Ryan J. Smith, MD, JD

Ryan J. Smith, MD, JD, is a Clinical Fellow in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He graduated from Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Loyola Law School, and completed his residency in internal medicine at Mayo Clinic before pursuing subspecialty training at Vanderbilt. Dr. Smith is interested in the intersection of critical illness, brain energy metabolism, neuroinflammation, and ICU delirium. His research focuses on how novel metabolic interventions, including exogenous ketones, may protect the vulnerable brain and support cognitive recovery after critical illness.