Mark Green, DVM
Dr. Green is a native of Tennessee and has wanted to be a veterinarian since he was eight years old. He received his DVM Degree in 1982 from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine and was married to his wife of 25+ years, Mary Ann, the day after graduation. His veterinary career started in Salisbury, NC as the 3rd doctor in a large and small animal practice.  From this experience, Dr. Green claims to get his "James Herriot Stories."  In 1984, he and Mary Ann established Mallard Creek Animal Hospital in the University Area of Charlotte. He was the doctor...she was everything else.  The practice initially served dogs, cats, and horses.  As the area changed from rural to suburban, the practice emerged as a multi-doctor small animal practice with two locations.  Dr. Green and Mary Ann have one daughter, Cameron, who now works walking dogs and cleaning kennels to support her "horse habits." 
Mallard Creek Animal Hospital is truly a family business.

In 1998, Dr. Green enrolled in a 2 year post doctoral program offered by the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in small practice management.  From this interest he has taught the Professional Development Course at North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, a practice management course for junior students for 6 years.

Dr. Green is a strong supporter of organized veterinary medicine.  He has served as President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Board Member for the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association, and as a member on two national committees for the American Veterinary Medical Association.  He has also served as an affiliate on the Member Services Committee for the American Veterinary Medical Association and as the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues liason for the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association.

The NCVMA has honored him as "Veterinarian of the Year," as recipient of the "Martin Litwack Award for Service to the College of Veterinary Medicine," and with two "Presidential Awards."  The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine honored him as an "Outstanding Alumnus."  Dr. Green has served on the Board of Director for the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine's Foundation, and he and Mary Ann have endowed a scholarship to this college.  They have also founded a pre-veterinary scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dr. Green has most enjoyed the privilege of working with people who care for their pets, from birth to the celebration of a well lived life, he appreciates the trust that families have placed in him and in his practice.  For fun, Dr. Green performs surgery on injured hawks and owls for the Carolina Raptor Center.  Currently he is seeking "quality of life" as a husband, father, son, and practice owner and enjoying his "mid-life crisis," a second redhead in his life....a quarter horse filly named "Rue" and running. He completed the Thunder Road1/2 marathon in December 2006 and now feels everyone should take up running.

The Green Family consists of three humans, two dogs, two cats, one horse, and the "two clinic birds."