Ryan Buckley, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

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FOCUS: Medical and interprofessional education, human-centered systems design

Dr. Ryan Buckley is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Section of Hospital Medicine. He received his B.S. in Food Science & Human Nutrition from the University of Florida and his M.D. from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He completed internal medicine residency at the Medical University of South Carolina and served as Chief Resident for Quality & Safety at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC in Charleston, SC. He started his faculty career as an Academic Hospitalist at the University of Pennsylvania before joining VUMC in 2019.

Dr. Buckley’s academic interests involve medical education, innovation, systems design, and professional development. At the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine he serves as the Director of the Medical Innovators Development Program and Co-Director of the Foundations of Health Care Delivery course. He also co-directs the Measurement & Analysis for Healthcare Quality course in the Master of Public Health program. At VUMC he serves at the Director of Faculty & Career Development for the Section of Hospital Medicine and the Director of the Miller Society, the Department of Medicine’s professional development society of Clinical Practice Track faculty and staff.

Education & Training

BS – University of Florida
MD – University of South Florida
Internal Medicine Residency – Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Chief Resident for Quality and Safety – Ralph H. Johnson VAMC/MUSC

Research Information

Relevant Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Buckley R, Sellers M, Myers J. Blurring the Perceived Lines Between Clinical and Quality Improvement Education. Acad Med. 2018 Nov;93(11):1602. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002417. PMID: 30376521.
  2. Buckley R, Spadaro A, Rosin R, Shea JA, Myers JS. Comparing the Effects of Design Thinking and A3 Problem-Solving on Resident Attitudes Toward Systems Change. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Apr;13(2):231-239. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-00793.1. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33897957; PMCID: PMC8054598.
  3. Caldarelli E, Hess JJ, Weaver E, Buckley R, Swan RR, Schumacher J, Kostelanetz S, Davidson MA, Whitey M, Black R, Terhune KP. A Graduate Medical Orientation Intervention Focused on Local Health Inequities. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Aug;15(4):442-446. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-23-00016.1. PMID: 37637328; PMCID: PMC10449351.