It is with extreme sadness that the family and very close friends of Dr. Edward "Ed" Ryan of Crediton Parkway, Mississauga, announce his unexpected passing on Sept. 18, 2023, despite the best efforts and wonderful care of the ICU Medical Team in Credit Valley Hospital Mississauga.
Ed is survived by his sisters, Geraldine (Kissane), Loreto (Hannon) and husband, Pat, Clare Ryan and Johann Strobel, all living in Ireland. Ed was predeceased by his father, Martin Ryan, and mother, Anastasia Ryan, in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Ed's extended family includes 10 nephews and nieces and 14 grandnephews/nieces, all of whom are very sad but very proud of their "Uncle Ed."
Ed has lived in Mississauga/Toronto since 1975, embracing all that is good about Canadian life and culture whilst always remaining a proud Irishman, never forgetting his roots and maintaining contact with home.
Ed studied medicine at the University College Dublin from 1965 to 1971, graduating with honours and worked in The Mater Hospital Dublin for his internship year before heading to St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., in 1972, where he gained more experience in patient care and hospital practice typical of a very busy hospital in a big North American city.
Subsequently, Ed moved to Toronto, registering with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in June 1975. Further postgraduate study resulted in Ed becoming a gynecologist and obstetrician in January 1977.
Ed created and worked with a great team around him in the CReATe West Fertility Clinic in Etobicoke, which has operated for over 20 years and is widely acknowledged as a centre of excellence specializing in helping women conceive children who had difficulty doing so prior to engaging with the clinic.
There are many citizens of Toronto and Ontario and further afield who are here today because of how Ed and his team helped their mothers and fathers benefit from advances in medical science in the area of fertility medicine.
A kind, thoughtful, honest, caring and understanding man who got the most out of life, but who always strove to help others professionally and personally. He is and will be missed by all who were lucky to have known him.
May Ed Rest in Peace (R.I.P.).