Paul Frederick White

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Paul Frederick White, FANZCA is a researcher in anesthesiology, Professor and the Holder of the Margaret Milam McDermottDistinguished Chair of Anesthesiology at
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and the author and editor of several journals and textbooks on the subject. With over 400 peer-reviewed publications and authorship in 9 anesthesiology textbooks, White has helped shape and revolutionize the field of ambulatory anesthesia and intravenous anesthesia.

Education and career

White graduated from an honors program in Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley with Distinction in 1970. He subsequently earned his PhD (Pharmacology) and MD degrees from the University of California, San Francisco. White obtained postgraduate training in both Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at UC San Francisco, and has board certification in both medical specialties. In 1980, he joined the faculty at Stanford University and became a tenured Associate Professor and Chief of the Outpatient Anesthesiology Service at the University Hospital. In 1988, he accepted the position of Professor and Vice-Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. He also served as the Medical Director of the Barnes Hospital Day Surgery Center. In 1992, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He currently holds the Margaret Milam McDermott Distinguished Chair of Anesthesiology at UT Southwestern. He serves as a representative from the Department on the advisory board of the institution's new Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. White has also served as a non-paid Consultant to the Departments of Anesthesia at both Ohio State University (for ambulatory surgery) and Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (for clinical research and continuing education programs). He currently has an appointment as a Visiting Scientist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

White has edited 9 books, including major textbooks on the subspecialties of ambulatory anesthesia and intravenous anesthesia. White has also contributed 64 chapters to textbooks edited by colleagues from around the world. In addition to publishing over 350 peer-reviewed articles, White has written 14 editorials and published over 500 scientific abstracts. Two of White's peer-reviewed publications were listed among the "Top 10" most cited articles in Anesthesiology (and he has the second most citations by any individual author in the specialty). White studies have appeared in USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/] - [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-12-05-pain_x.htm Killing pain one drip at a time] . Retrieved 25 April 2008.] , Washington Post [http://www.highbeam.com/] - [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-969314.html Doctors Lift Ban on Presurgery Liquids; Water, Apple Juice, Black Coffee May Help, Anesthesiologists Say] . Retrieved 25 April 2008.] , Wall Street Journal, [http://www.wsj.com/] - [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB840501856225102500.html Who Will Pay High Cost Of Relief From Pain?] . Retrieved 25 April 2008.] , and other media outlets. White has trained more than 65 postgraduate clinical research fellows during his academic career. He has given over 450 domestic and 250 international lectures. In addition, White has performed over 100 Visiting Professorships in the United States and abroad. White is acknowledged by his colleagues as an international leader in the fields of ambulatory anesthesia and pain management, and has been recognized in the "Best Doctors in America" and "Who's Who in North America." He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, and the Dannemiller Memorial Foundation's award for "Educational Excellence in Anesthesiology."

White has served on the Board of Directors of three major anesthesia organizations (namely, the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia [SAMBA] , the Society for Intravenous Anesthesia [SIVA] , and the International Society for Anaesthetic Pharmacology [ISAP] ). White served as the President of the SAMBA organization from 1994-95 and as President of SIVA/ISAP from 1999-2000. In addition, White has served as Chairman of the Anesthesiology Panel (1985-2000) and was a member of the Executive Committee of the United States Pharmacopoeia (1995-2000). White has been appointed to five (5) international editorial boards and currently serves as the Section Editor for Ambulatory Anesthesia for Anesthesia & Analgesia [http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/] - [http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/editors/edshell.dtl?pwhite Paul White, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Section Editor] . Retrieved 25 April 2008.] and the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia [http://www.jcafulltextonline.com/] - [http://www.jcafulltextonline.com/edboard Journal of Clinical Anesthesia Editorial Board] . Retrieved 26 April 2008.] . Finally, White has established a nonprofit foundation (the White Mountain Institute [http://www.whitemountaininstitute.org/] - [http://www.whitemountaininstitute.org White Mountain Institute] . Retrieved 25 April 2008.] ) to advance education in the creative arts and medicine throughout the world.

White's brother, Ed White (football), is a former UC Berkeley hall of fame and NFL all pro offensive lineman who played for the San Diego Chargers and Minnesota Vikings.

Key Research/Publications

* Doze VA, Westphal LM, White PF, "Comparison of propofol with methohexital for outpatient anesthesia" Anesth Analg, 65:1189-95, 1986 [PMID 3490195]
* White PF, Johnston RR, Eger EI, "Determination of anesthetic requirement in rats" Anesthesiology, 40:52-7, 1974 [PMID 4810315]
* White PF, "Use of patient controlled analgesia for management of acute pain" JAMA, 259:243-7, 1988 [PMID 3275811]
* White PF, Way WL, Trevor AJ, "Ketamine--its pharmacology and therapeutic uses" Anesthesiology, 56:119-36, 1982 [PMID 6892475]
* Wagner RL, White PF, Kan PB, Rosenthal MH, Feldman D, "Inhibition of adrenal steroidogenesis by the anesthetic etomidate" N Engl J Med, 310:1415-21, 1984 [PMID 6325910]

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