Dr. Philip S. Green Remembered

Long-time Scotch Plains resident and physician, Dr. Philip S. Green passed away on May 15 at his home in California, from carcinoma related to skin cancer. He was 82.

Dr. Green practiced medicine, specializing in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Infertility, in his office on Westfield Avenue in Scotch Plains beginning in 1962, and later moving to a new building on Second Street. He had a second office in Dunellen which he later moved to Piscataway. He also worked as an Associate Clinical Professor at New Jersey Medical School. When he retired in 1997, it was said he had delivered upwards of 5000 babies, many of whom likely still live in the Scotch Plains area!

Philip Green graduated from Atlantic City High School, Ursinus College and Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia. In 1954 he married Roma Gizang, of Maplewood, NJ and soon thereafter began his internship at Beth Israel Hospital and residency at Martland Medical Center, both in Newark. He later served as a Captain in the US Air Force, stationed in upstate New York.

In 1962, with a second child on the way, he moved his growing family to Scotch Plains and began his practice. The Greens raised their family and remained there for 35 years. In retirement, they lived briefly in Holmdel, before relocating to San Jose, California to join the rest of their family already living out west.

In addition to being a published scientist, a pioneer of fertility treatment and non-surgical hysterectomy, and an advocate for women’s health rights, he was also an avid golfer, hockey fan, traveler, and duplicate bridge player. He was a devoted husband, beloved father, and adored PopPop. He is survived by his wife Roma, daughters Lisa and Sara, son-in-law Ralph Schmitt, and granddaughters Amanda and Alexandra.