Brad Ryan

Dr. Brad Ryan is NCQA’s first-ever Chief Product Officer. His addition to NCQA leadership signals the organization’s commitment to building on its existing quality measurement expertise with the promise of new technology, digital measurement, and telehealth. He leads NCQA’s pioneering work in digital quality transformation and manages the growth and evolution of its existing healthcare measurement, evaluation, and improvement programs.

Dr. Ryan’s prior work includes numerous assists with NCQA’s digital quality initiatives, most recently as co-founder and Chief Solutions & Product Officer at Apervita, a collaborative platform for value-based health care. He also supported NCQA’s Natural Language Processing work with UPMC Enterprises. Dr. Ryan’s professional background is a “perfect storm” of skills and experience for the newly created position. In addition to Apervita, Brad has held leadership roles at IMS Health and McKinsey & Company.

Dr. Ryan earned his medical degree at John’s Hopkins School of Medicine. He studied engineering, computer science, and mathematics as an undergraduate at the University of Alabama. To this day, he remains firmly committed to “Roll Tide” and to his family and friends in Alabama.