DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic Leadership

Colonel Sally DelVecchio

Colonel Sally P. DelVecchio was raised in Red Hook, N.Y. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry with minor in exercise and sports studies from Smith College. Colonel DelVecchio joined the Army reserves during medical school and graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine internship and residency at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center and her Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She was also a Primary Care Physician for the Wounded Warrior Battalion. 

Colonel DelVecchio’s first staff duty station was Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C. where she deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UK/US Role 3 hospital for 10 months. When she returned she was appointed OIC of the Pulmonary Clinic which included the Respiratory Therapy Department.

Colonel DelVecchio joined the NCR in 2016. Initially assigned to Walter Reed Bethesda as key clinical faculty for the Pulmonary Fellowship then transferred to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital where she became the Chief of the Pulmonary/RT Department. During this time she was deployed to Iraq as the Deputy Commander of Clinical Serviced (DCCS) at the Role 3 hospital in Baghdad for 9 months working with the Department of State Hospital and embassy and the Iraqi Military Medical Command. On return, she was chosen to be the Chief, Department of Medicine at FBCH where she lead 13 clinics and implementing tele-critical care with the Joint Tele Critical Care Network. Col. DelVecchio was the ground commander for a 24 member DSCA missions for COVID vaccinations in community bases mobile clinics for two months in 2021 in New Jersey. In April 2021, she was named as Deputy DMS at A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center where she assisted in leading five departments. She was also the Pulmonary Product Line Chair for the NCR. She has continued to teach, mentor, and practice Pulmonary Critical Care medicine at every opportunity. 

Most recently Colonel DelVecchio became the deputy CMO for the NCR Network. She has been working to assist with Ready Reliable Care initiatives, improving communication with patients, Healthcare Risk Management, and standardization of systems in the NCR.