Beverly Green, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist known for pioneering work in preventive and evidence-based medicine. With a goal of improving systems of care, she designs and evaluates programs that make effective treatment easier for patients to follow—and easier for providers to deliver.
Dr. Green’s research has a strong public health focus, targeting conditions that affect large proportions of the population, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity. She also emphasizes leveraging technologies and systems-based care.
In 2016 Dr. Green launched the BP-CHECK study, which aims to find the easiest, most accurate way to diagnose high blood pressure. With a $2.8 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the study will compare blood pressure readings taken in clinic, at home, and at validated blood pressure kiosks to the 24-hour blood pressure test that is currently considered the gold standard for diagnosing hypertension.
Dr. Green’s previous research has shown that:
She is now working to translate similar innovative approaches to care into community settings through collaborations with the OCHIN Practice-Based Research Network and two large health insurance plans that provide Medicaid insurance to low-income individuals and families.
She is also a core member of the Alliance for Reducing Cancer, Northwest, a collaborative team of cancer prevention and control experts and community stakeholders whose mission is build relationships between researchers and community partners, conduct cancer-related research, and translate research into community practice.
Dr. Green was honored by Kaiser Permanente Washington in 1999 for her contributions to clinical quality improvement and was a finalist for the organization's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. She was as an associate editor for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine from 2009 to 2014. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. She is also a fellow of the American Heart Association, an honor given for contributions to the field. Dr. Green has served as an associate clinical professor at the UW School of Medicine since 1992.
Khan NA, Stergiou GS, Omboni S, Kario K, Renna N, Chapman N, McManus RJ, Williams B, Parati G, Konradi A, Islam SM, Itoh H, Mooi CS, Green BB, Cho MC, Tomaszewski M. Virtual management of hypertension: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic-International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension. J Hypertens. 2022 May 17. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003205. Online ahead of print. PubMed
Lee JK, Lam AY, Jensen CD, Marks AR, Badalov J, Layefsky E, Kao K, Ho NJ, Schottinger JE, Ghai NR, Carlson CM, Halm EA, Green B, Li D, Corley DA, Levin TR. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fecal immunochemical testing, colonoscopy services, and colorectal neoplasia detection in a large United States community-based population. Gastroenterology. 2022 May 14:S0016-5085(22)00503-0. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.05.014. PubMed
Green BB, Anderson ML, Cook AJ, Ehrlich K, Hall YN, Hsu C, Joseph D, Klasnja P, Margolis KL, McClure JB, Munson SA, Thompson MJ. Clinic, home, and kiosk blood pressure measurements for diagnosing hypertension: a randomized diagnostic study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Mar 3. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07400-z. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Green BB, Anderson ML, Cook AJ, Ehrlich K, Hall YN, Margolis KL, Thompson MJ. Automated office blood pressure and the impact of attendance and rest on diagnostic accuracy. Am J Hypertens. 2022 Mar 3:hpac032. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpac032. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Bellows BK, Xu J, Sheppard JP, Schwartz JE, Shimbo D, Muntner P, McManus RJ, Moran AE, Bryant KB, Cohen LP, Bress AP, King JB, Shikany JM, Green BB, Yano Y, Clark Iii D, Zhang Y. Predicting out-of-office blood pressure in a diverse US population. Am J Hypertens. 2022 Jan 18:hpac005. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpac005. Online ahead of print. PubMed
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Home blood pressure monitoring shown to be an excellent alternative for making new diagnoses of hypertension.
Research led by KPWHRI’s Beverly Green, MD, MPH, finds that patients prefer at-home monitoring of blood pressure.
VeryWell Health, March 16, 2022