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Dr. Allison Baroco has assumed the role of health director of the Central Shenandoah Health District.
She succeeds Dr. Elaine Perry, who had been the acting health director since the retirement of Dr. Laura Kornegay at the end of 2021.
Baroco moved to the Shenandoah Valley with her family in 2011 and has served the community as a board-certified infectious disease physician. She has previously worked as the medical director of infectious disease at Augusta Health and served as chair of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee and co-chair of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee for Augusta Health.
Following completion of medical school at the University of South Alabama, Baroco completed her residency and fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She first partnered with the Virginia Department of Health while treating patients living with HIV at EVMS throughout Hampton Roads from 2006 to 2008.
“By assuming this vital role with the Central Shenandoah Health District, I am looking forward to building and expanding relationships with community members to improve the overall health of our community,” said Baroco.
Baroco is a Fellow of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, is certified in infection control, and has received a distinguished Achievement Award from the Augusta Health board of directors for her leadership in infection prevention control at Augusta Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
