Navy PT earns top senior award

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Lt. Cmdr. Marissa Greene, associate director of Clinical Support Services at Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla., was recently named Navy Medicine’s 2018 Physical Therapy Senior Officer of the Year. Greene was selected out of 100 PTs in the Navy for her leadership, innovative strategies, and dedication to ensure 100 percent access to care for all active duty and post-operative patients. “In my 30-year career, I have not run into an officer with this level of quality,” said Capt. Michael Allanson, CSS director at NHP. “Her ability to multi-task … [and] attention to detail is exceptional.” The one-on-one interaction with patients is the best part of being a PT, she says, which allows her to witness those transformations from the first appointment to the last. As a physical therapist, Greene aids injured war-fighters by increasing their functional ability so they can return to the mission, and naval aviation officer and enlisted students across the regions. (Source: Naval Hospital Pensacola 01/14/19) There are two NHP branch health clinics in Mississippi (NAS Meridian and NCBC Gulfport); and one at NAS/JRB New Orleans. NHP oversees the operation of 10 total branch health clinics across four states.