Brad Ryan, MD is a healthcare executive and one of the primary architects of NCQA’s
digital quality vision and strategy, helping launch and lead the organization’s ongoing
transformation. His background spans leading businesses in large healthcare
enterprises, founder leadership in a venture‑backed health platform, and strategy
consulting, along with hands‑on work shaping industry‑level interoperability and digital
quality frameworks. With training in engineering and medicine, he focuses on turning
complex quality challenges into practical systems that align incentives to outcomes and
embed quality in care delivery across organizations.