Dr. White is Vice Chair and Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He holds the UPMC Endowed Chair for Ethics in Critical Care Medicine. He directs the University’s Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, which is the first program in the country focused on ethical issues in critical care medicine.  

Dr. White graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1995 with a degree in English Literature.  He received his medical degree from UCSF in 1995 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Also at UCSF, Dr. White completed a residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and a fellowship in Clinical Ethics. 

Dr. White’s scholarship focuses on ethical issues that arise in the care of critically ill patients and on developing interventions to improve surrogate decision making for incapacitated, seriously ill patients. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2005 and has also received funding from a number of foundations including the Greenwall Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Beckwith Institute.  

He has published more than 200 peer reviewed articles and has received numerous awards for his scholarship, including the Grenvik Award for Ethics from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Distinguished Research Mentor Award from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an elected fellow of the Hastings Center and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is a designated diversity champion at the Pitt School of Medicine. 

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