Prof Bogda Koczwara

Position/s:Director, Cancer Services, Southern Adeliade Health Service
Surgical Diseases and Sciences
Phone: +61 8 82048997
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Location: School of Medicine (5B:118.5)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Prof Bogda Koczwara is a medical oncologist at the Department of Medical Oncology at the Southern Area Health Service. She is a Regional Director of Cancer Services and a Co-director of the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer.
Prof Koczwara has completed her oncology training at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York and received a Master in Bioethics degree from the Monash University. Her clinical interests revolve around management of breast cancer, cancer survivorship, psychooncology and supportive care as well as health services development, integration with primary care and cancer education for health care professionals. Prof Koczwara's interst in needs of cancer survivors have led to her developing a Survivorship Program at Flinders that aims to promote excellence in clinical care and research relating to the needs of cancer survivors.
Prof Koczwara is President Elect of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia.

Qualifications

BM BS FRACP MBioethics

Key responsibilities

Head of Department,  Department of Medical Oncology, Southern Area Health Service
Regional Director of Cancer Services
Co-director, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer

Teaching

Teaching interests

cancer treatment
supportive care in cancer
psychooncology
survivorship care
research methodology in cancer medicine
medical ethics

Research and consultancy

Research interests

supportive care in cancer
psychooncology
ethics
survivorship research
health service research in cancer

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., Knott, V.E., & Wade, T.D., 2012. Why people choose to not use complementary therapies during cancer treatment: A focus group study. European Journal of Cancer Care, 21, 98-106.

Penrose, R.A., Beatty, L.J., Mattiske, J.K., & Koczwara, B., 2012. Fertility and cancer -a qualitative study of Australian cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, (2012), 1259-1265.

Koczwara, B., Barton, M.B., Walpole, E.T., Grimson, P., Blinman, P., Crossing, S., & Francis, K., 2012. Workforce shortages in medical oncology: a looming threat to quality cancer care. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 196(1), 32-33.

Blinman, P., Grimson, P., Barton, M.B., Crossing, S., Walpole, E.T., Wong, N., Francis, K., & Koczwara, B., 2012. The shortage of medical oncologists: the Australian Medical Oncologist Workforce Study. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 196(1), 58-61.

Lyerly, K., Abernethy, A.P., Stockler, M.R., Koczwara, B., Aziz, Z., Nair, R., & Seymour, L., 2011. Need for Global Partnership in Cancer Care: Perceptions of Cancer Care Researchers Attending the 2010 Australia and Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research Development Workshop. Journal of Oncology Practice, 7(5), 324-329.

Lingaratnam, S., Worth, L.J., Slavin, M.A., Bennett, C.A., Kirsa, S.W., Seymour, J.F., Dalton, A., Koczwara, B., Prince, H.M., O'Reilly, M., et al., 2011. A cost analysis of febrile neutropenia management in Australia: ambulatory v. in-hospital treatment. Australian Health Review, 35, 491-500.

Lingaratnam, S., Slavin, M., Koczwara, B., Seymour, J.F., Szer, J., Underhill, C., Prince, M., Mileshkin, L., O'Reilly, M., Kirsa, S.W., et al., 2011. Introduction to the Australian consensus guidelines for the management of neutropenic fever in adult cancer patients, 2010/2011. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(2011), 75-81.

Koczwara, B. & Beatty, L.J., 2011. Psychology of complementary care in cancer: Motivators, barriers and outcomes. Cancer Forum, 35(1), 10-13.

McConnell, R., Stankiewicz, M.T., & Koczwara, B., 2011. Access to assisted reproductive technology for cancer patients in Australia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 7(2), 123-128.

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2011. 'Cancer Coping Online': A pilot trial of a self-guided CBT internet intervention for cancer-related distress. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 7(2), 17-25.

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Refereed journal articles

Blinman, P., Grimson, P., Barton, M.B., Crossing, S., Walpole, E.T., Wong, N., Francis, K., & Koczwara, B., 2012. The shortage of medical oncologists: the Australian Medical Oncologist Workforce Study. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 196(1), 58-61.

