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Ryan Pryor

MSN, RN, CNM, FNP-BC
Northampton,MA

Summary

Accomplished Certified Nurse Midwife and Family Nurse Practitioner with over 16 years experience as a trans* health educator. Skilled in trauma-informed, client-centered primary care and full scope midwifery/GYN care. Experienced in protocol writing and service line development. Creative and highly motivated regarding evidence-based practice, the integration of health equity models in clinical settings, and collaboration with community partners.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Clinician

Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
12.2024 - Current

- Provide excellent primary care to Mount Holyoke College students including gynecologic care and urgent care services

- Collaborate with Counseling Services, Athletic Trainers and campus partners across disciplines

Certified Nurse Midwife (Per Diem)

Mass General Brigham Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
04.2022 - Current
  • Provide high quality intrapartum and
    postpartum care to pregnant people
  • Successfully collaborate with physician, nurse and midwife colleagues to manage obstetrical complications
  • Surgical first assist for surgical birth (c-section)

Clinician

Tapestry Health
Northampton, Greenfield, Springfield, MA
3 2023 - 12.2024
  • Offer comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care in non-profit clinic providing health care to clients regardless of insurance or ability to pay.
  • Serve as lead clinician for pilot Medication Abortion Service Line
  • Perform and interpret limited US for abortion care
  • Take overnight and weekend call to support MAB services
  • Develop clinical protocols and staff trainings
  • Offer IUD insertion with paracervical block
  • Offer wound care, Hep C treatment and harm reduction services via Mobile Health Van for clients with SUD
  • Mentor clinicians and staff to support excellence in transgender health services including hormone therapy

Instructor in Clinical Nursing

Columbia University School Of Nursing
New York, NY
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Certificate in Professional Achievement in Transgender Non-Binary Health Care Program- 12 credit Post-Masters Certificate Program
  • Instructor for Treatment Interventions for Transgender Non-Binary (Trans NB) Individuals course (3 credits)
  • Developed syllabus and course content for synchronous and asynchronous virtual course
  • Effectively taught Doctoral and Master's prepared APRNs and PAs.
  • Efficiently utilized Canvas web-based learning management system

Certified Nurse-Midwife

Dartmouth Hitchcock-Keene
Keene, NH
04.2020 - 11.2023
  • Provided high quality prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care to pregnant people in manner supportive of physiologic birth.
  • Worked successfully across disciplines to advance evidence-based policy solutions.
  • Worked as part of multidisciplinary team to provide trauma informed, evidence-based perinatal care to people with substance use disorders.
  • Full-time position from 4/2020-4/2022, Per Diem Clinician 4/2022-11/2023.

Transgender Health Clinical Advisor

Health Imperatives
Brockton, MA
04.2019 - 01.2021
  • Consulted in all aspects of practical implementation of successful hormone therapy services for six clinical sites.
  • Served as on-call clinical consultant for hormone therapy management to new clinicians and to all clinicians and medical director regarding management of clients with medical complexity.
  • Created and facilitated dynamic staff and provider trainings on transgender health, and excellence in clinical care for trans( and gender non-binary clients.

Clinician (Per Diem), Trans Health Consultant

Planned Parenthood Southern New England
Hartford, CT
8 2018 - 4 2020
  • Effectively provided evidence-based GYN care as Per Diem Clinician
  • Offered abortion care and management of early pregnancy loss.
  • Credentialed to perform and interpret limited ultrasound for first trimester abortion care.
  • Mobilized affiliate resources to expand services to trans* and GNB clients using synchronous telehealth during COVID-19 pandemic.

Clinician, Founder

Starling Cove Care
Northampton, MA
03.2018 - 04.2020
  • Offered personalized preconception care and intrauterine insemination for queer, trans and gender non-binary clients seeking to conceive at home using donor sperm.

Nurse Practitioner

Baystate Health
Springfield, MA
03.2014 - 04.2018
  • Worked highly effectively as primary care provider in FQHC and academic teaching center.
  • Skilled in complex chronic disease management.
  • Offered basic HIV and Hepatitis C care in collaboration with infectious disease and GI providers
  • Initiated and managed individualized gender affirming hormone therapy care for large panel of transgender and gender non-binary clients using informed consent model.

Staff Midwife

Maternidad La Luz/The Birth Place
El Paso, TX
12.2008 - 10.2009
  • Provided comprehensive prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care in high-volume, CPM-run birth center and midwifery school.
  • Developed and facilitated courses on topics including racism in healthcare, supporting new midwifery students, gender and sexuality, and phlebotomy.

