UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

Ralph Green, M.D. , Ph.D.

Title: Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Chief Pathologist and Laboratory Director
Professor

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Address:

Phone:
(916) 734-3330


Medical Education:	University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa M.D. 1964
Other School:	, Ph.D. 1976
Internship:	Johannesburg General Hospital Johannesburg, South Africa 1964-1965
Residency:	University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa 1970-1972 Hematology and Pathology
Fellowship:	St. Bartholomew’s Hospital & Medical College London, England 1967-1969 Hematology
Board Certifications:	American Board of Pathology, 1995 Royal College of Pathologists (UK), 2002
Professional Memberships:	American Association for Advancement in Science American Association for Cancer Research American Society for Clinical Nutrition American Society of Clinical Pathology College of American Pathologists International Society for Experimental Hematology International Society for Hematology International Society for Laboratory Hematology Western Association of Physicians

Clinical/Research Interests: As chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Green is an expert in clinical pathology, with particular interest in diseases of the blood. He is internationally recognized for his research. During his 35-year career, he has served as an adviser to numerous editorial boards and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Dr. Green specializes in examining how deprivation of B-complex vitamins, iron and other nutritional elements affects the cardiovascular and nervous systems as well as the aging process. He has studied the role of nutrient deficiencies in dementia, coronary artery disease and stroke, as well as other chronic degenerative diseases, including cancer. He recently served on the expert panel appointed by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to recommend levels of daily intake for B-vitamins and currently is serving as a consultant to the World Health Organization.
Publications: Green R, Miller JW. Vitamin B12. In: Zempleni J, Rucker RB, Eds. Handbook of Vitamins, Fourth Edition, Boca Raton, Florida, Taylor and Francis, pp. 413-457, 2007. Haan MN, Miller JW, Aiello AE, Whitmer RA, Jagust WJ, Mungas DM, Allen LH, Green R. Homocysteine, B vitamins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85(2):511-517, 2007. Luchsinger JA, Tang MX, Miller J, Green R, Mayeux R. Higher folate intake is related to lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease in the elderly. Arch Neurol, 64(1):86-92, 2007. Luchsinger JA, Tang MX, Miller J, Green R, Mehta PD, Mayeux R. Relation of plasma homocysteine to plasma amyloid beta levels. Neurochem Res, 32:775-781, 2007. Miller JW, Garrod MG, Rockwood AL, Kushnir MM, Allen LH, Haan MN, Green R. Measurement of total vitamin B12 and holotranscobalamin, singly and in combination, in screening for metabolic vitamin B12 deficiency. Clin Chem, 52:278-85, 2006. Carkeet C, Dueker SR, Lango J, Buchholz BA, Miller JW, Green R, Hammock B, Roth JR, Anderson PJ. Specific 14C-labeling of cobalamin and accelerator mass spectrometry underlie a quantitative test for B12 absorption in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(15):5694-5699, 2006. Campbell AK, Jagust WJ, Mungas DM, Miller JW, Green R, Haan MN, Allen LH. Low erythrocyte folate, but not plasma vitamin B-12 or homocysteine, is associated with dementia in elderly Latinos. J Nutr Health Aging, 9:39-43, 2005. Green R, Miller JW. Vitamin B12 deficiency is the dominant nutritional cause of hyperhomocystine anemia in a folic acid-fortified population. Clin Chem Lab Med, 43:1048-51, 2005. Ramos MI, Allen LH, Mungas DM, Jagust WJ, Haan MN, Green R, Miller JW. Low folate status is associated with impaired cognitive function and dementia in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. Amer J Clin Nutr, 82:1346-52, 2005.
To schedule an appointment and to see if Dr.Green is accepting new patients please call:
(916) 734-3330