Podcasts

STFM is proud to present the STFM Podcast, which features conversations on key areas at the intersection of academic medicine, leadership, health equity, and medical education.

The STFM Podcast, hosted by Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA, FAAFP, features interviews with family medicine leaders. These episodes give listeners insight into the pivotal experiences that have led to opportunities for personal growth and the development of leadership skills during their careers as healthcare professionals. These podcast episodes will touch on many topics, including:

Motivation and Mentorship
Burnout and Transitions
Milestones and Meaning
Barriers and Bureaucracy

Listen to upcoming episodes by subscribing to the STFM Podcast through Apple podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play

Episodes in the 2023 Season

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Episodes in the 2022 Season

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Career Skills Playlist

Click below to access episodes centered on career skills in academic family medicine.

This playlist contains podcast episodes centered on leadership experiences and skills.

January 2021: Women Leaders of Color in Medicine - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- guests include Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA; Jehni Robinson, MD, FAAFP; Alicia Monroe, MD
March 2021: You're a Leader: How Do You Get People to Follow? with Corey Lyon, DO
June 2021: Leading Through Change with Dr Joseph Gravel
September 2021: Finding a Leadership Mentor with Dr Renee Crichlow
November 2021: How Do You Inspire with Dr Suzanne Minor
June 2023: Advocating for Protected Time at Your Institution with Timothy P. Graham, MD, MHPE
August 2023: Aim for Your Ultimate Leadership Goal with Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA, FAAFP

This playlist contains podcasts centered on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Work.

September 2020: Underrepresented in Medicine Physician Pipeline - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, FAAFP, and Crystal D. Cash, MD
February 2022: Workplace Microaggressions with Frank Clark, MD
September 2022: DEI Work Belongs to Everyone with Nika White, CDE, IOM
February 2023: Diversity at the Table and Not Just on the Agenda with Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, FAAFP

This playlist contains podcast episodes centered on health equity.

April 2021: Addressing Health Equity and Caring for our Vulnerable Populations - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP; Evelyn Figueroa, MD; and Alisahah J. Cole, MD
April 2022: Equity in Primary Care with Gary Bloch, MD
December 2023: Ensuring Culturally-Responsive Care with Irene Gutierrez, MD

This playlist contains podcasts centered on mentorship for academic practitioners.

This playlist contains podcasts centered on wellness for academic practitioners.

This playlist contains podcast episodes centered on the joy that can come from practicing family medicine.

This playlists contains podcasts episodes centered on interprofessionalism.

President's Podcast Episodes with Tricia Elliott, MD

This series of episodes was released quarterly and hosted by 2020-2021 STFM President, Tricia Elliott, MD. They are dedicated to conversations about academic medicine at the intersection of anti-racism and health equity efforts across the nation. Episodes covered the joys and challenges of being Black in medicine, URM physician pipeline, dialogues about health equity, and the unique experiences of Black women in leadership. As Dr Tricia Elliott said in her letter to the STFM membership, “Now is the time to join together to find ways to battle hate through meaningful and thoughtful dialogue and inclusive leadership.”

July 2020: Being Black in Medicine - Featuring President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Byron Jasper, MD, MPH, Taurah Dizadare, and Lance Walker
September 2020: Underrepresented In Medicine Physician Pipeline - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, FAAFP, and Crystal D. Cash, MD
January 2021: Women Leaders of Color In Medicine - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, Jehni Robinson, MD, FAAFP, Alicia Monroe, MD
April 2021: Addressing Health Equity and Caring for our Vulnerable Populations - Featuring STFM President Tricia Elliott, MD
- Guests include: Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, Evelyn Figueroa, MD, Alisahah J. Cole, MD

The Limited COVID-19 Series

Hosted by Brian Hischier, this series of episodes celebrate family medicine educators who rose to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by redesigning health systems, inventing new ways to train learners, and providing the best possible care to patients.

Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA, FAAFP

Dr. Saria Saccocio is a Regional Medical Officer for CareMore, a subsidiary of Elevance Health. She provides strategic and operational direction for the delivery of performance in support of the Central Region.

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 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 Greenville Free Medical Clinic.

Becker’s Hospital Review has recognized Dr. Saccocio as one of the top 100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know and has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. 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.