuxal Health and Cancer, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC, Board Certification (2014)
• Nurse Practitioner, License (2014)
• Registered Nurse, License (2011)
• Certified Menopause Practitioner, Certificate (2025)

• Women's Health - Menopause
• Women's Health
• Cancers - Breast Cancer
• Cancers
• Surgery - Breast Surgery
• Surgery