Ryan Rivard, MSPAS, PA-C

Ryan is a true believer in the notion that any student, no matter where they come from, what they look like, or what they have gone through in their life, can find success in the pre-health pathway when given the proper information, support, hope, and respect they deserve. He believes this because it's what he would have wanted to have during his own journey.

Ryan started his undergraduate career in business at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities before he found his passion for medicine. While attempting to switch his major from business into a pre-PA science track during his junior year of undergrad, he regularly felt anxious, scared, and alone. He took extra semesters, summer classes, gap years, and received countless rejections that routinly tested his resolve cycle after cycle. While he ultimately found success in his journey through an acceptance into Augsburg University's PA Class of 2024, he couldn't help but recognize how close he was to losing himself in the process. He made a promise that day that when he was given the chance, he was going to fix this broken system and become the mentor figure that he always wanted to have.

It was this concept that inspired him to found "Vitally Stable: A Pre-Health Podcast" during the academic phase of his PA program which aims to offer FREE, ACCURATE, & REALISTIC information and resources to all pre-health students in need. It was also this concept that drove him to create the first completly FREE Pre-PA mentorship group of it's kind called "The PAck" that emphasizes a revolutionary one-on-one tailored mentorship to any pre-PA student who wants/needs the support. He has dedicated his life to creating a future pre-health world without toxicity, self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or mental health crisis. Now with an incredible team by his side, he hopes to make that dream a reality for many incredible students across the country.