Lindsay Ryan, MD
Associate Physician
Medicine
School of Medicine

Lindsay Ryan studied at Harvard Medical School and trained at UCSF in internal medicine with a primary care focus, then did an HIV fellowship at San Francisco General Hospital. She has worked extensively overseas as well, including public health work in Mali, health research in Rwanda, and clinical work in South Africa, where she lived for several years. She currently cares for patients at the Oakland VA HIV clinic, SFVA emergency room, and San Francisco General Hospital.

Awards

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• Award Winner - Quality and Safety Innovation Challenge, UCSF, 2015
• Julius Krevans Award for excellence in patient care, San Francisco General Hospital, 2013
• Henry Beecher Prize for Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School, 2008

Education & Training

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• MFA Bennington Writing Seminars 2021
• San Francisco General Hospital HIV Fellowship 2018
• UCSF Internal Medicine Residency 2015
• MD Harvard Medical School 2012
• BA Development Studies Brown University 2006

Interests

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• HIV
• emergency medicine
• health disparities
• global health

Websites

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• Website Collaboration: COVIDProtocols (covidprotocols.org)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
T-LymphocytesHumansFemaleImmunocompromised HostAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalVaccinationAdultRituximabB-Lymphocytes

• Many Patients Don’t Survive End-Stage Poverty
  The New York Times 2024 Lindsay Ryan
• How Do I Make Sense of My Mother’s Decision to Die?
  The Atlantic 2023 Lindsay Ryan
• Long-Haulers Are Trying to Define Themselves
  The Atlantic 2023 Lindsay Ryan
• I Can’t Wait Out the Pandemic Any Longer
  The Atlantic 2022 Lindsay Ryan
• Omicron is Temporarily Shutting Down My Life. But This Time, I Have a Reason for Hope. (article on Omicron variant and immunocompromised patients)
  Slate 2021 Lindsay Ryan

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• There Might Finally Be a COVID Solution for Immunocompromised People Like Me
  Slate 2021 Lindsay Ryan.
• Patients Are Not Suspects
  Slate 2021 Lindsay Ryan
• Discordant Virus-Specific Antibody Levels, Antibody Neutralization Capacity, and T-cell Responses Following 3 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in a Patient With Connective Tissue Disease.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2021 Peluso MJ, Munter SE, Lynch KL, Yun C, Torres L, Iyer NS, Donatelli J, Ryan L, Deitchman AN, Deeks SG, Rutishauser RL, Henrich TJ
• Vaccinated but Not Protected-Living Immunocompromised During the Pandemic.
  JAMA 2021 Ryan L