Sacco was also the Executive Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.
[3] He pursued his medical residence at Columbia University, where he began working with J.P. Mohr on the NINDS stroke databank, and with W. Allen Hauser, with whom he honed his skills in epidemiology.
[7] Upon completing his term, Sacco was honored by the University of Miami with the 2015 Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity and appointed Executive Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.
[9] In this role, he oversaw the Florida Puerto Rico Collaboration to Reduce Stroke Disparities and was a co-investigator of multiple other NIH grants.
[10] In recognition of his academic achievements, Sacco was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine[11] and honored with Boston University's 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award.