D. Ryan Stone, DO, MS

I grew up in Millhousen, Indiana.

I enjoy playing the piano, reading, traveling and spending time with my family.

I want to go back to Italy! But, I’ll travel anywhere warm with a beach.

I was exposed to the medical field from birth; my mother is a nurse, my grandmother was a nurse, my aunt is a nurse, and numerous cousins are now also nurses. I remember going to the hospital with Mom and being amazed at what happened within its walls. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to know what they knew. I wanted to do what they did.

As a senior medical student working in the ICU, I had the opportunity to place a central line in an unconscious patient. The attending physician drew the anatomy of the central vasculature on the patient’s chest for my visual learning. I placed the central line without a problem. Then the patient’s wife walk into the room and said, ‘Did someone color on his chest?’ I turned bright red with embarrassment. I carefully withdrew myself from the room and left the attending physician to explain his art work.

Being a hospitalist, you meet patients and families at their most vulnerable times. The relationship and stories that are shared during those vulnerable times are the best part of medicine.

Without a doubt, the people! The first time I came to Seymour and toured the facility, everyone was incredibly welcoming and spoke very highly of the hospitalists. Each department I walked through, people came up to me, introduced themselves, and told me how great Schneck and Seymour are. I was amazed at how easy conversations began. Most impressive was how so many new faces all over the hospital took the time to read my resume beforehand and start a conversation about something they’d read, like we had known each other for years!