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04/14/2010 12:07 PM ET
Dr. Gary Green named Medical Director of Major League Baseball
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Gary Green, MD, has been appointed as the Medical Director for Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner announced today.
Dr. Green has served as a consultant to Major League Baseball on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing substances since 2003. As Medical Director, Dr. Green will evaluate Baseball's Drug Prevention and Treatment Programs at the Major and Minor League levels and will make recommendations on updates to the programs. He also will serve as the Office of the Commissioner's primary liaison to club physicians and certified athletic trainers. Dr. Green will assist in the development of educational programs and materials and will advise on all issues related to the health and safety of MLB personnel.
"Dr. Green has been an outstanding asset to Major League Baseball as a consultant, and we are pleased that this expanded role will provide him an opportunity to make significant contributions to our game," said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig.
Dr. Green, who joined the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Family Medicine in 1988, currently serves as a clinical professor in the Division of Sports Medicine at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Green has researched performance-enhancing drug use in athletics through the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory. For five years, he chaired the NCAA Committee on drug testing and drug education. Dr. Green, who is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Sports Medicine, is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. He also has a private medical practice, the Pacific Palisades Medical Group, in California.
Dr. Green succeeds Elliot Pellman, MD, who will remain in an advisory capacity.
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