Koczwara, B., Barton, M.B., Walpole, E.T., Grimson, P., Blinman, P., Crossing, S., & Francis, K., 2012. Workforce shortages in medical oncology: a looming threat to quality cancer care. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 196(1), 32-33.

Penrose, R.A., Beatty, L.J., Mattiske, J.K., & Koczwara, B., 2012. Fertility and cancer -a qualitative study of Australian cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, (2012), 1259-1265.

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., Knott, V.E., & Wade, T.D., 2012. Why people choose to not use complementary therapies during cancer treatment: A focus group study. European Journal of Cancer Care, 21, 98-106.

Lingaratnam, S., Slavin, M.A., Mileshkin, L., Solomon, B., Burbury, K., Seymour, J.F., Sharma, R., Koczwara, B., Kirsa, S.W., Davis, I.D., et al., 2011. An Australian survey of clinical practices in management of neuropenic fever in adult cancer patients 2009. Internal Medicine Journal, 41, 110-120.

Lingaratnam, S., Worth, L.J., Slavin, M.A., Bennett, C.A., Kirsa, S.W., Seymour, J.F., Dalton, A., Koczwara, B., Prince, H.M., O'Reilly, M., et al., 2011. A cost analysis of febrile neutropenia management in Australia: ambulatory v. in-hospital treatment. Australian Health Review, 35, 491-500.

Lingaratnam, S., Slavin, M.A., Koczwara, B., Seymour, J.F., Szer, J., Underhill, C., Prince, M., Mileshkin, L., O'Reilly, M., Kirsa, S.W., et al., 2011. Introduction to the Australain concensus guidelines for the management of neuopenic fever in adult cancer patients, 2010/2011. Internal Medicine Journal, 41, 75-81.

Lingaratnam, S., Slavin, M., Koczwara, B., Seymour, J.F., Szer, J., Underhill, C., Prince, M., Mileshkin, L., O'Reilly, M., Kirsa, S.W., et al., 2011. Introduction to the Australian consensus guidelines for the management of neutropenic fever in adult cancer patients, 2010/2011. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(2011), 75-81.

Koczwara, B. & Beatty, L.J., 2011. Psychology of complementary care in cancer: Motivators, barriers and outcomes. Cancer Forum, 35(1), 10-13.

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2011. 'Cancer Coping Online': A pilot trial of a self-guided CBT internet intervention for cancer-related distress. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 7(2), 17-25.

Lyerly, K., Abernethy, A.P., Stockler, M.R., Koczwara, B., Aziz, Z., Nair, R., & Seymour, L., 2011. Need for Global Partnership in Cancer Care: Perceptions of Cancer Care Researchers Attending the 2010 Australia and Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research Development Workshop. Journal of Oncology Practice, 7(5), 324-329.

Roy, A.C., Jones, D.N., Slavotinek, J.P., Kichenadasse, G., Karapetis, C.S., Lam, E., Bishnoi, S., & Koczwara, B., 2011. Very high GFR in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: prevalence, carboplatin dosing patterns and chemotherapy toxicity. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 7, 281-286.

McConnell, R., Stankiewicz, M.T., & Koczwara, B., 2011. Access to assisted reproductive technology for cancer patients in Australia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 7(2), 123-128.

Beatty, L.J. & Koczwara, B., 2010. An effectiveness study of a CBT group program for women with breast cancer. Clinical Psychologist, 14(2), 45-53.

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., Rice, J.L., & Wade, T.D., 2010. A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a self-help workbook intervention on distress, coping and quality of life after breast cancer diagnosis. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(5), 69-73.

Beatty, L.J., Oxlad, M.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2010. A randomised pilot of a self-help workbook intervention for breast cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18, 1597-1603.

Carrington, C., Stone, L., Koczwara, B., & Searle, C., 2010. Development of guidelines for the safe prescribing, dispensing and administration of cancer chemotherapy. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 6(3), 213-219.

Carrington, C., Stone, L., Koczwara, B., Searle, C., Siderov, J., Stevenson, B., Michael, M., Hyde, S., Booth, A., & Rushton, S., 2010. The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) guidelines for the safe prescribing, dispensing and administration of cancer chemotherapy. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 6(3), 220-237.

