Dr. Ryan Heyborne Named Chief Medical Officer at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

Dr. Ryan Heyborne, MD, MBA, FACEP, has been named Chief Medical Officer at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (SARMC) in Boise, announced Odette Bolano, President and CEO of Saint Alphonsus Health System.

Heyborne, who started at Saint Alphonsus as a Board-Certified Emergency Physician in 2008, most recently served as Medical Director for the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance. While in that role, he continued to practice as an Urgent Care provider for the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group. He will continue his clinical work while in his new role.

“Dr. Heyborne did outstanding work as Medical Director for the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance, focusing on care transformation, advanced payment models, quality and care management,” Bolano said. “I’m confident that in his new role he will bring the same dedication to outstanding care and compassion to SARMC.”

Prior to joining Saint Alphonsus, Dr. Heyborne held numerous physician administrative and leadership positions, including Chief Medical Officer for Proskriptive, a health data analytics start-up, Medical Director for State Medicaid with Telligen, Inc., and Senior Medical Director at Blue Cross of Idaho.

A graduate of the University of Utah School of Medicine, Dr. Heyborne completed his residency in Emergency Medicine and served as Chief Resident at Indiana University. He received his MBA from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, ID, and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming. He is a Board-Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine as well as a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is currently a licensed physician in Idaho and Oregon.