Nicholas M. Greene, MD, (1922-2004) joined Yale as Director of Anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital in 1955. He became the founding chair in 1971 at the Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Greene served as chair of the department until 1973 and continued on as a professor in the department until 1987 when he became professor emeritus.
In the 1980s, Dr. Greene traveled to East Africa, where he observed a need to improve the level of anesthesia care there. Dr. Greene was able to garner the support of ASA and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) for the inaugural funding of the Overseas Teaching Program (OTP). In October 1989, the ASA House of Delegates approved a five-year OTP that would be based in East Africa. This sustainable teaching program, along with other activities, continues within the Committee on Global Humanitarian Outreach (GHO),...
