Dr. Tricia McDonough Ryan is a Traumatic Brain Injury and Sports Related Concussion Management Consultant to the ONS Foundation. A practicing Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Dr. Ryan specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. She recently moved to Connecticut from Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. During her tenure at Cincinnati Children's, she led the Outpatient Rehabilitation Program, focused on providing comprehensive treatment to children recovering from TBI, brain tumor, stroke or other neurological disease (e.g. epilepsy, meningitis). Dr. Ryan has been actively involved in research studies of neurodevelopmental toxins, serving as co-investigator on NIH funded grants measuring the Neurodevelopmental Late Effects of Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Brain Tumors and the Neurobehavioral Effects of Lead Exposure. She works with the NFL Cincinnati Bengals Football Team providing neuropsychological assessment and concussion consultation.

Dr. Ryan completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University and Doctorate at University of Cincinnati. She completed her residency at the Atlanta VA, working with veterans who sustained a TBI. Her post-doctoral fellowship was completed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she specialized in pediatric neuropsychology.