👋 Hi, I’m @kirk-allen-ryan
I am a Clinical Transformation Specialist and Data Engineer with 25 years of deep domain expertise in clinical laboratory science and EMR/LIS informatics. I specialize in bridging complex clinical needs with robust, data-driven software solutions for QA/QI, regulatory compliance, and published research.
In the current LLM revolution, technical skills have become commoditized. While anyone can generate code, very few possess the domain wisdom to know what to build and why it matters.
With over 25 years in clinical informatics, I leverage AI not just to write code faster, but to scale my ability to solve high-stakes clinical and business problems. My value lies in the "Experience Alpha"—the irreplaceable insights that ensure data-driven solutions are clinically safe, operationally sound, and strategically significant.
- Clinical & Domain Expertise: EMR/LIS Data Engineering, QA/QI Methodology, Clinical Workflow Design.
- Data Science: Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn), Statistical Analysis, Reproducible Research.
- Systems & Automation: Relational Database Design (Claris/FileMaker), VBA Automation, SQL Reporting.
See the pinned repositories below for direct, verifiable examples of my work:
- AIR: Compliance System: Enterprise-grade relational design and multi-user workflow automation.
- Clinical Workflow Automation: There is always some more ROI-meat left on those workflow-bones
- Clinical Research Analysis:
- Preemptive Methocarbamol to Prevent Muscle Spasm After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Continuous epidural analgesia for scoliosis correction surgery: does it reduce opioid requirements, complications and length of stay?
- Poster presentation at the 11th Annual Society for Pediatric Pain Management (SPPM) Meeting, April 11, 2024, Anaheim, CA.
- Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia – American Academy of Pediatrics (SPA-AAP) Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, April 12 – 14, 2024, Anaheim, CA.
- Poster presentation at the International Anesthesia Research Society Meeting, May 17 – 19, 2024, Seattle, WA.
- Abstract: Correll Z, Sousa TC, Halpern LM, Ryan K. Does the Continuous Suprainguinal Fascia Iliaca Block Provide Equivalent analgesia to Continuous Epidural Analgesia following Proximal Femoral Derotational Osteotomy for Symptomatic Intoeing? (Accepted September 2024) International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium (IPOS) Annual Meeting December 3 – 7, 2024, Orlando, FL.
- Last-Mile Development: Extending existing tools to maximize ROI and minimize stakeholder pain
- Quantitative Business/Financial Analysis Sophisticated portfolio management strategies, with 25+ years experience in short-Vol section-1256 market instruments
LinkedIn Profile | [Future Personal Website Link] | [kirk.ryan@icloud.com] ORCID_ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8649-9730
To write good software, you have to know how to write, to tell a good story. To manage a cast of diverse characters - their motives, their backstory, their actions - and manage the setting, the themes, the plot, the twists, the conflicts, and get to the Big Finish. Solutions are stories. Great stories =>> great outcomes