S. Wear Culvahouse, MD, a native of Ten Mile, Tennessee, currently lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his partner, Douglas Graneto. A graduate of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Wear received his OB/GYN training at Georgetown University. Since 1986, he has worked in private practice in Greenwich at Brookside OB/GYN Associates. As recently as 2004 and 2006, he was named one of the top OB/GYN’s by Consumer’s Research Council of America. During his three year term as Chief of Staff of Greenwich Hospital, the new Watson Pavilion opened in 2005. He is currently serving on the Board of Trustees for Greenwich Hospital.

Wear has been involved with Red Ribbon since its inception. He chaired the 1995 event starring Diane Schuur and helped form the Red Ribbon Board of Directors, serving first as Co-Chairperson of the Board and then as President through 2000.