Andrea L. Cheville, M.D.

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Summary

Mayo Clinic researcher Andrea L. Cheville, M.D., studies cancer rehabilitation and pain management. Dr. Cheville focuses on developing and testing culturally informed, digitally enabled interventions to improve pain management among underserved populations. She investigates approaches to pain care that do not rely on taking medicine. She also studies how healthcare teams can use patient-reported outcomes to enhance clinical decision-making. Her goal is to advance patient-centered care by integrating innovative solutions into everyday clinical practice.

Focus areas

• Digitally enabled cancer pain management. Dr. Cheville leads the Achieving Equity Through Socioculturally Informed, Digitally Enabled Cancer Pain Management (ASCENT) clinical trial. ASCENT tests the use of a digitally enabled care bundle to deliver culturally informed, preference-concordant pain management to Hispanic people and people in rural areas who have survived cancer.
• Enhanced cancer symptom control. Dr. Cheville is conducting a pragmatic cluster randomized trial to assess the impact of integrating electronic patient-reported outcomes into oncology practices. This trial aims to reduce symptom intensity and healthcare use.
• Pain management without drugs. Dr. Cheville oversees the Nonpharmacological Options in Postoperative Hospital-Based and Rehabilitation Pain Management (NOHARM) trial. NOHARM promotes drug-free pain care in postoperative settings through clinical decision-making support in the electronic health record and guides delivered via the patient portal.
• Home discharge planning for people with Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Cheville's Project HoPe aims to develop a discharge planning system that is embedded in the electronic health record. This system could keep patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from being discharged to nursing facilities when they shouldn't be.
• Increasing movement in people who use wheelchairs. Dr. Cheville is developing smartphone-based technology to let people who use wheelchairs monitor their seating pressure and movement patterns, which could help prevent pressure injuries.

Significance to patient care

Dr. Cheville's research helps improve patient care by finding new ways to manage pain and symptoms of disease. Her studies lead to better treatments for people with cancer and other serious conditions. She uses technology to help healthcare professionals understand and address patients' needs. Her goal is to make sure that patients get the best care possible, especially those in underserved communities.

Professional highlights

• Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2016-present.
• Medical director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Program, Mayo Clinic, 2014-present.
• Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, 2020-2021.
• Distinguished Academician Award, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2021.
• Exceptional Women in Medicine, Castle Connolly, 2021.
• Distinguished Member Award, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2020.
• Editor, Clinical Cardio-Oncology, 2019.
• Merit award, National Health Information Awards, 2017.