Deforia Lane serves as resident director of music therapy at University Hospitals of Cleveland Ireland Cancer Center and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. With early intentions of pursuing a singing career she completed her bachelor's degree in vocal performance at the university of Cincinnati College Conservatory of music and began graduate studies at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music.

Dr. Lane is spokesperson for the American Cancer Society for which she composed and recorded the song "We Can Cope." Public notice of her work extends from recognition to publication such as Reader's Digest and Coping Magazine to forums such as National Public Radio, cable news Network, CBC This Morning and Wall Street Journal TV. Some of her many awards include the first grant from the American Cancer Society to investigate the therapeutic effects of music on oncology patients, the Oncology Nursing Society's Mara Mogensen Flaherty Lectureship Award and the Cleveland Negro Business and Profe