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Scott Ryan (formerly Gregory) Greysen, M.D./ M.A.

Graduated: 2001

Advisor: Chester R. Burns, M.D., Ph.D.

Master's Thesis Title:

A Place for Piety: The Role of Religion in Early Anglo-American Texts on Medical Ethics

Current Position and Address:

Research Scholar
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, SHM IE-61
New Haven, CT 06510
phone: (203) 785-4148
fax: TBA
email: Ryan.Greysen@yale.edu

Ryan Greysen (formerly Gregory) is from Arlington, where his mother, Joan M. Gregory, currently resides. His father, Scott L. Gregory, lives in Prescott, Ariz. Gregory described his grandmother, Virginia Guyer, who passed away in October 2003, as one of his biggest supporters and friends. Greysen received his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin and went on to earn a Master of Arts degree from UTMB's Institute for the Medical Humanities in 2001.

In 2003 he earned a Master of Arts degree in history and sociology of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught conversational Italian as a co-director of the Modern Language Program. For over 12 years, he has competed nationally and internationally as a cyclist, winning numerous state, regional and national championships. Gregory said he chose to study medicine at UTMB because he felt the educational approach was innovative. "After the training I've received here, I feel a much greater urgency to address historical and current inequities in access to care and quality of care in my future research, teaching and practice in academic medicine," he said. Greysen served as the 2002-2003 national chair of the Organization of Student Representatives to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

In July 2009, Ryan started the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (RWJCSP) at Yale University. It is one of four sites that offer the two-year program (Yale, Michigan, UCLA, Penn) which is designed to build research and leadership skills for physicians who have completed residency training.