Bryan is a native of Colorado and graduated with honors from the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine in 1982. He served a surgical internship at Keesler Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi and later completed a four-year residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Bryan was accepted for a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Harvard program of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. There he served as an assistant team physician for the NFL New England Patriots and the NHL Boston Bruins.

From 1988 to 1993 he served in the Air Force as a staff Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. During that duty, he rose to be the Chief of Sports Medicine and team physician for the NCAA Falcon football and hockey teams. Bryan resigned his commission as a Major in the U.S. Air Force to be able to join Dr. Lewis in Steamboat Springs in 1993.

Bryan cares for many of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club skiers as well as high school football players as a team physician. He also served as a physician for the Mercury Tour mountain bike races in Steamboat Springs and as the chief medical officer for the Steamboat Springs Pro-Rodeo. Bryan is an active U.S. Ski Team physician. Bryan was a medical officer for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Recently, Bryan began work with Orthopaedic Overseas, a part of Health Volunteers Overseas. He serves in Peru during Fall, 2007.

Bryan is very active in the local community. He has served as a competitive soccer coach, board member of Steamboat Youth Soccer and is a Patron of the Arts Council and Strings in the Mountains. He and his family are also members of the United Methodist Church of Steamboat Springs. He is active in many sports himself including soccer, kayaking, biking, climbing, skiing, and others. Bryan and his wife, Karen, have three children, Erin, Max, and Conner.