Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, M.D.
Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, M.D., is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine, Division of Psychiatry. She is the interim chief of the Psychiatry Division.
As a child growing up in Nicaragua, Dr. Rocha-Cadman dreamed of becoming a physician. It spoke to her “passion of learning while helping and treating a person as a whole.
”After her sister was diagnosed with cancer at age 26, Dr. Rocha-Cadman decided to focus on psychiatry and especially psycho-oncology, to help alleviate the distress caused by cancer to patients and their families.
Dr. Rocha-Cadman received her medical degree at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico and continued her training in surgery at New York’s Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester and switched to psychiatry at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center & Weill Cornell Medical College, where she completed her residency.
She completed her fellowship in Consultation-Liaison/and Psycho-Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) where she then joined as a faculty member working directly with the Stem Cell Transplant Department. At MSKCC, Dr. Rocha-Cadman was the program director of the renowned Psycho-Oncology fellowship.
While at MSKCC, Dr. Rocha-Cadman focused on the emotional and psychological well-being of her fellows and the nursing staff. She led the BMT nursing support group and the psycho-oncology fellowship support group to cope with death and dying. Since she has been working at City of Hope, Dr Rocha-Cadman has collaborated with ACGME and she leads a group for fellows and trainees called Death and Dying Debriefing Rounds. She has co-led a support group for PT/OT with the collaboration of Spiritual Care and, Reverend Jonathan Stoner. She is currently leading the first Spanish Speaking Caregiver support group with LCSW Krystle Khalaf.
Dr. Rocha-Cadman is the chair of the Well-Being Committee at COH and a member of the Ethics Committee.
Dr. Rocha-Cadman is a member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society and the American Psycho-Oncology Society. She has been collaborating internationally with psycho-oncologists in Latin America and Spain.
As a member of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine, she provides “bedside psychotherapy” for our patients, focusing on those undergoing stem cell transplants, working closely with Spanish-speaking patients, and focusing more attention on psychiatry needs for end-of-life care.
In her free time, she spends quality time with her husband, son and daughter. She enjoys running and hiking. She has completed 7 marathons and has raised money for cancer, hospice, and suicide awareness.
2017, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
2014, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
2005, M.D., Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
1995, B.A., California State University Northridge, Northridge, California
2011-6/30/2012, Fellow, Clinical Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
2008-2011, Resident, Psychiatry, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center & Weill Cornell Medical College, Bronx, New York
2007-2008, Resident, General Surgery, Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, New Rochelle, New York
2023-present, Associate Professor, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, California
2019-2022, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, California
2015-2019, Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, New York, New York
2012-2015, Instructor, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, New York, New York
2005, Research Coordinator, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York
2001-2002 Medical Assistant, Primary Care & Cardiovascular Associates, White Plains, New York
2023, Granted the Fellowship Award: APA by the American Psychiatric Association
2021, Physician Excellence Award and Nursing Excellence Award Recognition
2012, Admission to the Association of American Medical Colleges Minority Faculty Early Career Development Seminar, Chicago, Illinois
1999, Leadership Award for the Graduating Class of 1999, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
2022-present, American Society of Clinical Oncology
2021-present, The American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine
2017-present, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
2017-present, Formación en Investigación psicosocial oncológica latinoamericana
2017-present, The Bone Marrow Foundation’s Medical Advisory Board
2015-present, Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
2014-present, American Medical Association
2017-2019, Co-chair, International Psycho-Oncology Society, Latin American Spanish Speaker Interest Group
2012-present, International Psycho-Oncology Society
2012-present, American Psychosocial Oncology Society
2009-present, American Psychiatric Association
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Rocha-Cadman X., Jordan J. A story of resilience. Essay Palliative Support Care. 2022 April; pg1-2
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Rocha-Cadman, X., The importance of Finding Work/Life Balance in your career. HemOnc Times, August 2022
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Costa-Muniz R, Torres-Blasco N, Gany F, Gonzalez J, Galindo-Vasquez O, Bergerot C, Rocha-Cadman X, Lui F, Leng J, Lichtenthal W, Anglin D, Velasquez A, Tergas A, Castro E. Cultural Adaptation Process of Interventions in Cancer for Latinos: A Step-by-Step Guide Psychooncolgy 2023 January; 32(1):179-186.
- Rocha-Cadman X, Massie MJ, DuHamel K. Aromatase inhibitors and mood disturbances: a case study. Palliat Support Care. 2012 Sep;10(3):225-7
- Root J, Campbell C, Rocha-Cadman X, Kasven-Gonzalez N, Maloy M, Flynn J, Devlin S, Jakubowski A. Pretransplantation Cognitive Dysfunction in Advanced- Age Hematologic Cancers: predictors and Associated Outcomes. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020 August; volume 26, (8) :1497-1504
Reviews
- Rocha-Cadman X. (2014), Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment. Edited by Straker, N., Psycho-Oncology. John Wiley & Sons Publishing. 2014 March; 23(3):355 (Book Review)
- Rocha-Cadman X. (Review article in peer-reviewed journal). Hobfoll SE, Gerhart JI, Zalta AK, Wells K, Maciejewski J, Fung H. (2015). Posttraumatic stress symptoms predict impaired neutrophil recovery in stem cell transplant recipients. Psycho‐Oncology, 24(11), 1529-1535.
Chapters
- Rocha-Cadman X, Greenstein M. End of Life and Palliative Care. In: Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 11h Ed., Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (Eds.). Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021 under revision.
- Rocha-Cadman X. Hematological Cancer. In: Psycho-Oncology: A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management, 2nd Ed. Holland JC, Golant M, Greenberg DB, Hughes MK, Levenson JA, Loscalzo MJ, Pirl WF (Eds.) New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 187-198, 2015.
- Costas-Muniz R, Garduno-Ortega O, Javier Gonzalez C, Rocha-Cadman X, Breitbart W, Gany F. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Spanish-Speaking Latino Cancer Patients. In: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting: Finding Meaning and Hope in the Face of Suffering. Breitbart W (Ed.) New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 54-66, 2017.
- Lederberg M, Rocha-Cadman X, Greenstein M. End of Life and Palliative Care. In: Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th Ed., Sadock, BJ, Sadock, VA, Ruiz P (Eds.). Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017.