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Bio for Dr. Alan Greene – Father, Author, and Renowned Pediatrician

A father of four, Alan Greene, MD. FAAP, has devoted himself to answering parents’ questions about their children’s health — combining science, practical wisdom, empathy, and a deep respect for parents, children, and the environment.

Dr. Greene is the best-selling author of Raising Baby Green, winner of the Nautilus Gold Medal for Best Parenting Book of the Year, and From First Kicks to First Steps. In 1995, he launched DrGreene.com, cited by the AMA as the “pioneer physician Web site” on the Internet. He has received the distinction of being one of “America’s Top Doctors” for the past six years and was named the Children’s Health Hero of the Internet by Intel.

Dr. Greene is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California at San Francisco. He entered primary care pediatrics in 1993, and is currently a clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, attending pediatrician at Packard Children’s Hospital, and a senior fellow at the University of California San Francisco Center for the Health Professions.

In addition, he is the Chief of Future Health for A.D.A.M. a leading publisher of interactive health information. He is the President of the Society for Participatory Medicine on the Board of Directors for Healthy Child Healthy World, The Center for Information Therapy, and The Organic Center.

Dr. Greene’s interest in nutrition started before medical school, where he took courses from Marion Nestle. In 1996 his interest in nutrition and its role in health and healing became very personal when his family was faced with a life-threatening illness. Since then he’s been on a mission to find the secrets hidden in our food – good and bad – and to provide information to anyone willing to listen so they can make informed choices about the food they eat.

Dr. Greene appears frequently on TV, radio, websites, and in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Parenting, Child, American Baby, Baby Talk, and the Readers’ Digest.

In addition to being a true “foodie” (he does love good food!) he enjoys thinking about challenging ideas, being surrounded by nature, and he wears green socks.

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