Michael J. Ryan (doctor)

Michael Ryan
Ryan speaking at ESCAIDE 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden
Deputy Director General of World Health Organization
Assumed office
1 April 2024
Director-GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Personal details
Born
Michael Joseph Ryan

1965 (age 58–59)
Sligo, Ireland
EducationNUI Galway
University College Dublin
Health Protection Agency
OccupationDoctor and Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme (WHO)
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Michael Joseph Ryan[1] (born 1965) is an Irish epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon, specialising in infectious disease and public health. He is executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, leading the team responsible for the international containment and treatment of COVID-19.[2][3] Ryan has held leadership positions and has worked on various outbreak response teams in the field to eradicate the spread of diseases including bacillary dysentery, cholera, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, Marburg virus disease, measles, meningitis, relapsing fever, Rift Valley fever, SARS, and Shigellosis.[4][5]

  1. ^ Branswell, Helen (2019-10-30). "The World Health Organization's emergencies chief is put to the test". STAT.
  2. ^ "WHO Headquarters Leadership Team: Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ Cullen, Paul (2020-02-02). "Irishman leading WHO response to coronavirus outbreak optimistic". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020-WHO-Biography was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Patnaik, Priti (2020-03-12). "Q&A: How countries in crisis can prepare for a coronavirus epidemic". The New Humanitarian.