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Arash Asher, MD

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  • Director of Cancer Survivorship & Rehabilitation at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai
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Arash Asher is the Director of Cancer Survivorship & Rehabilitation at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai. His clinical and research interests focus on the rehabilitation of cancer patients to help restore their maximal functional capacity and quality of life.

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Dr. Asher's expertise is in the non-pharmacologic management of pain, cancer-related fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, neuropathy, exercise prescription for cancer patients and the management other musculoskeletal problems.

Dr. Asher completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at UCLA 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.

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Chemobrain

08/26/22 | BY: Arash Asher

Experiencing concentration issues, memory lapses, multitasking difficulties, or forgetting details like dates and numbers after cancer treatment? You might be facing 'chemobrain,' a common cognitive change post-treatment.

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Young women and Black women at higher risk of chemobrain, study finds

04/07/17 | BY: Robin Warshaw

Problems with thinking, concentrating, and memory in women with breast cancer can continue six months or more after chemotherapy ends.

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 | 7 Min. Read