Harvey White (surgeon) explained

Harvey White
Birth Date:	1936
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Surgeon
Known For:	Oncology Past president Medical Society of London
Website:	Harvey White Website

Harvey White FRCS (born 1936) is a retired surgeon and oncologist. He is a past president of the Medical Society of London and vice-president of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Early life

Harvey White was born in 1936.^[1] He was educated at Winchester College between 1949 and 1954, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Career

White was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1970.

In 1976, he became consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, and later at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy and The London Clinic.^[2]

Between 1986 and 2003, he was chairman of the Brendoncare Foundation, following which he was appointed Chair of the Vice Patrons Committee.^{[2] [3]}

He was president of the Osler Club of London 1986–87.^[4]

He is a past president of the Medical Society of London and vice-president of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and the Royal Society of Medicine.^[5] In 2012 he was the first recipient of the Royal Society of Medicine Medal.

Retirement

He founded and chairs the Old Wykehamist Medical Society.^{[6] [7]}

White was a co-founder of the Retired Fellows’ Society at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. In addition, he gathered some of its members, and others, to write a book on retirement planning.^[8]

After being at The London Clinic as consultant surgeon, for over fifteen years, he wrote a book about the Clinic entitled History of the London Clinic: A Celebration of 75 Years.^[9]

Personal and family

In 1965, White married Diana Bannister. They have a daughter, Phyllida, and son Charles.

Selected publications

• "Surgery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries," in Victor Cornelius Medvei and J. L. Thornton (eds.), The Royal Hospital of Saint Bartholomew, 1123–1973. London: St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1974.
• The Greater Omentum. Springer Verlag, 1983. (Edited jointly with Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert & E. Vaubel)^[10]
• A Colour Atlas of Omental Transposition for Advanced Breast Carcinoma. Wolfe Medical, 1987.
• 12042385 . 10.1177/014107680209500616 . 95 . 'For Merit'--in medicine . 1279920 . 2002 . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 309–10 . White . H. 6 .
• A Century of International Progress and Tradition in Surgery: An Illustrated History of the International Society of Surgery. Kaden Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001. (Jointly with Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert)
• A Career in Medicine: Do You Have What it Takes? Royal Society of Medicine Press (RSMP), London, 2000. (Editor)
• Retiring from Medicine: Do You Have What it Takes? RSMPs, London, 2002. (Editor)
• A History of the London Clinic: A celebration of 75 years. RSMP, London, 2007.

See also

• List of honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers

External links

• www.expertsearch.co.uk www.expertsearch.co.uk
• www.harveywhite.me Harvey White website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harvey White. harveywhite.me.uk. 13 November 2018.
2. Web site: Reflections on Dementia. White. Harvey. lifebookuk.com. 14 November 2018.
3. Web site: The Royal Association: The Countess of Wessex- Brendoncare Foundation – Royal Central. royalcentral.co.uk. 14 November 2018.
4. Web site: Presidents – The Osler Club of London. osler.org.uk. 13 November 2018. 20 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211220120524/http://www.osler.org.uk/history-2/presidents/. dead.
5. News: A joint Royal Society of Medicine and Cumberland Lodge conference. November 2010. 2.
6. November 2008. Three Schools Medical Essay Prize. The Trusty Servant. 11.
7. Web site: OW Clubs & Socieites Med Soc – Winchester College Wykeham Campaign. wincollsoc.org. 14 November 2018.
8. Carne. Stuart. 1 April 2003. Retiring from medicine: do you have what it takes?. Family Practice. 20. 2. 229. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.fampra.a001507. 0263-2136. free.
9. Web site: History of the London Clinic: A Celebration of 75 Years. abebooks.co.uk. 13 November 2018.
10. Book: The Greater OMENTUM – Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, D. Liebermann-Meffert Springer.