Patrick T. Ryan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Broadlane, Inc.
Patrick T. Ryan, has been in the healthcare field since 1980, with specific experience in finance, operations, direct-to-consumer marketing, strategic development, service and sales. Ryan currently serves as chairman and chief executive officer of The Broadlane Group™. Additionally, Ryan works with SV Life Sciences as a venture partner and serves on the Advisory Board of Ferrer, Freeman and Company.
Prior to joining Broadlane, Ryan served as chief executive officer and a director of PolyMedica Corporation, until its sale to Medco Health Solutions in 2007. PolyMedica was the nation’s largest direct-to-consumer provider of blood glucose testing supplies and related services to people with diabetes. The company served more than 1 million active patients throughout the United States. The company’s portfolio of products and services included patient education, prescription drugs and diabetic testing supplies. PolyMedica, under the well-known Liberty brand, made it simple for patients to obtain their supplies and medications, while encouraging compliance with physician orders.
Previously, Ryan served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Physicians Dialysis, Inc. from the company’s inception in 2000. Ryan led Physicians Dialysis, Inc. through several rounds of financing with SV Life Sciences and Ferrer, Freeman and Company. Together they created a nationwide network of dialysis clinics. Physicians Dialysis was acquired in 2004 by DaVita Inc.
Ryan has served as a partner at Westways Ventures, a firm specializing in the strategic development of companies in the healthcare and consumer sectors; as president and chief executive officer of Principalcare Inc., a company specializing in women’s healthcare; as president and chief executive officer of ImageAmerica Inc., a publicly-traded company that provided multi-modality medical diagnostic imaging services; and as president of R.B. Diagnostics, a company providing diagnostic imaging services. Ryan began his career working for American Hospital Supply Corporation.
Ryan has served as a director for numerous private and public companies. Mr. Ryan currently serves as a director of Broadlane Inc. and Infusion Resources LLC.
Ryan holds a B.A. in political science and sociology from the University of Rochester.