Hartford Healthcare has appointed Dr. Peter Paul Yu as the first physician-in-chief of the Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute. Yu will work closely with physicians and nurses who practice within the Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute to ensure a single, elevated standard of care for patients with various types and stages of cancer.
In 2015, Yu served as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which represents nearly 40,000 professionals in all cancer subspecialties. A medical oncologist and hematologist, Yu comes to Hartford Healthcare from Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California, where he worked since 1989.
