Education:

June, 1952: Graduated, Tilghman High School, Paducah, KY
August, 1955: A.B., Centre College of Kentucky, Danville, KY
June, 1959: M.D., Univ. of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
July, 1959-June, 1960: Straight Medical Intern, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
July, 1960-March, 1961: Postgraduate courses in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification:

American Board of Ophthalmology: June 4, 1965
American Board of Pathology: May 24, 1970

Chronology of Employment:

Summers of 1957, 1958: Student Fellowship in Research from Kentucky Heart Association
July, 1959-June, 1960: Straight Medical Intern, New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, MA
Christmas vacation, 1960:  Howe Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
March-June, 1961:  Research Fellowship, Retina Foundation, Boston, MA
July, 1961-June, 1963:  Resident in Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July, 1965-June, 1967:  NINDB Special Fellowship Award for training in Ophthalmic Pathology, under direction of Lorenz E. Zimmerman, MD, Chief, Ophthalmic Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.January, 1967-June, 1967: was spent in the Skin and Gastrointestinal Branches, A.F.I.P., under direction of Dr. Elson B. Helwig, Chief, Dept. of Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
August, 1967-June, 1968:  Resident, Department of Pathology, Temple Univ. School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (E. Aegerter, MD, Chairman)
1968 to present:  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine -
July, 1968:  Assistant Professor Pathology, Assistant Professor Ophthalmology.
1970-1977:  Associate Professor Ophthalmology
1975-1993:  Associate Professor Pathology
1977- :  Professor Ophthalmology
1993- :  Professor Pathology
September, 1989-: International Order of Odd Fellows, Professor of Ophthalmology.

Military Service:

USPHS (Lt. Cmdr.) - Intramural Research Program, NIH, NINDB, Ophthalmology Branch, Bethesda, MD,
July, 1963-June,1965. Ludwig K . von Sallman, MD, Chief.

Societies:

American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1965-1979
American Academy of Ophthalmology, (ID #006726) 1979 Pathology Committee, 1972-1980
Faculty Member, Continuing Education: Basic and Clinical Sciences Course,
Section 4(Pathology), 1974-75, Andrew P.Ferry D., Chairman
Section 4 (Vitreous and Retina) 1976-78; R.E. Carr, MD, Chairman
Section 4 (Vitreous and Retina) 1979-81; George Bresnick, MD, Chairman
Section 4 (Vitreous and Retina) 1982-86; Robert C. Ramsey, MD, Chairman
Section 4 (Vitreous and Retina) 1986-88; William E. Benson MD, Chairman
Section 4 (Vitreous and Retina), 1988-91;John Heckenlively, MD, Chairman
Honor Award, 1975
Senior Honor Award, 1985
Honored Guest, 1999
Life Member, 2000
Life Achievement Award, 2001
Frank Walsh Society, 1967--
American Uveitis Society, 1969--
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, (26245-ARVO member number) 1968--
    Trustee, Anatomy and Pathology Section, 1987-1993 Program Committee for AAO 1988-1991
    Chairman, 1991
    Vice President, 1991-1992
Wills Eye Hospital Society, 1963--
    President, 1977-1978
    Member, Board of Managers, 1978--
Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society, 1968--
    Chairman, 1978
Verhoeff Society, 1969--
    Secretary, 1975-76
    Chairman, 1976-77
    Local host, 1985
Maryland Ophthalmological Society, 1968--
    Secretary-Treasurer, 1973-74
    Vice President, 1974-1975
    President, 1975-1976
Association of Ophthalmic Alumni, AFIP, 1967--
    Program Chairman, 1972
    President, 1974
    Program Chairman, 1983
    Program Co-Chairman, 1993
Eye Study Club, 1974-1984
    Emeritus member, 1984
American Ophthalmological Society, 1975--
    Parliamentarian 1984,1985,1988,1990,1992-1996
    Program Chairman 1986-1990
    Member of Council 1990-1995
    Chairman of Council 1994-1995
    Vice President 1996-1997
    President 1997-1998
Macula Society, 1977--
    Program Chairman 1990-1993
    Executive Committee, 1991-1993
Retina Society, 1978--
    Program Co-Chairman, 1983
Association of Veterans Admin. Ophthalmologists, 1977-1982
Arizona Ophthalmology Society, Honorary Member, 1978
American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists,
    Charter Member, 1979
    Chairman, Membership Committee, 1980-83
    President, 1983-84
    Representative to Board of Councilors, Council
American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1986-1994
The Orbital Society, 1980-1992
Fluorescein Angiography Club, 1985-1994
American Medical Association, 1986--
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc. 1986--
Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmology Society, Honorary Member, 1987
La Sociedad Colombiana de Oftalmologia, Miembro Correspondiente, Bogota, D.C., Enero 29, 1989.
College of American Pathologists, 1991--

