Draft:Joseph A. Greene (physician)

Dr. Joseph A. Greene is an American bariatric, robotic, and advanced laparoscopic surgeon.

He was formerly the Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery and Section Chair of Bariatric Surgery at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital in Rockville, Maryland. but as of December 25, 2023, He is now the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Director, also known as the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery program, at Reston Hospital Center in Reston, Virginia. Greene performing various bariatric, foregut, and general surgery operations and has extensive training and experience with the DaVinci Surgical System for both bariatric and general surgical procedures. Dr Greene is recognized as a proctor and lecture for both burgeoning arenas of fluorescence and robotic surgery.

Education and medical career
Greene was born and raised in Daton, Ohio. In 2003 he received dual undergraduate degrees as a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a Master’s in Business Administration with a special concentration in Health Sector Management and Policy from the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Greene completed his residency in general surgery at The MedStar Health—Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Residency Program in General Surgery. He is currently the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery program at Reskin Hospital Center. Greene is a fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American Medical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.

Greene performs a range of bariatric operations including Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG), Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB ), [https://www.rexbariatrics.com/weight-loss-surgery-raleigh/types/single-anastomosis-duodeno-ileostomy-with-sleeve/#:~:text=SERVE%20RALEIGH%2C%20NC-,Single%20Anastomosis%20Duodeno%2Dileostomy%20with%20Sleeve%20(SADI%2DS),attaches%20a%20medium%2Dlength%20bypass. Single Anastomosis Duodenal Ileostomy with Sleeve (SADI-S or Loop Duodenal Switch),] and [https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/bariatric-surgery/procedures/revisional-bariatric-surgery#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20Revisional%20Bariatric,complications%20from%20your%20original%20procedure. Revision and Conversion Bariatric Surgery.] He also performs bariatric endoscopy including Orbera balloon placement. Greene has been published in several peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the Journal of Surgical Case Reports,  and the Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. To date, he has participated in 14 oral presentations as well.

Greene presents demonstrations of his surgical techniques at nation and international meetings. In 2020, he was invited to present Robotic Completion Cholecystectomy After Prior Subtotal Reconstituting Cholecystectomy at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. The following year, his video Laparoscopic Hand-Sewn Gastrojejunal Anastomosis: Technique and Tips for Adoption at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2021. Most recently, Greene’s "Cosmetic Cholecystectomy: Utilizing Robotics to Achieve an Aesthetic Outcome" video was selected for a special "Video Loop" presentation at the 2023 SAGES annual meeting. In Fall 2024, Greene will be delivering two video presentations at the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity in Naples, Italy Media Appearances

He has appeared on several different media platforms over the years. Greene was featured with Vox Media (Vox Media ) performing weight loss surgery on a highlighted patient in 2017. In 2018, he was featured on Housecall with Dr. David Doman in a special entitled “National Obesity Epidemic and the Newer Intragastric Balloons" . In 2020, Greene and two of his bariatric surgery patients were the cover story of the Holy Cross Health Magazine and in 2021, he participated in a Facebook Live interview regarding Bariatric Surgery at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. He was a highlighted feature in the Summer 2022 Holy Cross Health Magazine Patient Profile Story . He is well versed in the applications of indocyanine green to fluorescence-guided surgery and lectures nationally and internationally.

Awards
Greene was voted a Top Doctor in 2021 and 2022 by Washingtonian Magazine and selected as Holy Cross Germantown Hospital Star of the Quarter in 2021 for his service to the community. He was also presented with the Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Shared Beliefs award in 2017 for his collaboration with nurses, physicians, and other staff in the furtherance of patient care. Greene was awarded First Place in the Clinical Science Category at the American College of Surgeons Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter Annual Resident Research Forum & Poster Session in 2018. He was VITAS Global Business Forum Fellow at The University of Miami in 2016, and was inducted into the Emory University Nu Rho Psi: Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Honors Society in 2006-2007, along with being on the Emory University Dean’s List in 2005-2007. He served as the president of the Emory Hillel from 2006-2007 and was the Maimonides Jewish Leaders Fellow with Emory University Hillel & Atlanta Jewish Federation 2005.

Affiliations

 * Fellow of The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
 * Fellow of [https://www.sages.org The American College of Surgeons
 * Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons]
 * American Medical Association
 * Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery

Personal Life
Greene has been married since 2016 and lives in Maryland with his wife and son.