Primary Job Title EVP- Chief Medical Officer Primary Organization 
Advocate Health Care
Location Oak Brook, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Dr. Lee Sacks has served as EVP- Chief Medical Officer of Advocate Physician Partners since its creation in 1995. Advocate Physician Partners is a care management and managed care contracting organization that includes over 4,000 physicians and serves 230,000 capitated and 700,000 PPO enrollees via clinically integrated contracts across
Chicagoland.
In 1997, he assumed the additional responsibilities of Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Advocate Health Care. In these roles, he is responsible for clinical excellence, risk management / insurance, supply chain, clinical laboratories, research, medical education, managed care contracting and PHO operations.
Prior to the formation of Advocate, Dr. Sacks served as Vice President of Lutheran General Health Plan and Vice President, Primary Care Development for Lutheran General HealthSystem. In these dual roles, he was responsible for strengthening Lutheran General HealthSystem's primary care infrastructure and the medical management of the Lutheran General Health Plan.
Dr. Sacks is a member of the American College of Physician Executives and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine. He completed his family practice residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, where he served as Chief Resident.
He currently serves on the Metro Chicago board of the American Heart Association, is a governor of the Institute of Medicine Chicago and is Board Chairman of the Institute for Clinical Quality and Value.
