The Department of Surgery

M. Ryan Buckley, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

Clinical Focus

Vascular surgery, endovascular therapy for vascular disease

Education

Medical School

East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine,
Doctor of Medicine, August 2005-May 2009

Residency
General Surgery, Wake Forest University, 2014

Fellowship

Vascular Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, 2015

Certification

American Board of Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Professional Affiliations

Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
Society of Vascular Surgery
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society

Current Publications

Tasman J, Clegg DJ, Carver C, Adabala S, Buckley MR, Goldman MH, Roberson PNE.
Assessing the influence of rural residence and economic distress on lower extremity risk stratification among diabetic foot ulcer patients utilizing the wound, ischemia, and foot. infection (wifi) classification system J Diabetes Complications. 2024 Aug;38(8):108814. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2024.108814. Epub 2024 Jul 15.

Current Presentations

Taylor R, Grimsley L, McNally M, Buckley MR, Furtmann A. Excision of iliac vein stent for treatment of nickel associated systemic hypersensitivity reaction. Presented at 52nd Annual Symposium Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery ; 2025 March - 10; Austin, TX.

Kinnear T, McAdams C, West PC, Matter-Schain S, Kirkpatrick S, Arnold J, Buckley RM, Freeman M, Grandas O, McNally M, Stevens S, Mountain DJ. Multi-functionalized lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery in an in vivo model of vascular injury Presented at 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress; 2023 Feburary - 7; Houston.

Fowler BB, Oliva CD, Arnold JD, Buckley MR, Grandas OH, Goldman MH, Stevens SL, Freeman MB, McNally MM. Outcomes of Critically Ill COVID Positive Patients with Cardiovascular Events. Presented at Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; 2022 August-11; Nashville, Tennessee.

West PC, Kinnear TW, Mattern-Schain SI, Kirkpatrick SS, Arnold JD, Buckley MR, Freeman MB, Grandas OH, McNally MM, Mountain DJH. Assembly of Non-Cationic Lipid Nanoparticles for Optimized RNA Drug Payload and Efficacy. Presented at Controlled Release Society 2022 Annual Meeting; 2022 July-11; Montreal, Canada.

McAdams CD, Grimsley LB, West PC, Arnold JD, Buckley RM, Dieter RA, Freeman MB, Grandas OH, McNally MM, Stevens SL. Lipid Nanoparticles Functionalized for Sub-Endothelial Matrix Targeting in Lower Extremity Vessels. Presented at Academic Surgical Congress 2022; 2022 February-1; Orlando, Florida.

Grimsely L, West P, Arnold J, Buckley R, Dieter R, Freeman M, Grandas O, McNally M, Stevens S, Mountain D. Lipid Nanoparticles Functionlized for Sub-Endothelial Matrix Targeting in Lower Extremity Vessels. Presented at Academic Surgical Congress ; 2022 February-1; Orlando, Florida.