Professor Richard Greene
Biography
Professor Richard Greene, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, gained much of his clinical experience in the Coombe Womens' Hospital, Dublin. In July 1999, he took up a position as Fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA. On his return to Ireland in 2001, he joined UCC as Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: and took up his current posts as Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) and Professor of Clinical Obstetrics, UCC, in 2007.
Prof. Greene was instrumental in commissioning and establishing the new maternity services at CUMH and continues to maintain a senior management position within the service. His research interests include maternal-fetal medicine, epidemiology, health services research incorporating risk management, quality of service and translational research.
The NPEC under the guidance and leadership of Prof Greene continue to aim for improved clinical services for Irish patients.
“As Director of the NPEC I am proud that the maternity services in Ireland through the NPEC are collecting data that can influence and improve patient care.”
Prof. Greene has been involved in the development of a single national chart for obstetrics; and is centrally involved in the Maternal Newborn Clinical Management System (MN_CMS) project, creating a single electronic medical record for all maternity hospitals. Prof. Greene is also committed to advancing the UCC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology goal to become a major research unit in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at a molecular and clinical level. Prof. Greene's clinical practice is undertaken at the Cork University Maternity Hospital.