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January 21, 2010

Obituary: Jeffrey Shogan

Jeffrey E. Shogan, director and chief business officer at UPMC Cancer Centers and a clinical professor of medicine in the School of Medicine, died Jan. 9, 2010, of an apparent heart attack. He was 56. shogan_obituary

Shogan earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy and psychology at Yale University in 1975.

Following two years of service with the Peace Corps in Thailand and one year with the telecommunications subsidiary of Westinghouse in Nigeria, Shogan earned his medical degree in 1982 and completed an internal medicine residency at Pitt’s medical school. He served as chief medical resident at UPMC and went on to complete a fellowship in oncology at Duke University Medical Center.

Post-fellowship, he remained at Duke for one year on the faculty of the bone marrow transplant program. The Monroeville native then returned to Pittsburgh where he founded and directed the bone marrow transplant program at Allegheny General Hospital.

During that time, he co-managed a private practice group that grew to 30 physicians who saw more than 12,500 new patients a year. In 2000, the group merged with UPMC, creating one of the largest cancer care networks in the United States.

Shogan is credited by colleagues with playing an integral role in a reorganization and growth of the UPMC Cancer Centers network along a service-line model. He had significant experience in integrating new technologies into clinical delivery systems, with initiatives involving centralization of key complex processes, such as informatics-based, pathway-driven medical oncology delivery, to allow routine cancer care to be delivered in the community setting. He also was involved in structuring and implementing various strategic partnerships and ventures with major pharmaceutical companies and health care equipment manufacturers.

Shogan recently held several board seats, including chairing the board of D3 Radiation Planning; chairing the board of Cancer Treatment Services International; board member of UPMC Cancer Centers; chairing the board of the Waterford Oncology Associates (Ireland); board member for Sandyford Oncology Associates (Ireland); secretary of the board for UPMC Ireland, and a member of the Harris Healthcare advisory board.

Shogan published in numerous major medical journals, held various teaching positions and remained active in clinical research.

He was board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, and had received numerous awards during his career, including the Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Dedication to Housestaff Education from Allegheny General Hospital, and several selections as one of the Best Doctors in America.

During his career, he also held teaching positions at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann, UPMC Presbyterian and Duke University Medical Center.

“Dr. Shogan was a wonderful physician — exquisitely sensitive to the physical and emotional needs of his many patients — and a masterful oncologist,” Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, said in a statement. “He was widely admired by his colleagues, both locally and nationally, and he died at much too early an age. He will be missed by many people.”

Shogan also was active in his community and recently was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at Gateway High School, where he starred in basketball.

He also worked with refugees in camps on the Thai-Burmese border and with an orphanage in northern Thailand. He had plans to open a charitable medical clinic in northern Thailand and recently had visited the area to make preliminary arrangements.

Shogan is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Shogan; his children, Alyson L. Shogan, Jeffrey C. Shogan and Jack E. Shogan; his father, Andrew L. Shogan, and his brother, Andrew W. Shogan.

Memorial contributions may be sent to Friends of Jeff Shogan, c/o Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, 301 Grant St., 14th floor, Pittsburgh 15219.

—Peter Hart


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