Dr. Edmond Ryan received his MD from the University of Dublin and after his residency training in Ireland completed a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Miami.
He then moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton and is active in diabetes care and research. He was closely involved with the islet transplant program in Edmonton as Medical Director until 2006.
In addition, he has been Director of the Diabetes Metabolic Centre at the University of Alberta Hospital, has a keen interest in diabetes and pregnancy. His work in pregnancy has ranged from early studies on insulin resistance in pregnancy to insulin secretion in women with a history of GDM. He has been on the Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines subcommittee for Diabetes in Pregnancy and is the immediate past Chair of the Canadian Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group.
Dr. Edmond Ryan
MB,BCh,BAO, MD, DCh, FRCPC, FRCPI