Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Operations, workflow, efficiency, equity

Dr Ryan Gibney is an Emergency Medicine physician and associate professor at UC Irvine medical center, and has been a member of the UCI community since undergrad. Prior to medicine he enjoyed a career in music and the restaurant and hospitality industry, making a pivot later in life to medicine. He draws on his experience in teamwork and customer service in the delivery of healthcare and strives for developing meaningful relationships with his peers and patients. Following residency, he completed the inaugural Administration and Operations Fellowship and went on to become faculty in 2022. He currently serves as the Associate Medical Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director for Care at Home Platform, Associate Program Director for the fellowship, Bed Czar, and a leader for the Empower Patient Progression initiative. His interests include projects related efficiency in clinical care and operations, hospital throughput, and patient experience initiatives. Outside of medicine, he loves to spend time with his family, continues to play music daily, and has a strong passion for cooking.

Gibney R, Cantwell C, Toohey S, Boysen-Osborn M, Wiechmann W, Saadat S, Allen A, Wray A. Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014-2017. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Oct 24;23(6):886-889. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2022.7.54678. PMID: 36409954; PMCID: PMC9683760.

Gibney R, Cantwell C, Wray A, Boysen-Osborn M, Wiechmann W, Saadat S, Smart J, Toohey S. Influence of Factors Relating to Sex and Gender on Rank List Decisions and Perceptions of Residency Training: Survey Study. JMIR Med Educ. 2022 Apr 5;8(2):e33592. doi: 10.2196/33592. PMID: 35380547; PMCID: PMC9019614.

Spiegelman L, Jen M, Matonis D, Gibney R, Soheil S, Sakaria S, Wray A, Toohey S. The Effects of Implementing a "Waterfall" Emergency Physician Attending Schedule. West J Emerg Med. 2021 Jul 20;22(4):882-889. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2021.2.50249. Erratum in: West J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov 05;22(6):1379. PMID: 35353992; PMCID: PMC8328172

Asaf, S. Gibney, R. Esophageal Foreign Body in Pediatric Patients. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine. Issue 2.4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8GD1F

Gibney, R. Patane, J., Bunch, S. Acute Aortic Dissection Presenting Exclusively as Lower Extremity Paresthesias. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, Issue 2.2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8NK57

Gibney, R. The Brink of Burnout AAEM/RSA Common Sense, Volume 28: Issue 2 March/April 2021

Gibney, R. Looking Back at Residency. AAEM/RSA Common Sense, Volume 28: Issue 2 July/August 2021

Gibney, R. Virtual Insanity: Adapting Curriculum to the Virtual Environment. AAEM/RSA Common Sense, Volume 28: Issue 1 January//February 2021

Medical Director, Care at Home
University of California, Irvine

Bed Czar
University of California, Irvine

Associate Medical Director, Dept of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Associate Medical Director, Dept of Emergency Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Associate Fellowship Director, ED Administration
University of California, Irvine

Emergency Medicine

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Last updated
11/27/2023