Charles J. Ryan, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is an internationally recognized genitourinary (GU) oncologist with expertise in the biology, treatment, and supportive care of men with prostate cancer. Dr. Ryan earned a BA in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Marquette University and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He trained at the University of Wisconsin and at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Ryan has published over 200 articles and chapters in the world’s leading medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and Cell. He is the author of the book The Virility Paradox: The Vast Influence of Testosterone on Our Bodies, Minds, and the World We Live In. Dr. Ryan is a past Chair of the National Cancer Institute GU Steering Committee’s Prostate Cancer Task Force. He was previously the Thomas Perkins Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research at UCSF and the BJ Kennedy Chair in Clinical Oncology at the University of Minnesota, and served as President and CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation from 2021-24. He is now an Attending Physician and Member of the Faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium.
