Jessica T. Cheng, MD is a board‑certified physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with subspecialty training in Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine. She is the first PM&R physician in City of Hope and is the Medical Director of PM&R at City of Hope Orange County where she serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine. She supports patients from prehabilitation to rehabilitation to palliation with multimodal, multidisciplinary, and interventional approaches. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Boston University School of Medicine before completing residency at Loma Linda University Health. This was followed by fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her academic and clinical interests include cancer prehabilitation and the implementation of innovative care models. She is an active lecturer at local, national, and international conferences. She has spearheaded a nationwide cancer rehabilitation tumor board through the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This society has named her an Innovator & Influencer Honoree.