William M. Green, MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine

Dr. William M. Green reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Green specializes in emergency medicine and the evaluation and treatment of sexual abuse. He is a clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis, and director of Sexual Assault Education at the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, UC Davis Medical Center. In 1988, he published a textbook for health professionals, Rape: The Evidential Examination and Management of the Adult Female Victim.

Dr. Green is also staff physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, California.

Dr. Green has been reviewing Healthwise Knowledgebase topics since 1995 and was named an associate medical director in 1997.

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Practice—1977, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
American Board of Emergency Medicine—1988, 1998
American Board of Forensic Examiners—1997
American Board of Forensic Medicine—1997

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Dr. Green is the primary medical reviewer for all symptom, emergency medicine, and orthopedic topics.

Education

MD: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1973
Family Practice Residency: University of California Davis School of Medicine, 1973–1976

Academic Appointments

UC Davis Medical Center: Department of Emergency Medicine:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, 1977–1983
  • Associate Clinical Professor, 1983–1990
  • Clinical Professor, 1990–present
Dept. of Family Practice:
  • Assistant Professor, 1976–1977
Medical Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Evaluation Team, 1990–present
Director of Sexual Assault Education, California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, UC Davis Medical Center

Hospital Affiliations

Staff Physician, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 1983–present

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Family Physicians
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
Wilderness Medical Society

Selected Textbooks

Green, WM (1988). Rape: The Evidential Examination and Management of the Adult Female Victim. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath/Lexington Books.

Financial Disclosure

This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.




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