Ashley Arkema, FNP-BC, MS

Professional Titles

• Nurse Practitioner

Publications

• 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
• Goldfarb S, Carter J, Arkema A, Chang M, Abdo M, Zahrah G, Vicari E, Santovasi S, Dacunto A, Chang C, Vahdat L. Effect of flibanserin on libido in women with breast cancer on adjuvant endocrine therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, 12015-12015(2023). DOI:10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.12015
• S Goldfarb, J Carter, A Arkema, N Abdo, A Carpio, C Chang, L Vahdat, Flibanserin Improves Libido In Women with Breast Cancer, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 19, Issue Supplement_3, August 2022, Pages S9–S10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.05.024
• 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. PubMed PMID: 34096669
• 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.
• J. Carter, S. Saban, A. Arkema, D. Goldfrank, S. Goldfarb, 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
• 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. Breast cancer patients in a female sexual medicine and women’s health program: A cross-sectional retrospective study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 37, 8-8(2019). DOI:10.1200/JCO.2019.37.31_suppl.8
• Higgins MG, Vemuru S, Huynh V, Adams M, Leslie S, Coons HL, Baurle E, Rojas KE, Arkema A, Bozzuto L, Zimmaro LA, Singer K, Tevis S. Online Sexual Health Educational Video Series for Breast Cancer Patients: Preliminary Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility. ISSWSH Annual Meeting. February 2025. Atlanta, GA. Poster presentation.

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), Affiliate Member
• North American Menopause Society, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certification (2014)
• Nurse Practitioner, License (2014)
• Registered Nurse, License (2011)

• Surgery - Breast Surgery
• Surgery
• Women's Health - Menopause
• Women's Health
• Cancers - Breast Cancer
• Cancers
• Women's Health - Hormone Replacement Therapy