Dr. Ryan is a general practitioner specialising in medical care favouring the
avoidance of drugs and surgery. He obtained his medical degree from the
University of Queensland in 1971, and M.Sc. Nutrition Distinction (London) in
1980. He has a post graduate qualification in Children’s Diseases (DCH). He
is past Queensland President of the following three medical organisations:
AMAC (Australian Medical Acupuncture College), ACNEM (Australian College
of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine) and AIMA (Australian Integrative
Medical Association).
He has served as a national examiner in the Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners Examinations and on the Wellness Committee of
Brisbane North Division of General Practice (supporting 800 GP’s on the
northside of Brisbane in their own health care). Dr. Ryan was the Founder and
Medical Director of Clear Mountain Health and Conference Centre,
operational since 1990. He was for five years a member of CMEC
(Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee) of Therapeutic Goods
Administration, advising Government on complementary therapies.
He was for five years a member of the Advisory Board of Canossa Hospital/
Medical Complex at Oxley, Brisbane. Dr. Ryan has been Deputy Chair of
Council for the Australian (now Endeavour) College of Nature Medicine since
its inception, and was its inaugural Medical Ethics Chair. Recently, he has
become a director of four Charitable Trusts, each with a health focus. He
continues to conduct a busy medical practice in Aspley on the north side of
Brisbane.
In 2004, Dr. Ryan led a coalition of over 1,500 Australian doctors, dentists and
scientists, releasing a Professionals Against Water Fluoridation Open Letter to
the Premier of Queensland, the Queensland Minister for Health, the Lord
Mayor of Brisbane, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Brisbane, and Councillors of all
Cities and Shires of Queensland:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/queensland-letter.htm
In September 2008, Dr. Ryan co-signed the landmark Sunraysia Daily article,
‘Citizens are being mislead’ with Dr. Paul Connett, Dr. Hardy Limeback and
others.
http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Australia/OPINION-Citizens-are-being-misled
Dr. Ryan is a signatory to the Professionals’ Statement to End Fluoridation.
fluoridealert.org/professionals.statement.html