Dr. Alexander Carl Green passed away on December 28, 2020, succumbing to complications from Lewy body Dementia. He was a well loved, well respected member of the psychiatric community. Dr. Green was born in Philadelphia, PA where he was educated in the public schools. As a young person, he loved reading, excelled at figure skating & at age 14, was the youngest person in PA to receive a ham radio operator license. Alex was proud to say he lettered in Chess in high school. He completed his higher education in PA obtaining a BS from Villanova University & an MD from Jefferson Medical College. Internship & Residencies were at the Institute of PA Hospital & Mt. Sinai in NYC. Dr. Green served in the US Army Medical Corps, during the Vietnam Era, receiving an Honorable Discharge with the rank of Major. He practiced psychiatry for 7 years at the University of Delaware & Wilmington Medical Center, prior to relocating to San Diego in 1982. He completed a Fellowship in Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry @ UCSD in 1983 & opened a private practice, specializing in psychosomatic pain, traumatic stress & legal issues. For 20 years, he was a Prisoner of War Psychiatrist at the VA in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Green was a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, a Diplomate in the Subspecialty of Forensic Medicine and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Over his career, he was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD, Chair of the Fellowship Committee for the SD Psychiatric Society & President of the SD Psychiatric Society. Throughout his life, Alex loved reading, swimming, dancing & music. He accompanied the choir at Congregation Dor Hadash for many years & was awarded the Judith & Ira Eisenstein Award by the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement for his service to the music community.
Dr. Green is survived by his wife of 30 years, Genell Greenberg & his daughter Sophia Green, both of Carlsbad, CA. He will be remembered as a brilliant, kind & incredibly patient man. He was loved deeply & will be missed tremendously. Dr. Green will be interned at a private family service at the Miramar National Cemetery with Military Honors. Donations in his memory may be made to the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Fund #2140. Checks payable to:
UCSD Foundation
9500 Gilman Drive #0940
La Jolla, CA 92093