Colleen M. Ryan, MD

Specialties

General Surgery
Burn Surgery
Surgery Critical Care

Areas of Care:

Location(s):

Languages Spoken:

English

Colleen Ryan, M.D., has treated children with burn injuries at Shriners Children's Boston since 1989. She has followed many children as they have grown into adulthood. Now, Dr. Ryan's focus is improving the pathway to recovery for these children and their families. She is passionate about treating children and the importance of the family in their recovery. In addition to her clinical work, she has a large, internationally-renowned research laboratory for studying long-term outcomes and is active in burn prevention and disaster preparedness policy for response to burn surge events. Dr. Ryan is married and a proud mother of two.

Pediatric Care

Specialty

Burn Care
Burn Surgery
General Surgery
Surgery Critical Care

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More About Me

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, Surgery - General

Education and Training

Residency|New England Deaconess Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital|Boston|MA||06/30/1985

Residency|New England Deaconess Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital|Boston|MA||06/30/1988

Academic Positions and Locations

Harvard Medical School
Professor

Leadership and Memberships

2018-Present: Seat representing American Burn Association, NASEM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies
2020-Present: Co-Chair Disaster Subcommittee, American Burn Association
2016-2020: Chairperson, Burn Care Committee, American Burn Association
2012-Present: Clinical Director, Boston Harvard Burn Injury Model System
1997-2008: Co-Director, Sumner Redstone Burn Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
2008-2012: Director, Fraser Outpatient Burn Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

Editorial Positions

2011-Present: Editorial Board, Journal of Burn Care and Research
2020-Present: Editorial Board, European Journal of Burn Care
Reviewer, Burns Journal
Reviewer, Annals Surgery
Reviewer, New England Journal Medicine
Reviewer, Critical Care Medicine

Awards and Honors

2006-2021, Top Doctors in America
2008, 2010-2013, 2017-2021, Top Doctors in Boston, General Surgeon
2020, Pillars of Excellence Award, Mass General Brigham
2003, 2010, Partners in Excellence Award
2017, Best Pediatric Paper, American Burn Association
2001, Nathanial Bowditch Award

Academic Works and Presentations

Presentation: A Critical Bottleneck: Delivering Burn Care in a Complex Disaster Event; Invited speaker: Annual Symposium - Radiation Injury Treatment Network Crystal City, Virginia (07/30-08/01/2019)
Keynote Speaker: The Ninth Department of Defense State-of-the-Science Meeting- Blast Injury Research; Presentation: Rand Corporation- Civilian Burn Mass Casualty Events and Preparedness Research (03/02-03/03/2020)
Lecture: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital - Stanley Miller (05/2019)
Keynote Speaker: Annual Chief of Staff Meeting (virtual) - Burn Outcomes Research Program Shriners (01/28/2021)
Workshop: National Academy of Sciences- Engineering and Medicine Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities and Preparedness (06/04-06/05/2019)