PROVIDENCE – Brown Surgical Associates recently announced that Dr. Aurora Pryor has been named the practice’s new president.
Pryor will also become surgeon-in-chief of Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals, as well as chair of the Department of Surgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School.
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Pryor is known nationally and internationally for expertise in minimally invasive bariatric and foregut surgery, surgical education and leadership. She has produced more than 250 publications and is still involved in research focused on bariatric and gastroenterology.
The role was most recently held by Dr. William Cioffi, who retired this summer after 30 years at Brown Surgical Associates, including 23 years as president.
“I am honored to have this opportunity to work with an incredible group of surgeons and providers here at Brown Surgical Associates. I have been very impressed with the talent for patient care, teaching and research across all of the practice’s divisions,” Pryor said. “I am confident that our surgical care will continue to be recognized for excellence and a focus on our patients.”
Pryor received an undergraduate degree in engineering and her medical degree from Duke University, where she also completed her residency and minimally invasive surgical fellowship.
Pryor then joined the Duke faculty before relocating to Stony Brook University and Medical Center in 2011, where she was appointed professor of surgery and served as division chief of general surgery; division chief of bariatric, foregut and advanced gastrointestinal surgery; vice chairman of clinical affairs; and director of the Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Fellowship Program.
Most recently, Pryor was surgeon-in-chief at Long Island Jewish Hospital, system director for bariatric surgery at Northwell Health and professor of surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell.
Along with her publications, Pryor has co-edited four textbooks, given more than 300 presentations worldwide and received several research grants. She also holds patents for surgical technologies, including the Transenterix SPIDER single port system.
Pryor is actively working on several U.S. Food and Drug Administration trials and her current research efforts focus on advancing laparoscopic bariatric and gastrointestinal surgery techniques and outcomes, as well as new technology in surgery.
Katie Castellani is a PBN staff writer. You may contact her at Castellani@PBN.com.
