High Point OB/GYN reappointed to NCMB
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Congratulations to President-elect Eleanor E. Greene, MD, MPH, on her recent reappointment to the Board. Gov. Pat McCrory notified NCMB of Dr. Greene’s reappointment in January. Her term on the Board will end October 31, 2018.Dr. Greene is an OB/GYN who practices with Triad Women’s Center in High Point. Dr. Greene earned a BS degree in medical technology from the former Bowman Gray School of Medicine (now Wake Forest University School of Medicine). She received her MD and a Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Ohio State University.
Dr. Greene is a member of the North Carolina Medical Society, Doctors for America, North Carolina Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, and the National Medical Association, where she served on the Board of Directors, Finance and Health Policy Committees. She serves on the Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency. She served on the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control, on the Board of Directors of the Healthy Start Foundation, completing two terms on each. Dr. Greene is past president of the Old North State Medical Society, and continues to serve on its current Executive Committee. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Greene is the first physician from High Point, NC, and the first African American female physician to serve on the NC Medical Board. She speaks on the topic of Women’s Health and Women in Medicine at numerous church and community forums. Dr. Greene recently served as moderator for a conversation on Women’s Health and the Affordable Care Act featuring the Department of Health and Human Services Director, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Dr. Greene was appointed to her first full term on the Board in November 2012. She currently serves on the Disciplinary, Executive and Licensing committees of the Board. She will assume the role of Board President on Nov. 1, 2016.
