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Rhonda Sherman, PhD

Psychologist

Rhonda Sherman

Highlights

  • LBBC Medical Advisory Board member since 2025
  • Private practice psychologist specializing in psycho-oncology and medical psychology
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Rhonda Sherman, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice in Houston, Texas. She specializes in psycho-oncology and medical psychology and has extensive training in working with people coping with chronic and terminal illnesses, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. She is well-versed in the ways cancer impacts both patients and their families.

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Before moving to Houston, Dr. Sherman worked with patients and their families at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles and Scripps Medical Center in La Jolla, California.

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Experience & accolades

Expertise

  • Psycho-oncology
  • Medical psychology

Education

  • State University of New York at Buffalo
    • Doctor of counseling psychology
  • University of Texas at Austin
    • Bachelor's degree in psychology and liberal arts

Experience

  • Memorial Herman/Memorial City Hospital (2012-present)
    • Psychologist in private practice
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital (2003-2011)
    • Psychologist in private practice
  • Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital (2004-2005)
    • Group therapist
  • City of Hope National Medical Center (1999-2003)
    • Assistant training director of psychology internship program
    • Physicians well-being committee
    • Psychologist, departments of medical oncology, hematology oncology, surgical oncology, gynecological oncology
    • Member of the IRB
  • VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA (1995-1997)
    • Postdoctoral fellowship, pain management and behavioral medicine
    • Predoctoral clinical internship, chief intern

Publications