DR. WILLIAM RYAN, MD - CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON
Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates of North Texas (CSANT)

William Ryan, MD, is a practicing Cardiothoracic Surgeon with Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates of North Texas (CSANT), attended the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill. Dr. William Ryan resided at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in the Department of Endocrinology. Dr. William Ryan was a resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in the Department of General Surgery, as well as at Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals in Nashville as Chief Resident in the Department of Thoracic Surgery.

Dr. William Ryan has been on the American Board of Surgery since 1983 and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery since 1985.

William Ryan is currently a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and American Heart Association.

Dr. William Ryan was also elected to be a member of the Parkland Surgical Society, Dallas County Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Society, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Dr. Ryan has published chapters in both the Year Book of Pulmonary Disease and Thoraco-Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He also serves as a co-investigator in the TMR Trials and is a well known expert with the Ross Procedure.

Dr. William Ryan is a cardiothoracic surgeon with more than twenty-five years experience caring for patients with heart and valve disease. He joined as a partner with the CSANT physician group (www.csant.com) in 1984 and has held numerous positions on the group’s Board of Directors. Dr. William Ryan is an active researcher for the nonprofit Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute (CRSTI) (www.crsti.org), often serving as a lead investigator for national cardiac research studies.

Dr. William Ryan's medical interests include minimally invasive valve surgery; aortic valve replacement and repair; closed-chest procedures for atrial fibrillation; cardiovation for mitral valve; and stentless valve surgery. Dr. Ryan primarily practices at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and maintains privileges at Medical City Dallas, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano and Baylor Regional Medical Center of Plano.

Board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery, Dr. William Ryan moved to Dallas in 1984, joining the CSANT physician group. Dr. William Ryan showed an early interest in thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest and later helped to pioneer port-access valve surgery. He is recognized as one of the few surgeons in the nation experienced in performing the complicated Ross Procedure.

A frequent speaker on topics such as port-access heart surgery, the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation and valve repair and replacement operations, Dr. William Ryan is an invited lecturer and course director to national and international education symposiums across the globe.

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