Ryan Zantua, MD

Ryan Zantua, MD joined Fortrea in 2020 where currently he works as a medical lead for several respiratory studies.

Dr. Ryan Zantua is a board-certified pulmonologist and received his medical degree at Far Eastern University in the Philippines in 1995. He went on with his residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Philippines. He did additional training on Pulmonary Physiology at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado and was an international scholar in Pulmonary Medicine at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. 

Prior to joining the industry, he established a successful practice for 12 years at St. Luke’s Medical Center, where he headed a tertiary pulmonary laboratory for 8 years. His practice was focused on pulmonary diseases and critical care, with particular interest in COPD and Bronchial Asthma. In 2014, he joined Advance Medical/Best Doctors/Teladoc Health in Boston, Massachusetts in a Medical Director role, where he established professional relationships with key opinion leaders and experts in a variety of specialties around the globe with his main function of providing medical opinions and telemedicine to their extensive clientele. His introduction to the CRO industry was thru ICON in 2019 where he served as Medical Director for Pulmonary for more than a year, heading their pulmonary activities and studies.