Social Club:

Elkridge Club, 1977--

Awards:

William Zentmeyer Award, Philadelphia Academy of Medicine, Section of Ophthalmology, 1963 (with L.K. Sarin, MD and E.G. Daily, MD)
Certificate of Award (for services in education programs), American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1974
Second Place Prize at Johns Hopkins Medical Society Poster Meeting, Feb. 25, 1977. Poster on X-linked Ocular Albinism (with Drs. F. O'Donnell, G. Hambrick, W.J. Iliff, and D. Stone).
Scientific Exhibit Second Prize, The Surgical Management of Epiretinal Membranes. With Raymond R. Margherio, MD, Delbert P. Nachazel, Jr., MD, Patrick D. Murphy, MD, and Morton S. Cox, MD. American Academy of Ophthalmology 1981 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Distinguished Alumni Award, Centre College of Kentucky, Oct. 23, 1982.
Scientific Exhibit First Prize, The Use of the Argon Laser in Treatment of Glaucoma. With IP Pollack, HA Quigley, AE Robin, A Patz and S D'Anna. American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1982 Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Senior Honor Award Recipient, 1985, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, September 29, 1985.
Phi Beta Kappa, Alumni Member, Kentucky Beta Chapter, 1988.
The First J. Donald M. Gass Medal of the Macula Society, February 22, 1991.
L. Harrell Pierce, M.D. Wilmer Resident Teaching Award, May 2, 1985
L. Harrell Pierce and R.G. Michels Wilmer Resident Teaching Award, 1991
Lorenz E. Zimmerman Medal of the Association of American Ophthalmic Pathologists, 1992
Retina Research Foundation, Houston Texas, 1993 Award of Merit in Retina Research
Distinguished Service Award in cognition of contributions to the American Registry of Pathology and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, including serving a President of the ARP Board from the year 1986-1988, May 17, 1995
Member, Board of Directors of the Centre College Alumni Association, 1995-1998.
Excellence in Teaching Award. Presented by The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association in recognition of outstanding contributions as a teacher at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, May 22, 1996
Doctor of Science, honoris causa, University of Louisville, May 17, 1996
Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases and The First Jerusalem International Congress on Retinal and Vitreous Diseases paid "tribute to W.Richard Green, M.D. for his enormous contributions to ophthalmic pathology especially in the area of retinal and vitreous disease," Jerusalem, Israel June 30 - July 4, 1996
Ceremony to endow - The W. Richard Green, Eye Pathology Laboratory, 56th Clinical Meeting of the Residents Association of the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, May 2, 1997
The Howe Medal, American Ophthalmological Society, May 20, 1997
President, American Ophthalmological Society, 1997- 1998
The L. Harrell Pierce, MD Wilmer Resident Teaching Award in recognition of the faculty member who has demonstrated extraordinary effort in teaching the resident staff, May 1, 1998.
Recognition of excellence in teaching residents over 31 years, Department of Ophthalmology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, June 6, 1999.
Guest of Honor, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida, October 24-27, 1999.
Ophthalmology Times "The Greatest Living Ophthalmologists, Millennium Award," October 25, 1999.
Guest of Honor, Macula 2000, The Macula Foundation, Uris Auditorium, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Medical Center, January 15, 2000.
Award for best book in clinical medicine for 1999 from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers: Guyer DR, Yannuzzi LA, Chang S, Shields JA, Green WR. Retina-Vitreous-Macula, 1st Ed. Philadelphia, WB, Saunders, 1999.
2000 Arnall Patz Medal, 23rd Annual Macula Society Meeting, Puerto Rico, February 25-26, 2000.
Initiation of the W. Richard Green Lecture of the Macula Society, February 25, 2000.
John M. McLean Medal, Corneal/Columbia Annual Alumni Meeting, April 14, 2000.
Inaugural presentation of the W. Richard Green House Staff Teaching Award, April 28, 2000.
1999 Professional, Scholarly, Publishing Award in Clinical Medicine Presented to: W.B. Saunders Company for:
       Retina-Vitreous-Macula by David A. Guyer, Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, Stanley Chang, Jerry A. Shields, W. Richard Green.
       Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers, Inc.
Award Presented to William R. Green, M.D. "In recognition of your willingness to unselfishly devote time and effort to assisting the staff of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, in death investigations, November, 2000."
Alcon Research Institute Award, 2001.
Life Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2001.
Honorary Member Fondazione G.B. Bietti Per Lo Studio E La Rocerca in Oftalmologia, Rome. 24 Septembre, 2003.
Miembro de Honor, Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, 30 de Marzo de 2004.
Guest of Honor, The 37th Annual Meeting of the Retina Society, September 30 - October 3, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland