Dr. Fingeret obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Texas A&M University in 2004. She has developed an innovative line of research centering on understanding body image concerns of cancer patients and testing interventions to alleviate body image suffering in the oncology setting. In addition to her clinical research program. Dr. Fingeret launched and is the Clinical Director for the Body Image Therapy Service at MD Anderson Cancer Center. This program provides counseling to assist head and neck and breast cancer patients as they adjust to body image and appearance-related changes resulting from cancer and its treatment.