Dr. Ryan Livingston, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Assistant Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services at the Atrium Health Behavioral Health, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Livingston received his Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University before going on to earn his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He then completed his psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He joined Atrium Health after his fellowship as a staff child and adolescent psychiatrist before transitioning to the psychiatric emergency department in 2015. He has been the assistant medical director of psychiatric emergency services since 2017. He oversees a group of more than 30 psychiatric providers in managing acute mental health crises in patients across the lifespan. He is actively involved in academics, serving as the co-medical director for Atrium’s Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Behavioral Health Fellowship for the past 7 years. He also works closely with psychiatric residents and medical students in the emergency department. Dr. Livingston is board-certified in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.