Ryan Empey, MD

About

Dr. Ryan Empey is an American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology board-certified OBGYN physician practicing at Lakeview OBGYN Clinic in Bountiful, Utah. Dr. Empey graduated from the Univeristy of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies, before continuing into his medical school degree at the same location. He then pursued his Residency at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

When Dr. Empey sees a woman in clinic, he wants her to feel at ease with her issues, comfortable in her care and confident in her treatment plan. Medicine and health care are a team effort and Dr. Empey wants all his patients to know and feel that they are the most important part of that team. He says he is amazed every day at the strength and power of the patients he sees and the varied roles they play in their families, workplaces and communities. Dr. Empey wants to do whatever he can to help each person access the resources she has in herself by building knowledge and confidence through partnership.

Dr. Empey went into this field of medicine to empower women in their healthcare and their lives. There is a special gift of life that women hold that is quite miraculous. But with this miracle of life comes potential issues, not only in pregnancy but throughout a woman's life. He wants to help women through those issues and wants to encourage all his patients to be healthy in their daily lives, to be screened for potential health issues, encouraged to live a healthy lifestyle and to know that they a powerful.

"There is no where I would rather be at 3am than a delivery of a brand new life into this world. I believe I have a humbling and wonderful opportunity to help women in some of their most amazing moments in their lives," says Empey.

Dr. Empey was raised with a love of the outdoors, so when he isn't in the office, he enjoys traveling, fishing, paddle boarding, hiking and biking.