Isenring, E., Cross, G., Kellett, E., Koczwara, B., & Daniels, L.A., 2010. Nutritional Status and Information Needs of Medical Oncology Patients Receiving Treatment at an Australian Public Hospital. Nutrition and Cancer-An International Journal, 62(2), 220-228.

Koczwara, B., Francis, K., Marine, F., Goldstein, D., Underhill, C., & Olver, I., 2010. Reaching Further with Online Education? The Development of an Effective Online Program in Palliative Oncology. Journal of Cancer Education, 25(3), 317-323.

Karanth, N.V., Roy, A., Joseph, M., De Pasquale, C.G., Karapetis, C.S., & Koczwara, B., 2010. Utility of prechemotherapy echocardiographical assessment of cardiac abnormalities. Supportive Care in Cancer.

Ward, A., Agar, M.R., & Koczwara, B., 2009. Collaborating or co-existing: a survey of attitudes of medical oncologists toward specialist palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 23(8), 698-707.

Isenring, E., Cross, G., Kellett, E., & Koczwara, B., 2008. Preliminary results of patient satisfaction with nutrition handouts versus dietetic consultation in oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy. Nutrition and Dietetics, 65(1), 10-15.

De Laine, K.M., White, G.H., & Koczwara, B., 2008. Requesting biochemical tumor markers: A costly gap between evidence and practice?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 4(3), 157-160.

Beatty, L.J., Oxlad, M.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2008. The psychosocial concerns and needs of women recently diagnosed with breast cancer: a qualitative study of patient, nurse and volunteer perspectives. Health Expectations, 11(4), 331-342.

Koczwara, B., 2008. Addressing fertility needs of breast cancer patients: oncology perspective. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 8(8), 1323-1330.

Oxlad, M.J., Wade, T.D., Hallsworth, L.J., & Koczwara, B., 2008. 'I'm living with a chronic illness, not...dying with cancer': a qualitative study of Australian women's self-identified concerns and needs following primary treatment for breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 17(2), 157-166.

Luke, C., Koczwara, B., Karapetis, C.S., Pittman, K., Price, T.J., Kotasek, D., Beckmann, K., Brown, M.P., & Roder, D.M., 2008. Exploring the epidemiological characteristics of cancers of unknown primary site in an Australian population: implications for research and clinical care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(4), 383-389.

Luke, C., Gill, G., Birrell, S.N., Humeniuk, V., Borg, M., Karapetis, C.S., Koczwara, B., Olver, I., Penniment, M., Pittman, K., et al., 2007. Treatment and survival from breast cancer: the experience of patients at South Australian teaching hosptals between 1977 and 2003. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 13, 212-220.

Osorio-Shanchez, J.A., Karapetis, C.S., & Koczwara, B., 2007. Efficacy of aprepitant in management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Internal Medicine Journal, 37, 247-250.

Isenring, E., Cross, G., Daniels, L.A., Kellett, E., & Koczwara, B., 2006. Validity of the malnutrition screening tool as an effective predictor of nutritional risk in oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer, 14(11), 1152-1156.

Barton, M.B., Bell, P., Sabesan, S., & Koczwara, B., 2006. What should doctors know about cancer? Undergraduate medical education from a societal perspective. Lancet Oncology, 7(7), 596-601.

Arnold, S.J. & Koczwara, B., 2006. Breaking Bad News: Learning Through Experience. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 24(31), 5098-5100.

Pittman, K., Olver, I., Koczwara, B., Kotasek, D., Patterson, W.K., Keefe, D., Karapetis, C.S., Parnis, F.X., Moldovan, S., Yeend, S.J., et al., 2006. Gemcitabine and carboplatin in carcinoma of unknown primary site: a phase 2 Adelaide Cancer Trials and Education Collaborative. British Journal of Cancer, 95(10), 1309-1313.

Yap, Y., Karapetis, C.S., Lerose, S., Iyer, S., & Koczwara, B., 2006. Reducing the risk of peripherally inserted central catheter line complications in the oncology setting. European Journal of Cancer Care, 15(4), 342-347.

