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Olle Jane (“OJ”) Sahler

Olle Jane (“OJ”) Sahler
Primary Position
Director, Pediatric Psychooncology Services and Research; Director, Long-Term Survivor Program; Co-Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Administration
Education/Training
Psychiatry
Other Education/Training
Pediatrics
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Patient and family adjustment to chronic and terminal illness (clinical practice and research); use of complementary therapies in symptom management (Integrative Oncology)
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
eMAIL
OJ_Sahler@urmc.rochester.edu
Keywords
creative arts therapy
problem-solving skills train
cognitive remediation
survivors
music therapy
Publications of Interest

Knight JM, Moynihan JA, Lyness JM, Xia Y, Tu X, Messing S, Hunter BC, Huang L-S, Obi RO, Gaisser D,  Liesveld J, Sahler OJZ. Peri-transplant psychosocial factors and neutrophil recovery following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. PLOS ONE 2014; 9(6):e99778.

Devine KA, Heckler CE, Katz ER, Fairclough DL, Phipps S, Sherman-Bien S, Dolgin MJ, Noll RB, Askins MA, Butler RW, Sahler OJZ. Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Pediatric Parenting Stress Inventory (PPSI). Health Psychol. 2014; 33(2):130-138  PMID: 23544994

Butler RW, Fairclough DL, Katz ER, Kazak AE, Noll RB, Thompson RD, Sahler OJ. Intellectual functioning and multi-dimensional attentional processes in long-term survivors of a central nervous system related pediatric malignancy. Life Sci 2013; 93:611-616.

Knight JM, Lyness JM, Sahler OJZ, Liesveld JL, Moynihan JA.  Psychosocial factors and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Potential biobehavioral pathways. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013; 8:2383-93.

Sahler OJZ, Dolgin MJ, Phipps S, Fairclough DL, Askins MA, Katz ER, Noll RB, Butler RW. Specificity of problem-solving skills training in mothers of children newly diagnosed with cancer: Results of a multi-site randomized clinical trial. J Clin Oncol; 2013; 31(10):1329-35. Epub 2013 Jan 28.