A new clinical services director has been named to UW-Madison's University Health Services.
Gerald Ryan has been serving as associate director of UHS since 2007, but has been acting as clinical services director since August. Ryan's position will go into effect May 1, and he will earn $158,000 for a salary.
""[Ryan] is known for his high energy and exacting standards of quality. I am delighted that he has accepted this position and look forward to his valuable contributions to our organization going forward,"" Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UHS, said in a statement.
Ryan was a physician and clinical associate professor with the UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine for six years before working at UHS. At the department of family medicine, he was the medical director for the physician assistant program.
Ryan is professionally interested in evidence-based medicine, point-of-care use of electronic resources, clinical productivity and quality assurance enhancement. He earned his medical degree at the University of Ohio-Toledo and his Bachelor of Arts in psychology at the University of Toledo.
The clinical services division includes primary care, dermatology, women's health, sports medicine and sexual health clinics and ancillary radiology and laboratory services. According to university officials, UHS attends to nearly 50,000 patients in the division.
