WCHN Names New Cancer Chief

DANBURY, CT — Western Connecticut Health Network announced the appointment of Margo Shoup, MD, FACS as the new network chair of the cancer service line. Dr. Shoup will provide strategic and clinical leadership for all aspects of WCHN’s cancer services, including medical oncology and subspecialty practices.

In her role as network chair, Dr. Shoup will oversee the integration of cancer services, especially as WCHN forms a new, unified innovative health system with Health Quest. Cancer services include diagnostic imaging, genetic counseling, medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, research and clinical trials, and support services.

Dr. Shoup will also develop multidisciplinary disease management teams. Specialists and services dedicated to specific types of cancer will wrap around patients.

"In my former role, I fell in love with the community setting. So now I am looking forward to helping the communities in Connecticut and New York that WCHN serves," said Dr. Shoup. "Together, with the excellent teams already in place at WCHN, we will continue to build on the existing cancer programs so that people have access to top-notch community-based care without traveling far. It’s up to us to make this happen, and we can."

Dr. Shoup will also manage the first-of-its-kind cancer care collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) that launched at Norwalk Hospital in 2017.

In addition to Danbury Hospital, WCHN's hospitals include Norwalk and New Milford. WCHN has recently merged with Health Quest, which operates the New York-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, Northern Duchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, and Sharon Hospital in Sharon, CT.