Ryan D. Van Ramshorst MD MPH FAAP

Chief Medical Director, Medicaid/CHIP Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Summary

Dr. Van Ramshorst is proud to serve as the Chief Medical Director for Medicaid/CHIP Services at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. In this role, Dr. Van Ramshorst serves as the lead physician for the Texas Medicaid program, which provides needed health services to over 4 million Texans. He supervises the Office of the Medical Director, responsible for providing clinical direction and oversight of managed care and fee-for-service programs. He has been in this role since February of 2019. He still maintains a part-time clinical practice in general pediatrics in San Antonio, TX.

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineFellowship, Academic General Pediatrics, 2016 - 2018
University of Texas School of Public HealthMPH, 2016 - 2018
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2013 - 2014
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
Chapman UniversityBS, Biology, 2006 - 2010
Chapman UniversityBA, Spanish, 2006 - 2010
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2010, MD

Distinguished Alumni Award Chapman University, 2019
Best San Antonio Doctors of 2016 San Antonio Scene Magazine, 2016
Physician Employee of the Quarter University Health System, 2016
Early Career Physician Award Texas Pediatric Society, 2015
Health Care Heroes Rising Star Award of Merit San Antonio Business Journal, 2014
Special Achievement Award American Academy of Pediatrics, 2014
Service Award Texas Pediatric Society, 2014
Outstanding Educator UT Health San Antonio Department of Pediatrics, 2014
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2012
Children's Health Advocate of the Year Medical Legal Assistance for Families Program, 2011
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PubMed

1 citations
Evaluation of Legislative Advocacy Alerts for Pediatric Residents.
Paul Rafael Teran, Rudolph Wong, Ryan D. Van Ramshorst, Miranda Loh, Sheeba Cherian
Clinical Pediatrics. 2020-02-10
Reaffirming Our Commitment to Serve
Ryan D. Van Ramshorst
The Virtual Mentor. 2011-08-01
1 citations
Fostering the next generation of primary care physician leaders.
Ryan Van Ramshorst
Academic Medicine. 2010-06-01

Journal Articles

Rate and Determinants of Virologic Failure in HIV-Infected Youth Receiving First-Line Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Efavirenz (Atripla) Compared to Other...
Van Ramshorst RD, Gingaras C, Kozinetz CA, Montgomery Collins E, Hansen I, Schwarzwald H, Romanian Journal of Infectious Disease, 2014
Reaffirming Our Commitment to Serve
Van Ramshorst RD, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2011
A Medical Student Perspective on the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Reaffirming Primary Care in a Time of Crisis
Van Ramshorst RD, TuftScope, 2009

Abstracts/Posters

Evaluation of Quality Improvement for Asthma Care Documentation in the Pediatric Resident Continuity Clinic
Van Ramshorst RD, Okelo SO, Kamphscmidt J, Bilderback A, and PR Wood, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition, Washington, DC, 10/2015
Developing a Novel Morning Report Format to Improve Education
Carroll C, Van Ramshorst RD, Payne E, Adame N, Arandes M, and J Williams, Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington, DC, 5/2013

Chair, Texas Medical Association Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP, and the Uninsured 2017 - Present
Committee Member, Texas Public Health Coalition Workgroup on Communicable Diseases 2016 - Present
Panel Member, Texas Medical Association Be Wise Immunize! Physician Advisory Panel 2016 - Present
Committee Member, Texas Medical Association Interspecialty Society Committee 2015 - Present
Board Member, Texas Pediatric Society Executive Board 2015 - Present
Committee Member, Texas Medical Association Committee on Child & Adolescent Health 2015 - Present
Committee Member, Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Mental Health 2015 - Present
Committee Member, Bexar County Medical Society Legislative & Socioeconomics Committee 2014 - Present
Committee Member, Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Community Access to Child Health 2010 - Present