"Ryan grew up in West Virginia where he completed his undergraduate from West Virginia University and Medical school from Marshall University. He is Board Certified in Family Practice and completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship. After graduating from medical school Ryan joined the Navy, traveling around the world, including a humanitarian deployment throughout Central and South America. He is active in the Men’s group at their church, volunteers with several ministries both locally and internationally, and he is the YoungLife Chair for Mid-Tex YoungLife. Ryan is very passionate about exercise and health and works out in his home gym regularly, along with rock climbing and Mountain biking. He has been married to his Wife Dayspring for 15 years and they have 3 young sons. Ryan is also Board Certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine and believes Holistic Health helps get to the root of the problem, to improve and maintain the body’s condition, allowing it to achieve optimal health. Holistic Health uses all manners of healing, not relying solely on medicine or surgery to be healthy."