A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Shoupe received her medical degree from the Ohio State University and her MBA from the University of Southern California. Dr. Shoupe has authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters and presents her research work all across the globe. She maintains an active private practice where she specializes in hormone deficiency problems, contraception, androgen excess, treatment of abnormal bleeding and infertility. Dr. Shoupe is a staff physician at the Keck Hospital of USC and active in various hospital administrative responsibilities, such as serving as the former chief of gynecology, and a member on the medical records, pharmacy and therapeutics, and finance committees.
Dr. Shoupe has three main goals when she cares for patients. She first tries to address her patients' concerns by listening to their history, reviewing examination findings and related testing. Her second goal is to educate patients as much as possible about the causes of their problem, discuss up-to-date medical information, and to review potential risks and benefits of available testing and treatment options. Most importantly, her goal is to provide the best short- and long-term health care.