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Ryon Parker

Ryon Parker is an American physician and entrepreneur. A practicing primary care physician and the founder of Parker Medical, Las Vegas' largest concierge office for health and medicine, and the Ryon Parker, MD Corporation, an elite medical company offering national and international private medical services, he lectures on subjects related to luxury healthcare, relationship medicine, and new models of delivering health care.

Early life and education Parker was born in Valentine, Nebraska to Duane Parker, CEO of Parker Trucking, and Sandra Parker. He attended cultural competency and rural healthcare classes at the University of Nebraska Medical Center while a student at Valentine High School, and began working on programs to expand medical care to the Lakota Sioux Tribe reservation and rural Nebraska.

Parker graduated from Hastings College in 2002 with a degree in Biochemistry. He received his medical degree in 2008, and completed a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Maine Medical Center, Tuft's University School of Medicine in 2013. While a resident, Parker served as medical correspondent for WPXT, a CW-affiliated television station licensed in Portland, Maine, United States.

Career In 2015, Parker started the LT Proactive Care Clinic within LifeTime Fitness in Henderson, Nevada. It included integrative medicine, nutrition, and exercise experts working together to uncover the root cause of health concerns. In 2017, he subsequently founded Parker Medical, a membership based concierge program which focuses on the patient-physician relationship, not rules and regulations, as the foundation for medical care.

Parker is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars. Focused on physician-patient relationships, concierge medicine, and direct patient monitoring systems, he has spoken at Tuft's University School of Medicine and Harvard University, among others.

Philanthropy and community service Parker is a board member of BoysTown Nevada, bringing an innovative approach to child and family care to those in need in the Las Vegas area

Personal Parker and his spouse reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. His sister is Kristi Adair-Mignery, visual merchandiser for the Buckle Clothing Company.