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HONORING EDWARD J. RYAN III FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF
SPORTS MEDICINE
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HON. DARREN SOTO
of florida
in the house of representatives
Friday, October 14, 2022
Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, a native of Salem, Massachusetts, Edward J. Ryan III is currently serving as the director of athletic medicine at The Andrews Institute providing service to the United States Tennis Association's players in Orlando, Florida. In 1980, he graduated from Northeastern University with his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and completed a Master of Science in Exercise and Sports Sciences at the University of Arizona in 1985. He then spent many years with the U.S. Olympics in Colorado before relocating to Florida in 2016.
Mr. Ryan has been involved with USA Basketball teams for well over three decades for numerous national and international events. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Ryan was the medical coordinator for the USA Basketball Women's National Team. He was also the medical director and head athletic trainer for numerous events, including the 2006 and 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2004, 1996, and 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1998 Winter Paralympics, and the 2011, 2003, 1999, 1995, and 1991 Pan American Games. He has also worked closely with USA Team Handball and U.S. Track & Field at various international competitions.
Edward Ryan leaves a legacy of progressive change in sports medicine that has impacted all athletes. His medical team model of delivery has additionally translated to the better health and wellness of the general population in America and abroad. Mr. Ryan had a vision decades ago to diversify the inclusion of a multi-provider team approach in sports medicine that has since optimized healing and human performance throughout the wide world of sports.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 163(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 163(2)
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