The National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) aims to offer unparalleled training for clinicians as change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care.
Ryan M. Kane, MD, MPH is a current Duke NCSP scholar, board-certified internist, and Medical Instructor in the Division of General Internal Medicine with a focus on co-occurring food insecurity and obesity. His position is funded through generous support by the Duke School of Medicine, the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, and the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors, Region 7, building upon Duke NCSP’s ongoing partnership with Granville-Vance Public Health.
Ryan is from Lake Wylie, South Carolina and attended Clemson University as an undergraduate. He went on to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to obtain his medical degree. While at MUSC, Ryan recognized the complex intersection between the social determinants of health and chronic illness through several health promotion efforts in underserved Charleston communities. In order to further his ability to address health inequities through wholistic patient care, he attended the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to complete a Master of Public Health between his third and fourth years of medical school. He then matched to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) for Internal Medicine Residency, continuing as a Chief Resident to hone his skills as a medical educator. At OHSU, he contributed to several health system level projects, including a weight management guideline development and integration initiative; had a primary care continuity clinic at the Old Town Clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving many of Portland's unstably housed, medically complex patients; and worked in many diverse urban and rural healthcare settings, including clinical time with the Indian Health Service. Ryan is an active member of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), currently serves as an Associate Member of the SGIM National Council, and is looking forward to joining SGIM's Southern Region.
Dr. Kane is excited to join Duke's division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) and the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
"I look forward to collaborating with many of Duke's excellent research teams on a diverse array of projects centered around the clinical integration of social determinants of health screenings, health system integration for weight management, and community engaged research to address inequities in socially derived metabolic diseases," says Dr. Kane.
Clinically, Dr. Kane will see patients at both the Duke Outpatient Clinic and the Duke Lifestyle and Weight Management Center.