Currently Senior Vice President, Clinical Excellence at Ascension Health headquartered in St. Louis, Dr. Pryor has also served as senior vice president and chief information officer at Allina Health System in Minneapolis, and president of the New England Medical Center Hospitals. He also was director of clinical program development, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, and the cardiology consultation service at the Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Pryor is chair of the performance measurement council of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and has authored 300 publications in the field of cardiology, outcomes research and medical informatics.