Carol Fox, MD
Chief Medical Officer
A graduate of the Latrobe Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program through
Thomas Jefferson University, and a practicing primary care physician within
the system since 1990, Dr. Carol Fox has provided executive medical command
for Independence Health System (formerly Excela Health) since 2005. Board
certified in Family Medicine; she is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Family Physicians. Instrumental in the creation of hospital and system-wide
physician advisory councils during her tenure as both CMO and Executive
Medical Director of the employed physicians’ medical group, Dr.
Fox understands the necessity of strong collaboration between administrators
and care providers for the purpose of decision- making and evaluation
of business, financial and purchasing decisions.
Dr. Fox has championed medical research in the areas of heart disease and stroke through the American Heart Association. A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Fox is a 2022 Athena Award recipient.