Wayne HealthCare Cancer Program...
Cancer Care Closer to Home
Dr. McKellar ensures rural patients get quality care  
April 3, 2012 

Darke County, OH, is a rural area situated on the Ohio/Indiana border. It is the birthplace of famed sharp-shooter Phoebe Ann Moses, better known as Annie Oakley, who became legendary for her ability to support her family by hunting and selling game that showed few signs of gunshot damage due to her precise aim. 

Today, Daniel P. McKellar, MD, FACS, and the other health care professionals at the Wayne HealthCare Cancer Program have developed a reputation in this rural county as sharp-shooters of a different kind. They are known for precisely targeting and eradicating cancer through the delivery of consistently high-quality care. 

“There was such a tremendous need for quality cancer care treatment in this area,” said Dr. McKellar, Chair-Elect of the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC). “Before we started offering chemotherapy at our facility, patients often had to travel 70 miles round-trip to Dayton and back for their chemotherapy. For patients receiving radiation they travel that disance each day for six weeks,” added Dr. McKellar, who anticipates the new radiation center will open sometime this year... 

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