Lora Rhodes, MSW, LCSW, is a senior social worker at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her current role, she provides psychosocial support for the senior adult oncology, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and cancer genetics clinical teams. She is a trained tobacco treatment specialist. Lora also is an instructor for the Temple University School of Social Work Continuing Education Program. Prior to her current position, she worked in continuing medical education, developing education programs for physicians, nurses, and social workers. A social worker for over 25 years, she has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on psychosocial issues facing individuals with cancer and their families.
Rhodes received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, and Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.