Russell H. Greenfield, MD

Integrative medicine (combining the best of conventional and complementary therapies) in support of optimal and health and well-being, especially for those experiencing chronic disease including cancer, heart disease, autoimmunity, and digestive disorders

Russell H. Greenfield, MD, is senior physician consultant for the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation for the Veterans Health Administration and maintains a consultative integrative medicine private practice. He previously served as senior director of employee whole health for Whole Health Institute (WHI), where he was responsible for developing corporate partnerships and implementing programs in support of employee health and well-being. Immediately prior to joining WHI, he was physician executive and medical director of integrative medicine for Novant Health, with headquarters in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Dr. Greenfield completed residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center as well as chief resident fellowship at the same institution. After moving to Charlotte, he became involved in the emergency medicine residency program at Carolinas Medical Center and was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was one of the first four physicians to graduate from the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1999.

Greenfield was founding medical director of Carolinas Integrative Health, a freestanding center owned and operated by Carolinas HealthCare System (now Atrium Health), and a consultant in the development of U.S. national model guidelines for the use of complementary and alternative therapies. He has worked with a variety of organizations promoting employee and community integrative health initiatives including Harris Teeter supermarkets, Levine Cancer Institute, and Wake Forest Baptist Health. He is coauthor of Healthy Child, Whole Child, named “Best Parenting Guide 2001” by the editors at Amazon.com, and editor of the Andrew Weil, MD book, Mind Over Meds (2017). Greenfield was a medical reviewer for Reader’s Digest and has consulted with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).