BRYAN, OHIO – June 7, 2024 – Ryan Bleck, DO, has joined Parkview Physicians Group (PPG) – Family Medicine and is now seeing patients at the Bryan office, 442 W. High St., second floor.
“Dr. Bleck’s rich experience makes him a wonderful resource for our patients,” said Sally Taylor, vice president of operations, PPG, Ohio. “We are pleased to welcome him to PPG in Bryan, particularly since he already understands both the advantages and the challenges of life in a rural area.”
Dr. Bleck received his medical degree from the A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Arizona, and completed his family medicine/osteopathic manipulative therapy residency with the Fort Wayne Medical Education Program. He earned his bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff after receiving an associate degree from Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona.
Dr. Bleck is board certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians.
He is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Academy of Osteopathy, and the Ohio Osteopathic Association.
Bleck is a United States Navy veteran with 12 years of service. His initial assignment, as an active-duty corpsman (an enlisted medic) serving at a naval hospital as well as with the Marines, spurred his interest in pursuing a career in medicine. He would spend two years on Okinawa, Japan, providing healthcare to a rural population and serving with a naval base team that provided training in jungle combat, survival and emergency care. Later, in the reserves, he served first as a corpsman and then as a physician with the Marines in Krtsanisi, Georgia, in Eastern Europe.
Now a civilian, in recent years, Bleck cared for patients at a walk-in clinic in Warsaw, Indiana; in Brook Park, Ohio; and at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville.
“Working with the Navy as a corpsman and a physician has given me opportunity to treat people with a variety of illnesses and emergencies ranging from the routine to the not-so-common,” he said. “There is also a very strong preventive medicine focus in the Navy – this mindset has translated well to working with primary care patients.”
Bleck noted that his time caring for rural patients in Japan further focused his medical aspirations on rural medicine.
“I wanted to treat as wide a variety of people and conditions as I could,” he added. “I especially enjoy working with kids, pregnant patients, addiction and hospice patients.”
Outside of work, Bleck – who is married with a teenage son and a pre-teen daughter – enjoys family time, reading and riding motorcycles. Having learned some Georgian when he was deployed in that country, he continues to study that language. His interest in other cultures and languages has also led him to learn Esperanto, a unique international language.
“I started Esperanto because I was interested in the idea of a common, universal language that people would use secondary to their home language,” he said. “I have had the chance to use it with people from all over the world – many of whom do not know English. Usually the conversation is online, but I have met people traveling through the U.S. on vacation from abroad who have used it to communicate here.”
Dr. Bleck is welcoming patients of all ages – from newborns to older adults. He also delivers babies at Parkview Bryan Hospital.
Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Wednesday, 8 a.m. – noon Thursday, and 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday. To schedule an appointment, call 419-636-4517.
Lab and imaging services are also available at the PPG – Family Medicine office. Lab hours are 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday. Imaging is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday.