Dr. W. Anthony Greer, was recently named chief medical officer at Methodist South Hospital.

Prior to joining Methodist South, Greer served as chief quality officer at Moses Cone Healthcare System in Greensboro, North Carolina, chief medical officer at St. John Detroit Riverview in Detroit, Michigan, and vice president of medical affairs and medical director for Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York.

Greer received his bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and his doctorate of medicine from Loyola-Stritch Medical School in Maywood, Illinois. He completed his general surgery internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and a residency in Opthamology at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.