Francesca Rinaldo, MD, PhD is SCAN’s Chief Clinical Innovation Officer. In her role she is responsible for driving innovation, strategic development, and operational excellence across all SCAN’s clinical initiatives, with a focus on enhancing member value and outcomes for both the SCAN health plans as well as SCAN Group diversified companies.

In addition, Francesca leads teams in the integration of medical innovation, emerging technologies and creative solutions for continued growth and sustainability across SCAN programs, while spearheading a differentiation strategy to establish a new industry standard for innovation in senior care.

Prior to joining SCAN, Francesca served as Senior Vice President of Clinical Product and Innovation and Chief Medical Officer at CareLinx by ShareCare, where she led strategic development and growth of programs leveraging a national network of in-home caregivers, driving innovation in home care delivery and serving as a pivotal industry thought leader.

Francesca holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago, and MD/PhD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship training in Healthcare Design at the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center under the mentorship of Dr. Arnie Milstein and others, and her clinical training in general surgery at Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics.