Johnny B Green MD FACS FASCRS

Dr. Green treasures every opportunity to serve his patients.  His compassion and integrity manifest in the dignity and patience he brings to the exam room and the operating room.  Though he specializes in surgery, Dr. Green explores all options to find the treatment that will produce the best results for the patient even if that does not include surgery.  Dr. Green is an advocate for cost-effective and simplified healthcare, patient rights, and proper application of technology to improve treatment and reduce administrative costs.

In medical school Dr. Green originally considered being a primary care physician; then he decided he wanted to be the one fixing a patient’s problems rather than referring them to someone else.  So he chose general surgery.  Nevertheless, he brings to surgery the same level of personal care that characterizes primary care.  After five years as general surgeon Dr. Green completed fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at Oschsner Clinic in New Orleans in 1991.  Dr Green spent twenty-three years in the Navy, retiring in 1999 with the rank of Captain.  After retiring from the Navy Dr. Green served in Kitsap County, Washington as the first and only colon and rectal surgeon in the area, until moving to Boise in 2011.

Since 2000 Dr. Green has been active in Children of the Nations, an international missions organization serving orphans and destitute children in Africa and the Caribbean.  He has made six trips to the Dominican Republic to provide pro-bono medical care to destitute children in the sugar cane villages, and has been influential in helping COTN send their first high school graduate to medical school.

In August 2011 Dr Green began his term as the President of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

 

Current Privileges at the following Facilities:

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho

 

Teaching Affiliations:

 

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of

Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. (1988 – present)

 

Education:

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, 1976-1980, Doctor of Medicine.

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis MD, July 1972 – June 1976, Bachelor of Science.

 

Hospital Training:

Fellowship: Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, Colon & Rectal Surgery, 7/1/90-6/30/91.

Residency: Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, General Surgery, 8/82-8/86.

Internship: Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, Basic Surgical, 6/80-6/81.

 

Certifications:

American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery, September 1992, Certificate #1163.

Re-certified May 1999, expires December 2012.

American Board of Surgery, March 30, 1987, Certificate #32162.

Re-certified, December 2006, expires July 2017.

National Board of Medical Examiners, July 1, 1981, Certificate #235350

Membership:

Member, Washington State Medical Association

Fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Member, Washington Chapter, American College of Surgeons

Northwest Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, Treasurer 2004-2009, President-elect 2009 to present

Member, Society of American Gastro-intestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

Member, Crohn’s, Colitis Foundation of America

Member, Kitsap County Medical Society

Awards:

America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2009.

Award of Service Excellence, Harrison Medical Center, 2008.

America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2008.

Meritorious Service Medal, Oct 1999.

“Donald L. Sturtz Teaching Award”, July 1993, Chief Surgical Residents, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Ca.

“Best Surgical Teacher – 1990″, Family Practice Residents, Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Ca.

“Best Surgical Teacher – 1989″, Family Practice Residents, Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Ca.