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Aurora Pryor is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She moved to North Carolina in 1987 to attend Duke University. In 1991 she completed a dual degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, graduating cum laude with honors and distinction. She then entered Duke University Medical School where she received the Association for Academic Surgery Medical Student Research Award and the American Federation for Clinical Research Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.

She also received research funding through the Four Schools Physician Scientist training program. After completing her medical degree she began her surgical residency at Duke in 1995, receiving funding for additional research through a National Research Service Award. In 1999 she earned the Weck Closure Systems Award for Excellence in Basic Science research. Following her surgical residency, Pryor completed an Advanced Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery at Duke University with special emphasis on laparoscopic weight loss surgery.

Pryor’s clinical interests are in advanced laparoscopy, with a focus on weight loss surgery. She will perform Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure in addition to other abdominal surgeries. She feels that the surgical management of obesity provides appropriate patients with the best chance for long-term weight reduction and improvement in the medical problems related to obesity. Her primary research focus is translational and outcomes research relating to obesity.