Executive Officer

CAPT Joy A. Greer

Executive Officer

CAPT Joy Greer is a native of Staunton, Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Eastern University and earned her Doctor of Medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2001 through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. She completed a Transitional Internship followed by an Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in 2005. In 2013, she completed fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and received a certificate in Clinical Research at the University of Pennsylvania.

Operationally, CAPT Greer deployed with Task Force-Quantico in support of Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 as one of two Staff Obstetrician and Gynecologists, collaborating with joint and civilian partners to care for 248 pregnant women, resulting in 96 live births. In 2022, she became the Force Surgeon, Commander, Navy Reserve Force. Responsible for the force health protection and medical readiness for the almost 50,000 Selected Reserve sailors, she led her team of 400 to decrease overall non-deployability by 2% and increase medical readiness to 92.4%.

CAPT Greer’s first tour as an obstetrician/gynecologist and teaching faculty was at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune from 2005-2010. Elected as Chair, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff from 2008-2010, she enabled the medical staff to drive population health measures above the 90th percentile, earning an $862,000 performance-based budget award, the fourth highest in Navy Medicine. In 2013, CAPT Greer returned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth as a Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon and faculty member of the Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics residency program. CAPT Greer was competitively selected to serve as Deputy Director, Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center from 2016-2019 and then as Medical Director from 2019-2022. Under her leadership, the center received Society for Simulation in Healthcare accreditation, providing 21,900 annual learner-contact hours of training to enable a ready medical force. She executed a $1.57 million multi-site research grant that reduced maternal morbidity after team training in obstetric hemorrhage. CAPT Greer collaborated with operational commands to provide the first in situ high-fidelity prolonged field care simulation exercises for Role 2 Light Maneuver teams and damage control surgery training aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth and on various vessels during BALTOPS 2019. She assumed her current role as the executive officer NMRTC Annapolis and deputy director NHC Annapolis in May 2025.

CAPT Greer is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is a Joint Professional Military Education-Phase I graduate and has a faculty appointment as Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Her personal awards include Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, one Navy Commendation Medal, and two Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medals.

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