Michael Ryan, MD, joined the staff of Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center.
Here's what you should know:
1. Dr. Ryan specializes in orthopedics with subspecialties in sports medicine, hip preservation and knee and anterior hip replacements. Additionally, he is the only surgeon in Alabama trained to perform periacetabular osteotomy.
2. He is an associate of The Hip Center at Andrews Sports Medicine.
3. After earning his medical degree from Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University, he completed a residency at New York City-based New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases. He then completed two fellowships, one at Birmingham-based American Sports Medicine Institute and another at Inselspital Bern University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland.
4. Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center Managing Partner E. Lyle Cain, Jr., MD, said, "We are excited to welcome Dr. Michael Ryan to our practice. Dr. Ryan was a valuable asset to our team during his one-year, ASMI sports medicine fellowship, displaying his talents as a skillful surgeon and researcher. We are thrilled to welcome him to our Andrews Sports Medicine team of physicians."