Dr. Greg Murphy, originally from Raleigh, graduated magna cum laude from Davidson College in 1985. He then attended UNC School of Medicine graduating with Honors and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. After completing his surgical residency in Urology and Renal Transplantation at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, he and his wife, Wendy, settled in Greenville, NC to begin his practice. He has been active in his community working with his church and other groups doing outreach and helping those in need.
Dr. Murphy was formerly President of Eastern Urological Associates in Greenville and Affiliate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Urology at the ECU School of Medicine. He recently served as Davidson College's Alumni President and was on its Board of Trustees. Outside of work he has demonstrated a desire to help those less fortunate. He has traveled extensively for the last 35 years to Third World Countries including India, several parts of Africa, Nicaragua and Haiti as a Medical Missionary.
Prior to entering politics, Dr. Murphy's professional career had been primarily one of clinical practice and administrative leadership positions. He served for three years as Chief of Staff of Vidant Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center, serving 29 counties in Eastern North Carolina. He is a member of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and received the Distinguished Medical Alumni Award at the UNC School of Medicine. He is the only actively practicing physician in Congress, seeing patients a few days a month still.
Dr. Murphy was recruited to serve in the North Carolina House of Representatives and did so from 2015 to 2019. During his second term in the General Assembly, he was asked to serve as Senior Chair of Health Policy and Chair of Health and Human Services Appropriations. His greatest focus was helping reduce the tragic impacts of the Opioid Epidemic. Dr. Murphy built strong bipartisan support and was the primary author of both the STOP Act and the HOPE Act, North Carolina's two main legislative initiatives to combat the Opioid Crisis.
Dr. Murphy ran in a special election for North Carolina's Third Congressional District in 2019 to replace the late Congressman Walter B Jones, Jr. Dr. Murphy was officially sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives on September 15, 2019. He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and is a member of the Health and Trade Subcommittees. Dr. Murphy also serves on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, where he is a member of the Health Subcommittee, and the Committee on House Administration, where he is a member of the Oversight Subcommittee. As the only practicing surgeon in Congress, Murphy is also a Co-Chair of the House Republican Doctors Caucus and Co-Chair of the Academic Medicine Caucus.