Dr. Arash Asher has served as the Director of Cancer Survivorship & Rehabilitation at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai since 2008. He has a special interest in the physical and rehabilitative needs of cancer survivors who continue to experience the effects of their cancer or its treatment. Dr. Asher has led the development of many unique cancer survivorship programs with his colleagues, including Emerging from the Haze, GRACE, and others, with the goal of optimizing physical, psychological, and spiritual resilience for patients with cancer.

Dr. Asher completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the UCLA/Greater Los Angeles VA, and a cancer rehabilitation fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Veronica B. Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS BC, FNAP, is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing and Co-Director of the Nurse Executive DNP Program. She is board-certified in adult psychiatric–mental health nursing and teaches graduate nursing courses in leadership and doctoral practice. Her scholarship and professional work emphasize whole-person care, the integration of mental health and spirituality in clinical practice, and leadership approaches that strengthen healthy work environments and patient-centered outcomes.

Ana Yandrich, PsyD is a Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA. Her current work includes inpatient consultation and liaison service with patients receiving care for cancer, burn injury, physical rehabilitation, or other medical concerns; presurgical psychosocial evaluation for liver or kidney recipients or donors; and outpatient psychotherapy. Her research and professional interests include social identification processes involved in the adjustment to chronic health conditions; existential concerns and coping related to medical diagnoses; grief and end-of-life processes; and advocacy for mental health care in oncological populations.

Chaplain Bronwen Jones is the Lead Cancer Center Chaplain for the Patient and Family Support Program at Cedars Sinai Cancer in Los Angeles. She has worked in outpatient oncology for the past twelve years. Embedded in a supportive care team of 45 clinicians, Bronwen provides spiritual care across the spectrum of oncology patients. She has been co-facilitating GRACE with Dr. Arash Asher and Dr. Jeffrey Wertheimer for over ten years.