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GREEN BAY − After 30-plus years as head physician for the Green Bay Packers, Dr. Patrick McKenzie is transitioning into a new role.
The Packers announced Oct. 9 that Dr. Michael K. Ryan has been named the head physician after serving as an assistant team physician since 2023. McKenzie is moving to senior medical advisor.
Ryan has worked in the NBA G League and various college and high school teams throughout his career, including on-site medical coverage for the University of Alabama athletics program. He currently serves as team physician for St. Norbert College, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Kimberly High School.
This move ends a lengthy and successful tenure under the leadership of McKenzie.
In 2011, he earned the Jerry “Hawk” Rhea Award as the NFL’s physician of the year in honor of his work during the 2010 season when the Packers had the longest injured-reserve list in the league. In 2022, he received the Bob Harlan Leadership Award from the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc.
For the remaining staff, Dr. Jeremy Metzler will remain as associate team physician, a role he’s had since 2023. Dr. Kyle McCarty, who joined the team last year, will work as an emergency medicine physician. Dr. Alan Shamrock enters his first season with the Packers as an associate team physician.
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