Chair, Pisacano Leadership Foundation Board of Directors

Current role(s):

East Region, Chief Medical Officer, Carelon Health-Advanced Primary Care, Elevance Health,
01/2023 – Present

She provides strategic and operational direction for the delivery of performance in support of the Eastern Region of the US. Dr. Saccocio has demonstrated a consistent history of leading award-winning programs and improving patient care and safety across the continuum as a Chief Medical Officer for health systems.

Education and Training:

Residency: University of Miami
Medical School: University of Florida (2001)
Graduate School: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Executive Master of Health Administration)
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science (Microbiology), Florida Atlantic University
Associate of Arts, with Honors, Valencia Community College

Prior roles and accomplishments:

• President, Saccocio Solutions LLC, Simpsonville, SC, 01/2022 – 12/2022
• President, Strategic Advisor, Proactive MD, Greenville, SC, 07/2021 – 12/2021
• Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC 05/2017 – 06/2021
• Chair, Department of Family Medicine, University of South Carolina-Greenville, SC 05/2017 – 06/2020
• Chief Medical Officer, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Greenville, SC, 06/2014 – 04/2017
• Chief Medical Officer, Danville Regional Medical Center, Danville, VA, 09/2010 – 06/2014
• Associate Director, Floyd Family Medicine Residency, 05/2008 – 08/2010
• Medical Director, HospiceCare of Southeast Florida, 01/2006 – 05/2008
• Saria Carter Saccocio Family Practice, Owner and Sole Practitioner, 08/2004 – 04/2008

Honors and Awards:

• Becker’s Hospital Review: Top 100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know, 2016 and 2017
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2020
• United Way “Woman Making History” Recognition, 2021
• Prisma Health “Woman of Leadership and Empathy”, 2021
• Prisma Health Woman of Impact Nominee, 2020
• Floyd Scholarship Recipient, March 2010
• Tar Wars Star Award, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2009
• Young Leader Award, Florida Academy of Family Physicians, 2004
• Essentials in Pain Management Scholarship Recipient, 2004
• AAFP/Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education, 2003
• Tar Wars State Coordinator Scholarship Recipient, 2003
• FAFP Hays Exercise in Family Medicine Essay Award Winner, 2002
• Gate Pharmaceutical Award for Outstanding Family Practice Achievement, 2001
• University of Florida Family Practice Student of the Year, 2001
• Phi Kappa Phi Scholar, 1994 – 1996
• Phi Theta Kappa Scholar, 1994 – 1996
• Winter Park Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholar, 1994 – 1995

Community Involvement and Service:

Her extensive civic and community involvement has included serving with many organizations such as: the Modern Healthcare Women Advisory Board, board member for the Pisacano Leadership Foundation, South Carolina Hospital Association, United Way of Greenville County; Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate, the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Board, and is an Alum of the Women’s Leadership Institute and the Diversity Leadership Institute at Furman University.

Selected works:

Devoe, JE, Nordin, T, Kelly, K, Duane, M, Lesko, S, Saccocio, SC, and Lesser, L. Having and Being a Personal Physician: Vision of the Pisacano Scholars, J Am Board Fam Med 2011;24:463-468.

What Can(‘t) a Family Physician Do? Co-Presented with David Rebedew, MD and Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, MSPH. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education, February 2024. How Are Digital Solutions Improving Primary Care? Moderated by Daniel Carter, MD, Co-Presented with Nabomita Dutta, Chris Hogg, Stacy L. Lloyd, MPH. Reimagining Primary Care Forum, August 2023.

Keynote Panel: Is There a Future for “Primary Care” As We Know it Now? Moderated by Erika Pabo, MD, MBA, Co-Presented with David Longworth, MD, Katherine Gergen Barnett, MD, and Erica Savage-Jeter, MD, MBA. Reimagining Primary Care Forum, August 2023.

Alternative Care Models and Equity of Care. Co-Presenter with Nick Ulmer, MD and Moderator Blake Allison. South Carolina American College of Healthcare Executives, October 2022.

STFM Podcast Series, 2019-2024. Host, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

10 Minutes to Better Patient Education, Episode #123, Health Communication Partners, April 29, 2022. Dr. Saccocio on Belonging and Interprofessional Communication.