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In this episode, Dr Saccocio discusses ways to work through the ups and downs of work and life with Dr English Gonzalez.

This series of podcasts is sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), the academic home for family medicine educators.

Guest Bio:
English H. Gonzalez, MD, MPH, FAAFP serves as Associate Program Director for the St. Vincent’s East Family Medicine Residency Program at Christ Health Center in Birmingham, AL.  In 2002 she earned her MD and MPH from University of Alabama School of Medicine then completed residency training at the Georgetown Univ/Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program.  In 2002 she moved home to Birmingham and joined the then St. Vincent’s East Family Medicine Residency Program which has since merged with Christ Health Center.  During her first year on faculty she completed an academic fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill.  Currently she also serves as a Medical Director for Encompass Home Health and Hospice, is an Item Writer for the American Board of Family Medicine and works part-time consulting for various law firms and research entities.  

Host Bio:
Saria Saccocio, MD, FAAFP, MHA
As the Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer for Prisma Health, Dr. Saria Saccocio supports population health initiatives that span across all departments and specialties in the outpatient space, striving for optimization of quality, patient experience and efficiency of healthcare delivery. 

Dr. Saccocio has demonstrated a consistent history of leading award-winning programs and improving patient care and safety as a Chief Medical Officer for health systems in the southeast. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Florida, 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 before opening her own solo family practice. She continues to serve patients at the Free Medical Clinic and precepts family medicine residents at the Center for Family Medicine in Greenville, South Carolina.