RyanScottAlexanderDOMPH

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine

Physician

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Dr. Ryan Alexander is a preventive medicine physician in Knoxville, TN and is affiliated with University of Tennessee Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Lincoln Memorial University Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been in practice 3 years. He specializes in public health & general preventive medicine and addiction medicine and is experienced in addiction medicine, opioid-related disorders, opioid overdose, population health / management, and alcohol use disorder. He has 3 publications and over 50 citings.

Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)Fellowship, Addiction Medicine, 2021 - 2022
Griffin HospitalResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2019 - 2021
Yale School of Public HealthMPH, 2019 - 2020
University of Tennessee Medical Center at KnoxvilleInternship, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2018
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2017

TN State License 2018 - 2025
CT State License 2019 - 2022
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine

PubMed

48 citations
Xylazine and Overdoses: Trends, Concerns, and Recommendations.
Ryan S Alexander, Bethany R Canver, Kimberly L Sue, Kenneth L Morford
American Journal of Public Health. 2022-08-01
10 citations
The Spectrum of Alcohol Use: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Shawn M Cohen, Ryan S Alexander, Stephen R. Holt
The Medical Clinics of North America. 2022-01-01
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with hepatitis C among patients admitted for medically managed opioid withdrawal in east Tennessee.
Ryan Alexander, Olayinka Agboola, Victoria C Costales
Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2021-06-13

Aegis Sciences Corporation Collaborates with the McNabb Center to Evaluate the Impact of Xylazine Exposure on Opioid WithdrawalDecember 17th, 2024
Medicaid Limits Access to Life-Saving Doses of Addiction CareOctober 24th, 2024
Fentanyl Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg of Drug Addiction | OpinionAugust 30th, 2023