Mark Ronald Green

Mark Ronald Green, M.D., 70, of Charleston, South Carolina, husband of Judith Lax Green, entered into eternal rest Monday, February 23, 2015. His Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, February 25, 2015 in the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Reform Temple, 90 Hasell Street, at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Downtown Chapel.

Dr. Green was born January 13, 1945 in Norwalk, Connecticut, son of Dr. H. Howard Green and Irene Wouk Green. He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) and his M.D. from Harvard University. He was an intern and resident at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston before serving as a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda. From 1974 to 1976 he was at Stanford University as a senior resident in medicine and as a fellow in oncology.

In 1976, Dr. Green joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During his tenure there, he held a number of positions, including director of clinical oncology; director of the hematology/oncology fellowship training program; and head of the division of hematology/oncology. From 1985 to 1990, he was director of the UCSD Cancer Center, which he successfully led to its first five-year core grant. While at UCSD, he held the Edwin and Evelyn Tasch Professorship in Cancer Research, which was established in his honor.

In 1996, Dr. Green joined the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) as the Mary M. Gilbreth Chair of Clinical Oncology and as director of the Hollings Cancer Center. He remained in his post as director and head of the division of hematology/oncology through 2000, and retired from the full-time faculty as a Professor Emeritus in 2004.

A nationally and internationally respected oncologist, he contributed significantly to the understanding and treatment of solid tumors. His research focused on clinical trials of new therapies for the treatment of cancers of the lung and pancreas.

Dr. Green chaired one of NCI's cancer treatment study group committees on lung cancer for over 20 years. During his tenure as chair of the Respiratory Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), he oversaw the development of new and innovative treatments used in thirty member universities and hundreds of medical centers. He authored hundreds of scholarly papers and co-authored The Comprehensive Textbook of Thoracic Oncology. From 1995 to 2007, he served as the vice-chairman of the CALGB. Dr. Green was a member of the distinguished American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty Board of Medical Oncology from 1989 to 1999, and served as the subspecialty board chair from 1995 to 1999. His major academic interests focused on thoracic oncology, clinical and translational investigation, medical education, and mentoring fellows and young faculty. As a mentor, Dr. Green was one of the most highly respected oncologists in the United States. He guided and directed dozens of the leading oncologists in the world today and was repeatedly honored as one of the "Best Cancer Specialists in the U.S." Dr. Green was also the chief medical officer of Xcenda, a position he held since 2007.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his two daughters, Dr. Rebecca Heinowitz of Boiceville, NY, and Hillary G. Mahon (Christopher) of Charleston, SC; grandson, Adam Newman Mahon; and two brothers, Dr. Neil Green (Lesley), and Dr. Alan Green (Frances).

Memorials may be made to K.K.B.E. Endowment Fund, 90 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC 29401 or to the Mark R. Green, M.D. Visiting Professorship, MUSC Foundation, 18 Bee St., MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425.