Sanderson, C.R., Koczwara, B., & Currow, D.C., 2006. The 'therapeutic footprint' of medical, complementary and alternative therapies and a doctor's duty of care. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(7), 373-376.

Wade, T.D., Nehmy, T.J., & Koczwara, B., 2005. Predicting worries about health after breast cancer surgery. Psycho-Oncology, 14(6), 503-509.

Luke, C., Koczwara, B., Moore, J., Olver, I., Penniment, M., Pittman, K., Price, T., Rieger, N., Roediger, B., Young, G.P., et al., 2005. Treatment and survival from colorectal cancer: the experience of patients at South Australia teaching hospitals between 1980 and 2002. Clinical Oncology, 17(5), 372-381.

Cheong, K., Perry, D., Karapetis, C.S., & Koczwara, B., 2004. High rate of complications associated with peripherally inserted central venous catheters in patients with solid tumours. Internal Medicine Journal, 34(5), 234-238.

Koczwara, B., Tie, M., & Esterman, A.J., 2003. Are radiologists meeting the needs of Australian medical oncologists? Results of a national survey. Australasian Radiology, 47(3), 268-273.

Bartlett, N. & Koczwara, B., 2002. Control of nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy: what is the evidence?. Internal Medicine Journal, 32(8), 401-407.

Journal articles

Sanderson, C.R., Koczwara, B., & Currow, D.C., 2007. The 'therpeutic footprint' of medical, complementary and alternative therapies and a doctor's duty of care. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 186(4), 214-214.

Koczwara, B., Barton, M.B., Tattersall, M.H., Turner, D.R., Olver, I., & Starmer, D.L., 2006. How not to effect change in curricula (letter to editor). Medical Journal of Australia, 185(1), 52-52.

Koczwara, B., 2005. Achieving equal standards in medical student education: is a national exit examination the answer? In reply. Medical Journal of Australia, 183(3), 168-168.

Koczwara, B., Tattersall, M.H., Barton, M.B., Ceventry, B.J., Dewar, J.M., Millar, J.L., Olver, I., Schwarz, M.A., Starmer, D.L., Turner, D.R., et al., 2005. Achieving equal standards in medical student education: is a national exit examination the answer?. Medical Journal of Australia, 182(5), 228-230.

Koczwara, B. & Clark, M., 2003. A couple with cancer: conflicting wishes, joint decisions. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21(1), 174-176.

Braunack-Mayer, A.J., Gillam, L.H., Vance, E.F., Gillett, G.R., Kerridge, I.H., McPhee, J., Saul, P., Smith, D.E., Wellsmore, H.M., Koczwara, B., et al., 2001. An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools. Medical Journal of Australia, 175, 205-210.

Conference publications

Beatty, L.J., Koczwara, B., Rice, J.L., & Wade, T.D., 2009. Evaluating the efficacy of a self-help workbook for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology : 36th annual scientific meeting Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, 5(S2), A241-A242.

Hallsworth, L.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2008. Finding your way: evaluating a self-help workbook intervention to facilitate psychosocial adjustment in Australian women with early breast cancer. Abstracts of the International Psycho-Oncology Society 10th World Congress, 17(s2), 30-30.

Hallsworth, L.J., Wade, T.D., Koczwara, B., & Rice, J.L., 2008. Evaluating the efficacy of a self-help workbook for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. 31st AACBT National Conference.

Hallsworth, L.J., Oxlad, M.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2007. Effects of a self-help workbook intervention on the psychosocial adjustment of breast cancer survivors. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology: Clinical Oncological Society of Australia 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, 3(Suppl. 2), A50-A50.

Hallsworth, L.J., Oxlad, M.J., Koczwara, B., & Wade, T.D., 2007. Effects of a self-help workbook intervention on the psychosocial adjustment of breast cancer survivors. Psychology Making an Impact: 42nd APS Annual Conference Handbook, 44-44.

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Professional and community engagement

Director, The Cancer Council of South Australia

Subject/s

  • Cancer


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