Dr. Mark Ryan, M.d.

While at VCU, Dr. Ryan was the Medical Director for the International/Inner City/Rural Preceptorship (I2CRP) program, a program focused on working with medical students committed to primary care and working with medically underserved communities. They also were Course Director for the Patient, Physician and Society course, and the Medical Director for Global Health programs in the Department, and reached the rank of Professor in the VCU  Department of Family Medicine and Population Health.

Dr. Ryan is fluent in English and Spanish, and led medical service trips to the Dominican Republic for 18 years. In South Richmond, Dr. Ryan cared for Spanish-speaking patients while also providing primary care to the Richmond community. They have held multiple regional, state, and national leadership positions. They have been recognized as a Richmond Top Doc three times, a Top Doctor in Virginia twice, and was the MCV Physicians Clinician of the Year in 2020. Dr. Ryan and their spouse. Janet, have lived in Richmond since 2007, and plan to be in the city into the future.

Dr. Ryan completed their undergraduate studies at the College of William and Mary, graduated the VCU School of Medicine in 2000 and completed their Family Medicine residency in Blackstone, Virginia in 2003, during which time they served as Chief Resident. After four years in private practice in Keysville, Virginia, they moved to Richmond to work at the Hayes E. Willis Health Center at Southside Plaza in 2007. Dr. Ryan served as Medical Director at this clinic 2014-2021, at which time they became Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Quality for the VCU Department of Family Medicine and Population Health. They served as Vice Chair until October 2025, at which time they stepped down to start preparations to leave VCU and launch Sanctuary Family Medicine.