The Department of Surgery

M. Ryan Buckley, MD

Associate Professor
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
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

Souleyrette CER, West PC, Kirkpatrick SS, Arnold JD, Buckley MR, Freeman MB, Grandas OH, Grimsley LB, McNally MM, Mountain DJH.
Effect of short-anchored PEGylated lipids on lipid nanoparticle characterization profiles, stability, and efficacy. Biomedicines. Biomedicines. 2026 Apr 28;14(5):1002. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines14051002.

Souleyrette CER, West PC, Kirkpatrick SS, Arnold JD, Buckley MR, Freeman MB, Grandas OH, Grimsley LB, McNally MM, Mountain DJH.
Effect of short-anchored PEGylated lipids on lipid nanoparticle characterization profiles, stability, and efficacy. Biomedicines. Biomedicines. 2026 Apr 28;14(5):1002. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines14051002.

Taylor R, Salomon B, Furtmann A, Grimsley L, Buckley MR.
Nickel allergy complicating iliac vein stent requiring explantation. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2025 Dec 13;12(2):102093. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.102093. eCollection 2026 Apr.

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

Mazonas T, Buckley MR. Case report on venous stents. Presented at Vascular Techniques & Technology Thinktank 2026; May 27, 2026; Hilton Head, SC.

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.