Dr. Ashworth graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Neuroscience and a minor in African American Studies. Following college graduation, she worked in protocol development at GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals. She then earned her medical doctorate from Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at NYU School of Medicine.

Dr. Ashworth joined CUIMC in 2015 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, but also as a pioneer physician of the Oncology Hospitalist program, which serves to bridge medical care between the outpatient subspecialty practices and the inpatient hospital setting for acutely ill cancer patients. With dual board certification, Dr. Ashworth provides a multidisciplinary approach to the inpatient management of a wide range of acute medical issues across solid tumor subtypes including, but not limited to, breast cancer, gastrointestinal and liver cancer, genitourinary cancer, lung cancer, skin cancers and melanoma, and sarcomas. She is wholly committed to upholding a clinical standard of excellent care on the hospital ward. Her academic interests lay in the area health disparities, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. She currently serves as the Hematology/Oncology Division DEI committee co-chair and has focused her efforts this year on recruitment and pipeline programming. She serves as a faculty mentor and advisor within the Internal Medicine Residency program.