Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Names Chief Medical Officer
July 30, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Saria Carter Saccocio, MD, FAAFP, MHA, has been appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Senior Vice President/Medical Affairs forBon Secours St. Francis Health System.
“The selection of Dr. Saccocio is the result of a diligent selection process that involved extensive participation of our medical staff in the decision-making process,” said Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Staff President Chris Smith, MD, a physician with Upstate Cardiology/Bon Secours Medical Group, who was involved in the search process. “Dr. Saccocio’s impressive experience in clinical leadership, administration and academics plus her background in family practice medicine has distinguished her as a strategic physician leader ready to make valuable contributions to Bon Secours St. Francis.”
Dr. Saccocio received her Doctor of Medicine, with honors for Special Achievement, from the University of Florida (Gainesville), and her Executive Master of Health Administration from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). She completed her Family Medicine residency at the University of Miami (Florida).
“After an extensive, national search producing many well-qualified candidates, we remained extremely impressed with the combination of clinical, academic and leadership skills and experience Dr. Saccocio brings to this position,” said Mark Nantz, CEO, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. “As CMO, she will prove invaluable as Bon Secours St. Francis continues to expand its mission and presence in the community.”
Dr. Saccocio has served in numerous clinical leadership and faculty roles. She joins Bon Secours St. Francis after serving since 2010 as chief medical officer at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Va., a 250-bed community hospital. Prior to that, Dr. Saccocio was associate director of the Floyd Family Medicine Residency Program in Rome, Ga.; medical director, Hospicecare of Southeast Florida (Ft. Lauderdale); and in private practice. She is a diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine.
Faculty appointments include associate professorships at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (Blacksburg, Va.) and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Pennsylvania), and clinical associate professorships at Mercer University (Augusta, Ga.), Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Florida State University (Tallahassee). Dr. Saccocio is a dynamic speaker and is widely published.
“I am excited to join the Bon Secours St. Francis team of physicians, nurses and staff who are all deeply committed to be of ‘good help’ to all Upstate residents,” said Saria C. Saccocio, MD. “I look forward to working side-by-side with our medical staff and leadership to move the organization strategically forward as we carry out our Mission to provide compassionate, high quality patient care.”
About Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
The Mission of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is to bring compassion to healthcare and to be Good Help to Those in Need®, especially those who are poor and dying. As a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness through the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and Catholic Church. With innovative technology, we heal the body. With faith, we mend the spirit. We draw from a past that’s rich in the healing tradition, while strengthening the future through the guidance and support of our sponsor, Bon Secours Ministries, and Bon Secours Health System, Inc. For more information, please visit www.stfrancishealth.org.
About Bon Secours Medical Group
With more than 250 board-certified physicians in 70 Greenville-area locations, the ever-growing Bon Secours Medical Group brings together practitioners, physicians and surgeons to offer a wide range of specialties, from primary care to highly specialized surgery, to meet the healthcare needs of all Upstate individuals and families. For more information, please visit www.stfrancishealth.org.
