Elana Farace
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Academic title Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Health Evaluation Sciences
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Neurosurgery
Joint departments Public Health Sciences
Graduate programs Neuroscience
Email Phone FAX
  ezf1@psu.edu
  717 531 7386
  717 531 0748
Educational background
  B.A.; Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; 1989; Neuroscience
M.A.; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 1993; Psychology
Ph.D.; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 1996; Psychology
Internship; McGuire VAMC, Richmond, VA; 1995-1996; Clinical Psychology
Fellowship; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 1996-1998; Neurology
Western State Psychiatric Hospital, Staunton, VA; 1997-1998; Geriatric Neuropsychology
Research interests
 

Specific research interests include interventions to palliate depression and neurocognitive impairment at end-of-life in all cancer patients; the quantification and remediation of "chemo brain" and other neurocognitive sequelae from chemotherapeutic and radiation treatments; the effect of depression and poor quality of life on length of survival; the interactions among neurocognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression and counseling interventions to improve cancer patients and family quality of life; neuropsychology of cancer; and cancer survivorship.

Areas of expertise
 
Brain InjuriesModels, Statistical
CognitionHydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
Neuropsychological TestsAstrocytoma
Brain NeoplasmsKi-67 Antigen
CraniotomyDecompression, Surgical
Intracranial PressureCerebral Ventricle Neoplasms
GliomaNeurosurgical Procedures
Neuroma, AcousticOutcome Assessment (Health Care)
Quality of LifeBody Water
BrainBrain Chemistry
Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyCase Management
Neuroprotective AgentsPregnatrienes
ConfusionEmergency Service, Hospital
Mass ScreeningMental Status Schedule
Nervous System DiseasesComa
Median NerveTranscutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
AphasiaCerebral Cortex
Cerebral InfarctionPerceptual Disorders
Depressive DisorderAdenoma
EndoscopyMicrosurgery
Pituitary NeoplasmsPostoperative Complications
Sphenoid Sinus
Publication author name
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