Dr. Charles Ryan, MD

Charles Ryan makes the most delicious eggnog of all time. You don't like eggnog? Then you haven't tried Dr. Ryan's recipe. It's a laborious, three-day procedure to prepare this beverage, but Dr. Ryan enjoys the process almost as much as witnessing how satisfied folks are with the results. The same attitude prevails in his work as a pediatrician. Dr. Ryan likes meeting and working with all different kinds of patients, and is always thrilled to see them develop into the best people they can possibly be.

Dr. Ryan is our East Coast representative. Though he was raised in a military family stationed in many places, his deepest roots grew in Massachusetts. A former restaurant kitchen manager, airplane parts factory worker, postal worker, and Munich resident, Dr. Ryan earned his college degree from University of Wisconsin in Madison, then returned to his home state for medical school at Harvard and pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Ryan joined the Centers …for Disease Control and applied for a position in Alaska because it looked to be the most exciting and inviting. He knew he wanted to stay before the plane touched the ground.

Dr. Ryan has served as an Anchorage pediatrician since 1982. His illustrious history of medical leadership includes chairing the Department of Pediatrics, serving as president of the Medical Society, and serving on a national committee of the Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Ryan currently serves as Chair of the Providence Alaska Medical System Advisory Board.