Medical Assistant

Deforia Lane, Ph.D.

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center,

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Phone : 216-***-****

Fax : 216-***-****

Email : abqege@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Thirty years with acute/chronically ill medical/surgical patients; twelve years experience as Music

Therapist with developmentally delayed adults and children; consultant at hospitals and corporations

and hospice; designed and implemented Music Therapy programs for diverse populations; numerous

radio and television broadcasts, international presentations, and spokesperson for the American

Cancer Society.

EDUCATION / CREDENTIALS

Music Therapist - Board Certified (MT-BC)

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Adjunct Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH

American Music Therapy Association Faculty Authorization

Clinical Training Director for American Music Therapy Association

Certification in Neurologic Music Therapy, Center for Biomedical Research in Music,

Colorado State University

1991 Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH

1981 Masters of Music, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

1971 Graduate Studies: Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA

1970 Bachelor of Music in Voice, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati,

OH

WORK HISTORY

University Hospitals of Cleveland - Seidman Cancer Center

1985-Present

Director of Music Therapy; Associate Director, Seidman Cancer Center

1999-Present Consultant: Eastman Kodak, Incorporated; Sesame Street Workshop; Special

Olympics, Incorporated; Mayo Clinic

1994-Present Department on Aging, Washington, DC, Grant Reviewer, National Endowment of the

Arts

CAREER RELATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2000 - Developed and taught 1st Music Therapy Course at Case Western Reserve University

School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

2000 - Initiated 1st Music Therapy Program, American Cancer Society s Hope Lodge,

Cleveland, OH

2000 - Initiated 1st Music Therapy Program, Toddler Rock , Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and

Museum

Vanderbilt University, Consultant

1999

1995 -1997 Executive Board of National Association for Music Therapy, now the American Music

Therapy Association

1995 -1998 Council Coordinator/National Association Music Therapy Executive Board

1994 - Grant Reviewer for Department on Aging

1994 -2000 Editorial Review Board of Music Therapy Perspectives, an Official Publication

of the American Music Therapy Association

1990-1995 Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer, Certification Board for Music Therapists

Deforia Lane, Ph.D.

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center,

11100 Euclid, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Phone : 216-***-****

Fax : 216-***-****

Email : abqege@r.postjobfree.com

AWARDS RECEIVED/APPOINTMENTS

2009 Crain s Cleveland Business, Healthcare Heros Award for Allied Health

2009 Ohio Hospital Association s Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year

2006 Coming Up Taller Semifinalist Award, President s Committee on Arts & Humanities

2006 Judson Retirement, Cleveland,Ohio, The Up and Coming Award 2006

2005 The American Cancer Society, inducted into Cancer Care Hall of Fame

2000 Dedication of the Deforia Lane Chronic Care Ambulatory Center, Rainbow Babies and

Children Hospital, Cleveland, OH

2000 Sunny Days Award 2000-2002, Sesame Street Workshop

2000 Scholarly Activity Recognition Award, Great Lakes Regional Music Therapy

Association

1997- Board of Trustees Cedarville University

1996 Awarded Ben Sischy Visiting Scholar in Humane Medicine by Highland Health

System, Rochester, NY

1996-2004 Bd of Directors of International AID, Incorporated, Spring Lake, MI

1995- Council Coordinator of National Association for Music Therapy

1996 Frances Harper Society Literary Award, Cleveland, OH

1995 Murtis Taylor Community Center, Ebony Rose Award, Cleveland, OH

1995- Received Appointments: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, CaseWestern

Reserve University, School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Frances Payne Bolton

School of Nursing

1995- Board of Trustees, Cleveland City Mission

1995-1997 Board of Trustees of Northern Ohio Cancer Resource Center/Greater Cleveland

Hospital Association

1994 Cleveland Music School Settlement Community Artist Award

2004 Quality of Life 2004, American Cancer Society Hall of Fame

1993 Honorary Membership in Oncology Nursing Society (the highest honor they confer)

1992 Designated one of the 100 Most Powerful Cleveland Women in Cleveland Woman

Magazine

1992 Oncology Nursing Society s Mara Mogensen Flaherty Lectureship Award (first non-

nurse to receive this; recognizes substantial and outstanding contributions to the

psychosocial aspects of patient care)

PUBLICATIONS

Supplementing Relaxation and Music for Pain After Surgery, Nursing Research, Volume 59

2010

Number 4, July/August, 2010, pages 259-269.

2009 Lane, D., Ansdell, G., Ayson, C., Brewer, C.B., Beaulier, J., Blackburn, et al. (2009) The

Wonders of Sound Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing.

2009 Lane, D., Darsie, E., DiScenna, B. (2009) Music therapy and art therapy: Impact on pediatric

healthcare. In Weil, A. (Ed.) Integrative Pediatrics. Oxford Press.

http://www.oup.com/us/intergrativepediatrics

2009 Lane, D., Gallagher,L.M. and Foth, D. (2009) Music and Art Therapists. In Caraceni, A.T.,

Fainsinger, R., Foley, K., Glare, P., Goh, C., Lloyd-Williams, M., Nunez Olarte, J., and Radbruch,

L. (Premium Edition) Palliative Medicine (pp. 299-302). Saunders Elveier, Philadelphia, PA

19103-2899

Toddler Rock, Music Therapy at Its Best, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Volume 21 Issue 1,

2009

February, 2009, pages 97-101.

2008 Robb, S. L., Clair, A. A., Watanabe, M., Monahan, P. O., Azzouz, F., Stouffer, J. W., Ebberts, A.,

Darsie, E., Whitmer, C., Walker, J., Nelson, K., Hanson-Abromeit, D., Lane, D., & Hannan, A.

(2008). A non-randomized controlled trail of the active music engagement (AME) intervention

on children with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 17(7). 699-708.

Toddler Rock, Sound Experiences for Early Childhood, Triad OMEA, Volume 65, Number 5,

2008

May/ June, 2008, pages 82-86.

Deforia Lane, Ph.D.

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center,

11100 Euclid, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Phone : 216-***-****

Fax : 216-***-****

Email : abqege@r.postjobfree.com

PUBLICATIONS continued

2000 Cultural Differences in Music Chosen for Pain Relief, Journal of Holistic Nursing, Volume 18

Number 3, September, 2000, pages 245-260.

2000 Music Therapy in Kenya, The Octavist, Ohio Association for Music Therapy.

1997 Lane, D., Music Therapy: An Effective Instrument in Palliative Care Palliative Matters, Issue 8

February 1997, pp. 2-3.

1997 Lane, D., How You Can Benefit from Music Therapy. Relief Report/Spring Page 9.

1996 Lane, D., Songs Of Love. Hospice Magazine, 7(5), 6-7.

1996 Lane, D., The Power of Music, Coping 10:2, 9-10

1995 Lane, D., with Wilkins R., Music as Medicine. Zondervan Publishing House.

1995 Lane, D., Effects of Music Therapy on Immune Function of Hospitalized Patients, Quality of

Life A Nursing Challenge 3:4, 74-80 ISSN 1064-7988, Meniscus Health Care

Communications, Philadelphia, PA

1995 Music Therapy With Hospitalized Children, A Creative Arts Child Life Approach. Editor, Mary

Ann Froehlich, MMB Press

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