Ryan McGarry is an American
writer, director, cinematographer and
emergency physician
An emergency physician (often called an "ER doctor" in the United States) is a physician who works in an emergency department to care for ill patients. The emergency physician specializes in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life support ...
who directed the documentary ''Code Black''.
''Code Black'' is the basis for the TV series ''
Code Black''.
He also co-created and directed the Emmy nominated series Pandemic for Netflix.
Education and training
McGarry grew up in Irvine, CA. He studied at the
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...
where he obtained a
B.A.
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with a major in English in 2005, then attended the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is a medical school of the University of Pittsburgh, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The School of Medicine, also known as Pitt Med, encompasses both a medical program, offering the doctor of ...
until 2009.
As a
med student at the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...
, McGarry participated in a four-week emergency medicine
clerkship and research rotation at
LA County/USC Medical Center.
He did his
residency
Residency may refer to:
* Artist-in-residence, a program to sponsor the residence and work of visual artists, writers, musicians, etc.
* Concert residency, a series of concerts performed at one venue
* Domicile (law), the act of establishing or m ...
in
Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (or "ER doctors") specialize in providing care for unscheduled and undifferentiated pa ...
at the
Keck School of Medicine of USC
The USC Keck School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Southern California. The school teaches and trains physicians, biomedical scientists and other healthcare professionals, conducts medical research, and treats patients. F ...
.
Career
He worked as Clinical Instructor in Medicine at Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine of
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medicine (; officially Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University), originally Cornell University Medical College, is the medical school of Cornell University, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in Ne ...
.
He is currently a clinical assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC.
References
External links
*
''Code Black'' documentary
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American emergency physicians
21st-century American physicians
Pennsylvania State University alumni
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine alumni