Frank Ryan

Ryan was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mary Kate Ryan (nee Manion), a registered nurse, and Frank Harry Ryan, a bookkeeper, who died when Ryan was three. He was raised Catholic. He attended art classes at the Toledo Museum of Art. Ryan graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in 1978, where he was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper the guitarist/bassist in the jazz band. From 1978 to 1982, he attended The University of Michigan and from 1982 to 1986, he attended The Ohio State University College of Medicine. In 1986, Ryan moved to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Ryan completed an internship in general surgery at Cedars-Sinai followed by a residency in general surgery at Harbor/UCLA. He then completed a pediatric burn fellowship at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children and a research fellowship at UCLA. He then moved to Columbia Missouri in 1991 and completed a two year residency in plastic surgery at The University of Missouri-Columbia. After moving back to Los Ang