Jessica Ryvlin, MD

Jessica Ryvlin, MD, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in July 2024 after graduating from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with Distinction in Research. Prior to medical school, she graduated with honors in research from Cornell University with a degree in human biology, health, and society and a minor in health policy. For her undergraduate laboratory research focusing on congenital vascular development and hemodynamics, she received the American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Research Fellowship in 2016 and was a winner of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) BioArt Competition.

As a medical student, Dr. Ryvlin spent several years as a clinical investigator in the Montefiore Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery Spine Research Group, going on to complete a year-long research fellowship dedicated to establishing and validating predictive tools for patients undergoing operative interventions for spinal metastases. She also consistently participated in global neurosurgery efforts in collaboration with the Virtue Foundation, traveling to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to provide clinical and operative support for education in complex spine and spinal oncology in resource-poor settings. 

Dr. Ryvlin was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn. where she was a competitive tennis player in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) until moving to New York for her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Outside of neurosurgery, she enjoys alpine and backcountry skiing, climbing and bouldering, ultralight backpacking, board games, and traveling.