Chief Medical Information Officer of Ambient Clinical Intelligence, Healthcare Nuance

Dr. Pelo is an Emergency Medicine physician, proven leader, and innovator. Along with his partners, he founded iScribes, Inc, an ambient clinical documentation company which was acquired by Nuance in 2017. Dr. Pelo took iScribes from the idea phase of solving his own documentation problems to executing on his vision and serving over 250 physicians before it was acquired. Dr. Pelo helps lead the ambient clinical intelligence team at Nuance,where he is a functional leader and CMIO. Dr. Pelo’s passion is the intersection of technology and healthcare; he can understand complex systems and find ways that technology, especially artificial intelligence, can make healthcare more functional and efficient.

Experience
CEO and co-founder of iScribes, Inc.
Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician
Medical Director at Centra Southside Community Hospital, Farmville, VA
Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Multiple published papers in biochemistry research

Education and Certifications
BS, the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2004
MD, the University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT
Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Residency and Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, 2008-2011
Certification, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Licensed Physician, Virginia, and North Carolina

Bio updated November 2020

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