Jonathan M.
Green, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Jonathan M. Green is the Chief Executive Officer of the NIH Clinical Center. As CEO, Dr. Green oversees the Clinical Center’s nearly $700 million annual operating budget and the day-to-day operations and management of the 200-bed, 870,000-square-foot research center on NIH’s Bethesda campus.
MD, Wayne State University
MBA, Washington University Olin School of Business
Dr. Green joined the National Institutes of Health in September of 2018 as Director, Office of Human Subjects Research Protections within the Office of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director. In that role, he led the highly successful reorganization of the human research protection program, consolidating the 12 separate IC specific Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) into a new, centralized IRB within OIR serving the entire NIH intramural research program.
Prior to joining the NIH, Dr. Green was professor of medicine, pathology, and immunology, as well as Associate Dean for Human Studies and Executive Chair of the IRB at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. At Washington University, Dr. Green conducted research on the molecular mechanisms of T cell activation focusing on the CD28 costimulatory family of receptors. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit followed by residency training in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center and additional post-doctoral training at the University of Chicago. He received an MBA from Washington University Olin School of Business in 2017. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, and critical care medicine. Dr. Green continues to serve as an attending physician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Pulmonary Consult Service at the NIH Clinical Center.
Dr. Green has had a long-standing interest in biomedical ethics. He had been a member of the Barnes Jewish Hospital Ethics Committee since 2000, leading the clinical ethics consultation service from 2001-2005 and serving as Chair of the Ethics Committee from 2005-2009. After joining the Washington University IRB in 2008, he assumed the role of committee co-chair in 2009. In 2010, he was appointed Associate Dean of Human Studies and Executive Chair of the IRB at Washington University in St Louis. Dr. Green served on the Secretaries Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) from 2015-2018, also serving on the Subpart A subcommittee. Dr. Green currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).
Dr. Green has a personal interest in delivering health care to underserved and resource limited setting. For many years, he volunteered at Community Health and Partnership Clinic, a free medical clinic providing primary care services in St Louis, MO. He participated in Pacific Partnership with Project Hope in 2008, spending six weeks on the USNS Mercy in SE Asia. In 2014, he worked with Partners in Health in Liberia for six weeks during the Ebola crisis. In 2020, he volunteered with Project Hope to provide medical care to COVID patients on the Navajo Nation. For many years, Dr. Green has been involved with Ayder Comprehensive Specialty Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, where he has worked with colleagues to increase the capacity to care for critically ill patients. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fewsi Foundation, a non-profit entity committed to supporting the victims of conflict violence.