Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer and VP, Transformation Operations
Byron Yount, Ph.D., serves as Mercy's chief data and artificial intelligence officer and vice president of transformation operations, leading strategy, responsible use, engineering and ongoing maturity of Mercy’s elite data, analytics, decision intelligence, and AI capabilities both internally and through strategic partnerships with start-ups, seasoned organizations like Microsoft and global collaboratives like the Mayo Clinic Platform. Byron also serves on the advisory board of the Coalition on Health AI and is co-chair of a national initiative to ensure human flourishing in the era of AI. He joined Mercy in 2014.
Education and Credentials
Byron Yount, Ph.D., completed academic training at Saint Louis University, earning a doctorate in public health studies with a concentration in epidemiology. He also completed a fellowship in interdisciplinary clinical and translational research with the National Institutes of Health while completing pre-doctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis.
