Shana Wingo, MD

Shana Wingo, MD, a gynecology specialist with a subspecialty in gynecology oncology with the American Oncology Network (AON) affiliate Cancer & Blood Specialists of Arizona, discusses the key goals of the partnership between community oncology practices and AON.

The Cancer & Blood Specialists of Arizona is an Arizona-based community oncology practice that opened as a result of a partnership with AON. With the opening of 3 new locations in the Phoenix area, experts aim to create better relationships with their patients and improve on the cancer care they provide.

As the affiliation partnership grows and AON works with more community practices, patients are deriving benefits through gaining personalized care from their providers and by having an increased number of professionals by their side.

What we're looking to do is create an environment for patients where they come in, the staff knows them, all of the treatment is clearly laid out, everyone's on the same page. I think that AON has successfully done that throughout the country in many of the community practices. It's trying to streamline and perfect something that's already been done and make it better. With AON, this relationship serves to create better care for patients, as we all are on the same page.


I can't understate enough that as we get bigger, as the market grows, as things in medicine get bigger and bigger, what you tend to lose is the personalized touch and feeling connected. That's what we're looking to do. Create an environment and a collaboration with the other oncologists in the network, where we establish tumor boards, and we're working together to help take care of patients. Hopefully this collaboration will not only be within the Phoenix market, but across the board so that we can bring patients better care and the community setting.

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Shana Wingo, MD, discusses the key goals of the partnership between community oncology practices and American Oncology Network.


AON Creates More Community Oncology Practices Offering Personalized Care in Arizona

Shana Wingo, MD, a gynecology specialist with a subspecialty in gynecology oncology with the American Oncology Network (AON) affiliate Cancer & Blood Specialists of Arizona, discusses the benefits of working with AON as a community oncology practice and for the patients.

The Arizona-based community oncology practice, Cancer & Blood Specialists of Arizona, was opened as a result of a partnership with AON. Three new locations were opened in the Phoenix area with the goal of taking the cancer care they provide to a new level for patients.

Through affiliating with AON, patients can benefit by having more personalized care, being provided with surgical specialists, and easily obtaining chemotherapy and follow-up services. Wingo also hopes that through having these additional services, underserved communities can get more attention and care.

 We are hoping to bring more services to the patient at their home or in the office that we've been historically unable to do. AON offers in-house laboratory facilities at all locations. Additionally, what we are excited about is their in-house pathologists. What that means for the patient is we're collaborating with the same pathologists on nearly every patient for any biopsies that are done in the office. What ends up happening in that relationship is you have easy access to the doctor who is performing the pathologic evaluation, quick phone calls, or secure messaging.

 We're also able to ask for specialized testing in an expedited fashion. We actually develop a rapport with other physicians that we’re working with. All of this serves to improve the timely delivery of care to patients. It also allows for us to get back to the patients more quickly, get their treatment ordered and proceed and eases some of the anxiety as we move forward.

Shana Wingo, MD, discusses the benefits of working with AON as a community oncology practice and for the patients.

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