Stephanie Greene, MD, a nationally recognized expert in pediatric vascular neurosurgery and congenital neurosurgical disorders, has been named chief of pediatric neurosurgery and professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, effective April 30, 2024.
As division chief, she succeeds Herb Fuchs, MD, PhD, who is stepping down from his duties as chief after 32 years of devoted service. Dr. Fuchs will continue to treat patients.
Dr. Greene was recruited to Duke from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she has practiced for the last fifteen years. She was professor of neurological surgery and vice chair for education in the department of neurological surgery. She was the director of vascular and perinatal neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where she was also co-director and founder of the Neurovascular Center of Excellence. She was the fellowship director and site residency director at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, as well. Prior to practicing in Pittsburgh, she was chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Hasbro Children's Hospital, affiliated with Brown Medical School.
Dr. Greene has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles on various clinical subjects, with a focus on pediatric vascular and congenital disorders. She has published editor's choice manuscripts in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics on arteriovenous malformation treatment outcomes, cavernous malformation outcomes, and shunt infection and malfunction in myelomeningocele. Her translational research has involved technology development for fetal neurosurgical intervention. Her educational efforts yielded three successful year-long lecture series, which she directed for the neurosurgery department in Pittsburgh, along with serving as a mentor for multiple medical students and residents.
She graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993 with a degree in biology and psychology and a concentration in neuroscience, and earned her medical degree at Albany Medical College. She completed her neurosurgical residency at Harvard Medical School in the Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham & Women's Hospital program, and received additional subspecialty fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at Seattle Children's Hospital, affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine, in 2005. She is board certified in both adult and pediatric neurosurgery. She is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, and a regular guest examiner for the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.