Education

Post-Master's Certificate - Midwifery

Jefferson Midwifery & Women's Health Program
Philadelphia, PA
01.2018 - 12.2019

MSN, BSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
05.2014 - 12.2014

Certificate of Completion - Midwifery

Maternidad La Luz
El Paso, TX
09.2007 - 09.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
09.2000 - 05.2004

Skills

    * TGNB and LGBQA Health Educator 16 years

* Experienced Clinical Preceptor

* Centering Prenatal Care Facilitator

* Trauma-informed care

* First Assist for Surgical Birth

* Medication as Treatment for SUD prescriber

* Intrauterine Insemination

* Perineal preservation and repair

* Abortion care

* LARCS, Paracervical Block

Certification

Certified Nurse Midwife- AMCB

Timeline

Clinician

Mount Holyoke College
12.2024 - Current

Instructor in Clinical Nursing

Columbia University School Of Nursing
01.2023 - 05.2023

Certified Nurse Midwife (Per Diem)

Mass General Brigham Cooley Dickinson Hospital
04.2022 - Current

Neonatal Resuscitation

03-2021

Surgical First Assisting at Cesarean Delivery

03-2021

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

02-2021

Certified Nurse-Midwife

Dartmouth Hitchcock-Keene
04.2020 - 11.2023

Certified Nurse Midwife- AMCB

12-2019

Transgender Health Clinical Advisor

Health Imperatives
04.2019 - 01.2021

Clinician, Founder

Starling Cove Care
03.2018 - 04.2020

Post-Master's Certificate - Midwifery

Jefferson Midwifery & Women's Health Program
01.2018 - 12.2019

MSN, BSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

University of Pennsylvania
05.2014 - 12.2014

Nurse Practitioner

Baystate Health
03.2014 - 04.2018

Family Nurse Practitioner- ANCC

01-2014

Staff Midwife

Maternidad La Luz/The Birth Place
12.2008 - 10.2009

Certified Professional Midwife (2008-3/2023)

12-2008

Certificate of Completion - Midwifery

Maternidad La Luz
09.2007 - 09.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

Sarah Lawrence College
09.2000 - 05.2004

Clinician

Tapestry Health
3 2023 - 12.2024

Clinician (Per Diem), Trans Health Consultant

Planned Parenthood Southern New England
8 2018 - 4 2020

Select Invited Presentations

* Abortion Rights Fund of Western Mass/Doula Association for Reproductive Loss and Abortion (DARLA). Co-facilitator/trainer. Abortion Doula Training. Biannual trainings 2023-present.

* UCSF National Transgender Health Summit. Co-presenter. "Advancing Reproductive Autonomy: TRANSformative Justice-Informed Approaches in Clinical Reproductive Health care. May 30, 2025

* ACNM Region 1 Conference: Strengthening Midwifery Through Advocacy, Leadership, and Knowledge. Holyoke, MA. Invited Presenter. "Hormone Therapy Principles for Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Clients". September 21, 2024

* Baystate Midwifery Education Program. Springfield, MA. Guest Lecturer "Midwifery care across the spectrum of gender and sexuality" Spring 2024-2026

* Family Health Center. Worcester, MA. Co-facilitator and consultant "Perinatal Trans* and Non-Binary Health Training Series" April 2022-January 2023.

* Baystate Franklin Medical Center. Greenfield, MA “Intrapartum Care of LGBTQ + clients” September 2019 and “Grand Rounds: Care of the

Transgender Patient” January 2016 and “Pregnancy and Childbirth for Transgender Families” September 2015.

* People’s Community Clinic. Greenfield, MA “Trans Health 101 and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Clinical Considerations” November 2017.

* Baystate Health: The Patient Experience Conference. Easthampton, MA "Caring Across Differences Panel” October 2016.

* Philadelphia Trans Health Conference. Philadelphia, PA. “Midwifery and Full Spectrum Doula Care for Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People”

panel 2012-2013 and “Testosterone 101” June 2016.

* Philadelphia Trans Health Conference Trans* Clinical Care and Management Training. Philadelphia, PA “Evidence-Based Update in Transgender

Medicine” June 2014 and June 2015.

* Dorchester Community Health Center. Boston, MA “Primary Care for Transgender Adults” April 2015.

* Transgender Lives Conference. Hartford, CT “Transgender Health Evidence-Based Update” and “Hormones 101” April 2014 and 2015.

* University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Philadelphia, PA “Midwifery and Gynecologic care for Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming People”

April and October 2013.

* Maternidad La Luz Midwifery School. El Paso, TX “Accountability and Self Care for New Health Care Providers and Legacies of Medical Racism” and

“Gender and Sexuality: A Workshop for Midwives” 2009-2010.

Publications

Pryor, R.E. & Vickroy, W., (2019). "In a perfect world, you wouldn't have to work the system to get the things you need to survive": A pilot study about trans health care possibilities. Transgender Health, 4(1), 18. doi: 10.1089/truth.2018.0049

Licensure

  • Massachusetts RN, CNM, CNP 2290476
  • MA MCSR MCS005673B
  • DEA XP3161902, MR7225015
Ryan PryorMSN, RN, CNM, FNP-BC