Elevance exec named chief medical officer at Priority Health

Priority Health has named Elif Oker, MD, as senior vice president and chief medical officer, effective May 20.

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Dr. Oker will lead Priority’s clinical and pharmacy programs, and development and coordination of population health programs and chronic disease management strategies, according to a May 6 news release.

Since 2020, she has served as chief clinical officer, exponential technologies at Elevance Health and head of health systems at Carelon digital, according to her LinkedIn. She was also previously with Health Care Service Corp.

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