David H. Ryan, MD, FASAM, FACOG

CV Summary

Addiction medicine physician, OB/GYN, and physician leader with 13+ years of total clinical experience. Credentials include completion of a one-year ACGME Addiction Medicine fellowship, and board certification in both OB/GYN and Addiction Medicine. Designated a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Responsibilities have included direct patient care, leading clinical teams, starting new inpatient consult service lines, supervision of advanced practice clinicians, and education of students, residents, fellows, and other attendings.

Professional Experience

East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine

Sept 2023 – Present

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Department of OB/GYN Greenville, NC

Clinical Assistant Professor

• Physician founder and leader of the inpatient addiction consult team for ECU Health
• Outpatient addiction care for substance use disorders
• NC STAR network leader for Eastern NC
• Outpatient general OB/GYN care through ECU Faculty Clinic

Walter B Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center Greenville, NC

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023

Medical Director

• Clinician leader of the medical team (3 PAs and 1 MD), with responsibilities that included supervision, chart review, administrative duties, and direct patient care
• Provided inpatient addiction and psychiatric care in an ASAM 3.5 recovery unit
• Provider at the WBJ Opioid Treatment Program

VCU Health System, Department of Psychiatry Richmond, VA

Jul 2021 – Jul 2022

Assistant Professor, Division of Addiction Medicine

• Physician leader and founder of the inpatient addiction consult team for VCU Hospital
• Outpatient addiction care for substance use disorders
• Supervision and orientation of NPs in both the inpatient and outpatient service lines
• Provider at OB MOTIVATE, a perinatal addiction clinic

DREAM Provider Care Services – Suboxone provider Washington, NC

Aug 2019 – Jun 2020

OBHG at UNC Rex Hospital – OB Hospitalist Raleigh, NC

Feb 2019 – Jun 2020

Greenville Women’s Clinic Greenville, NC

Aug 2011 – Feb 2019

Provider / Partner

• Private practice OB/GYN generalist
• 2016-2018, managing partner / board member of Physicians East

Training and Education

Fellowship (ACGME), Addiction Medicine

Jul 2020 – Jun 2021

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Residency (ACGME), Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jul 2007 – Jun 2011

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor of Medicine

Aug 2003 – May 2007

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Bachelor of Science, Zoology

Aug 1999 – May 2003

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Committee and Board Memberships

Committee on Physician Health, ECU Health, Member

Jan 2024 – Present

Credentialing Committee, ECU Health, Member

Jan 2024 – Present

Breastfeeding Action Group, ECU Health, Founder and Member

Mar 2024 – Present

Opioid Stewardship Committee, ECU Health, Member

June 2024 – Present

Fellowship Hall Treatment Center, Greensboro, NC, Board Member

Feb 2025 – Present

Professional Memberships

American Society of Addiction Medicine, Fellow

2019 – Present

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow

2014 – Present

Certifications

Addiction Medicine Board

2022 – Present

American Board of Preventive Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynecology Board

2013 – Present

American Board of OB/GYN

North Carolina Medical License

2010 – Present

2011-00331

Presentations

Grand Rounds

East Carolina University, Department of OB/GYN

Mar 2025

Urine Toxicology Testing

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of OB/GYN

Jan 2025

Perinatal Substance Use Disorder and Treatment

East Carolina University, Department of Pediatrics

Aug 2024

Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine

Feb 2024

Opioids, Addiction, and Life-Saving Medications

East Carolina University, Department of Family Medicine

Jan 2024

Opioids, Addiction, and Life-Saving Medications

George Washington University, Department of OB/GYN

Nov 2023

Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

East Carolina University, Department of Surgery

Sept 2023

Opioids, Addiction, and Safe-Prescribing Practices

University of Virginia, Department of OB/GYN

Apr 2022

Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

East Carolina University, Department of OB/GYN

Feb 2022

Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

Lectures/Didactics by Topic

Substance Use Disorders and Women’s Health / Pregnancy

Addiction, Opioid Use Disorder, and Pregnancy

North Carolina Addiction Medicine Society Annual Conference, Apr 2024

North Carolina OB/GYN Society Meeting, Feb 2024

Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina meeting, Sept 2023, Apr 2022

