Medical Director, Rockwall, Texas
Dr. Ryan H. Hashem, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist and the Medical Director at Synergy Mental Health and Wellness in Rockwall, TX. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas. He completed his psychiatry residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dr. Hashem specializes in outpatient, addiction, and emergency psychiatry, working primarily with adults managing serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and complex medical needs. His approach to care is collaborative, evidence-based, and systems-focused, utilizing pharmacotherapy, long-acting injectables, and interventional treatment models to support client recovery. He also has extensive experience implementing hospital-wide programs, including the SAFE-T suicide risk assessment and Integrated Outpatient Services.
Dr. Hashem chose psychiatry out of a deep fascination with the human mind and a commitment to serving vulnerable populations in community settings. He finds it especially rewarding to witness the resilience of his patients and to build clinical systems that deliver compassionate, efficient, and high-quality psychiatric care. Outside of work, he stays current with psychiatric research, engages in humanitarian efforts, and explores diverse cultures.
Areas of Expertise
Systems-Focused, Patient-Centered Care
Dr. Hashem approaches psychiatric care with both clinical precision and a systems orientation. His background spans individual patient treatment and the design of hospital-wide programs, including suicide risk assessment protocols and integrated outpatient services. That dual perspective informs how he structures care at SMHWI Rockwall: with attention to individual outcomes and to the clinical systems that make consistent, high-quality care possible at scale.
For patients who have not found adequate relief through standard treatment, SMHWI's interventional services — including TMS therapy, Spravato, and ketamine therapy — represent options that Dr. Hashem is well-positioned to evaluate and oversee. His experience in addiction and emergency psychiatry also makes him particularly effective with patients managing co-occurring substance use disorders alongside serious psychiatric illness.