07/13/2025
Congratulations to all of the 2025 Top Doctors recognized across 59 specialties. 🥳🥳
A special commendation goes to Dr. Ryan Evans. As the Director of Fairlawn Surgery Center, I, along with our entire staff, can personally attest to his commitment to patient care through his hallmark approach of “availability, affability, and ability.” His dedication continues to set the standard for excellence in the field.
“For Evans, mentorship shaped his path into nephrology. “As a first-year medical student, I was inspired to pursue a career in nephrology by an attending physician whom I respected and who became a mentor throughout my four years. Along my 25-year career path, I have continued to be inspired by a handful of nephrologists who became mentors in my development, both as physician and individual.” Today, his motivation comes from teaching and his work with VTCSOM medical students, “whose enthusiasm to make a difference inspires me to be a mentor for the next generation of physicians.” Evans emphasizes his approach to patient care as “Availability, Affability and Ability — in that order. It is most important to be available to our patients, most of whom we see on a weekly basis. To many, we have become almost an extended family.”
Looking to recent advancements, Evans highlights a milestone for the region: “Carilion Clinic’s approval in May to open a kidney transplant program is a major step forward. It will reduce socioeconomic barriers and be life-changing for many patients in Southwest Virginia.” He stresses the silent nature of kidney disease. “I wish people understood that kidney disease is a silent killer. There are usually no symptoms until a person’s organs have failed and they require dialysis or transplant. Routine screening, especially for patients with diabetes, hypertension or a family history of kidney disease, is paramount to early detection — when therapies can have the most impact in delaying progression.”
