Medical Review Board

Dr. Arash Asher directs Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine and of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and cares for patients through the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Patient and Family Support Program. He developed Emerging from the Haze, Cedars-Sinai's six-week program that helps cancer survivors cope with the cognitive effects of treatment, and is senior author of its multicenter pilot study.

Dr. Asher earned his MD at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, completed his residency at the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in hospice and palliative medicine, and has published on cognitive dysfunction among cancer survivors.

Dr. Eric Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has served as a staff psychologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital for over 10 years. He completed his internship in Behavioral Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Dr. Zhou has expertise in helping cancer patients and survivors improve their quality of life, both during and following treatment. In particular, his interests are in the domain of sleep health. Dr. Zhou has been funded to conduct his research by the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, among other organizations. This work has resulted in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as JAMA Psychiatry and Cancer.

Dr. Michael F. Guerrera, M.D., currently acts as the Director of the Comprehensive Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program at Children’s National Hospital, where he has practiced for almost 10 years. Dr. Michael’s dedication to pediatrics after he completed his Pediatric residency at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (University of Connecticut Program) and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology Oncology at Children’s National Medical Center.

Along with his commitment to the practice of medicine, Dr. Michael supports the medical community through education. Dr. Michael received a Certificate in Adult Education from the George Washington University School of Education and served as the Pediatric Hematology Oncology fellowship director for eight years, remaining involved in fellow education and research oversight.

With over 20 years of experience in hematology, bleeding and thrombotic disorders, Dr. Michael has earned many prestigious recognitions, including 2018 Physician of the Year from the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor in 2020 and 2019, and Washingtonian Top Doctor for the past five years. Dr. Michael is thrilled to bring his expertise and dedication to the OneVillage team.

As an elected member of the Region III/MidAtlantic oversight committee for the CDC/HRSA Hemophilia Treatment Center Grants and an active member of the Institutional Review Board, Dr. Micheal brings important experience that informs his passion for joining out Medical Review Board team.

Michelle Kirschner has over 30 years of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner. She joined the University of Cancer Center Survivorship Program in April 2016 as the first dedicated survivorship provider and currently serves as Director of Program Development for Survivorship and Supportive Services. She cares for a diverse cancer population in the Consultative Survivorship Clinic. Michelle also assisted in creating a Neuro-Oncology Survivorship clinic and the Cancer Cognitive Clinic where she is part of the clinical team. Michelle is a member of the Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment Collaborative through the National Cancer Institute.

In her leadership role she collaborates with oncology and referral providers in the development of innovative systems to optimize delivery and ongoing quality improvement of survivorship care. Michelle is also responsible for championing survivorship research and education. She has advanced knowledge of use of patient reported outcomes, metrics, creating customized EPIC tools, Learning Health System concepts and use of implementation science clinical environments.

On the national level, Michelle serves in the core leadership for The Cancer Survivorship Provider Network (CSPN). This organization is the only survivorship focused organization linking both survivorship health care providers and researchers throughout the nation. She is the head of the education committee and organizes monthly educational speakers to foster the growth of survivorship as a specialized area of practice.

Michelle frequently speaks on topics such as addressing the global supportive care needs of cancer survivors along with building survivorship and supportive care services.

Dr. Rhonna Shatz is a behavioral neurologist and Professor of Clinical Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she directs the Division of Behavioral Neurology and holds the Bob and Sandy Heimann Endowed Chair in Research and Education in Alzheimer's Disease. She cares for patients with cognitive difficulties and Alzheimer's disease at UC Health.

Before Cincinnati, Dr. Shatz built a comprehensive memory disorders center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where she trained in neurology. She earned her DO at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, completed a neuropsychology fellowship at St. Joseph Hospital, and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Victoria J. Croog, M.D. currently works in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as a clinical associate in the Department of Radiation Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Croog is board certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology.

Dr. Croog has expertise in breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, gynecologic cancer, brain cancer and tumors of the central nervous system. She earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Croog is involved with several committees at Sibley Memorial Hospital, including the Medical Executive Committee, the IRB/Research Review Committee, the Cancer Committee and the Radiation Safety Committee. She is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Croog has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and has presented research at various conferences, such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting.

Dr. Barbara Walker is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she practices as an integrative health and performance psychologist at UC Health. She specializes in biofeedback, mind-body techniques and lifestyle medicine as tools for self-regulation, co-designed UC Health's Wellness Solutions for Depression and Anxiety classes, and has led virtual mindfulness seminars for OneVillage.

Dr. Walker earned her BA and MA at the University of Cincinnati and her PhD in clinical psychology at The Union Institute. She teaches sport and positive psychology and mind-body medicine at the university, has consulted with professional and university athletic teams, companies, physicians and first responders, and is a member of the American Psychological Association and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Kathy Ales is an internist based in Princeton, New Jersey, with a practice spanning internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and pain medicine. On OneVillage's Medical Review Board she reviews the clinical design of programs such as Emerging from the Haze and the Whole Health Score.

Dr. Ales earned her MD at Yale School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell campus. She has co-authored peer-reviewed research on Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.