Neha G. Goyal, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from The Ohio State University. She completed an American Psychological Association-approved clinical internship with a Behavioral Medicine Specialization at the Palo Alto VA. She then went on to complete a clinical post-doctoral fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Care at the Palo Alto VA and a research post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Survivorship at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. In psycho-oncology, Dr. Goyal uses cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches to help patients and their family members cope with the emotional and physical challenges of a cancer diagnosis, from active treatment to survivorship and end-of-life. Dr. Goyal’s research interests include the development and implementation of psychological interventions to improve quality of life in patients with cancer.