The Intersection of HIV/Hep C + and Maternal SUDs

Southeast Prevention Training Center, May 2023

Substance Use Disorders and Women’s Health

STABLE RN orientation, ECU Health, Mar 2025

Pitt County Community College, Nursing Program, May 2023

University of Michigan Addiction Psychiatry, Mar 2023

Eastern AHEC Women’s Health Conference, Feb 2023

Addiction / Treatment / Behavior Change /Stigma

Addiction 101 & 201, North Carolina Society Addiction Medicine Conference, Apr 2025

ECU PA student lecture, Aug 2024

Kinston Community Health Center, July 2024

Kintegra Health System, May 2024

ECU Family Medicine Residency Preparation Course, Jan 2024, Apr 2024

ECU Nurse Practitioner Class, Apr 2024

Eastern AHEC DEA MATE Education Requirement Lecture Series, Sept 2023

Eastern AHEC Opioid Prescribing Seminar, July 2023

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

ECU Family Medicine, Jan 2025

Clinical Updates and Challenges: Opioid Use Disorder

North Carolina Addiction Medicine Society Annual Conference, Apr 2024

Narcan and Harm Reduction in the setting of Opioid Use Disorder

Greene County Health Department, Apr 2024

Addiction, Opioid Use, and Safe Prescribing

NC Dental Society, Nov 2024

ECU Health CME Event, Sept 2024

Curi Insurance, Medical Malpractice CME event, Jun 2023

North Carolina Foot and Ankle Society, Jan 2023

The Neuroscience of Addiction

Metaverse Horizon Worlds, HouseCall VR Auditorium, Apr 2023

Buprenorphine Initiations

EAHEC Online CME event, July 2024

Microdosing Induction for Buprenorphine

Virginia ECHO Project, Dec 2021

Alcohol Use Disorder

Carolina East Medical Center, Apr 2024

Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Surgery, Dec 2021

Unregulated drug market purchases: International trends, consumer motivations, and nursing implications;

Speight, C., Smirnova, O., Ryan, D.H., Holt, T

International Nursing Society on Addictions 47th Annual Conference Inclusivity, Education, Advocacy, Orlando, FL, Mar 2025

Poster Presentations

Speight, C., Smirnova, O., Ryan, D.H., & Holt, T. (2025, March 21). Unregulated drug market purchases: International trends, consumer motivations, and nursing implications.

Collaborative Nurse Research Day, Greenville, NC

Publications

A Randomized Sexual Health Intervention for Women in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Sex and Female Empowerment (SAFE) Increases Reproductive Knowledge and Contraceptive Self-Efficacy; Johnson E, Ryan D, O’Grady KE, Slaughter G, Hairston E, Martin CE, Andringa K, Ellerson RM, Jones HE; Journal of Addiction and Addictive Disorders, August 2023

Reevaluation of Discriminatory and Threshold Levels for Serum β-hCG in Early Pregnancy; AnnaMarie Connolly, MD, David H. Ryan, MD, Alison Steube, MD, Honor Wolfe, MD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, January 2013

External Funding

Awarded

Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator Chandra Speight.

Project No: AWD-XX-XXXX. Submitted June 2024.

Statewide Alliance of Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Providers. Aetna. This project supports planning efforts to establish and sustain a coordinated North Carolina Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (NC PSUD) Network.

Amount awarded: $12,243.

Co-Investigator with Principal Investigator Chandra Speight.

NOFO No: TI-24-001. ECU-AMMPeD Submitted April 2024.

Amplifying Medical, Midwifery, Nurse Practitioner, and Dental Education to Address the Substance Use Crisis in Eastern North Carolina. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This project’s goal is to reduce health disparities and improve substance use disorder outcomes in Eastern North Carolina by improving access to equitably delivered, evidence-based substance use disorder treatment through implementation of a comprehensive and sustainable academic and regional education program.

Direct costs awarded: $821,240

Total costs awarded: $886,93

Under review

Co-Investigator with Principal Investigators Courtney Caiola & Chandra Speight.

Project No: 1R61DA062332-01A1. Submitted: October 2024.

Building Infrastructure for Rural Treatment and Harm Reduction Services for Pregnant and Parenting People and Families (BIRTH PrePP). National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA). This project’s goal is to examine the efficacy and implementation of a region-specific, collaborative model of care that includes integrated, family-centered perinatal and opioid use disorder care and supportive services to improve family and maternal outcomes in Eastern North Carolina.

Direct costs requested: $3,481,892

Total costs requested: $5,142,941