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Harvey White
Harvey White at the Medical Society of London (2018)
Born1936
NationalityBritish
OccupationSurgeon
Known for
WebsiteHarvey 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

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Harvey White was born in 1936.[1] He was educated at Winchester College between 1949 and 1954,[2] and Magdalen College, Oxford. He trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[1]

Career

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White was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1970.[1]

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.[3]

Between 1986 and 2003, he was chairman of the Brendoncare Foundation, following which he was appointed Chair of the Vice Patrons Committee.[3][4]

He was president of the Osler Club of London 1986–87.[5]

He is a past president of the Medical Society of London and vice-president of the British Association of Surgical Oncology[1] and the Royal Society of Medicine.[6] In 2012 he was the first recipient of the Royal Society of Medicine Medal.[1]

Retirement

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He founded and chairs the Old Wykehamist Medical Society.[2][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

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Harvey and his retired guide dog, Sunny, at the Royal Society of Medicine

In 1965, White married Diana Bannister. They have a daughter, Phyllida, and son Charles.[1]

Selected publications

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  • "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] ISBN 9783662023761
  • A Colour Atlas of Omental Transposition for Advanced Breast Carcinoma. Wolfe Medical, 1987. ISBN 0815157533
  • White, H (2002). "'For Merit'--in medicine". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 95 (6): 309–10. doi:10.1177/014107680209500616. PMC 1279920. PMID 12042385.
  • 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) ISBN 3-922777-42-2
  • A Career in Medicine: Do You Have What it Takes? Royal Society of Medicine Press (RSMP), London, 2000. (Editor) ISBN 9781853154621
  • Retiring from Medicine: Do You Have What it Takes? RSMPs, London, 2002. (Editor) ISBN 1853155020
  • A History of the London Clinic: A celebration of 75 years. RSMP, London, 2007. ISBN 9781853157127

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Harvey White". harveywhite.me.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Three Schools Medical Essay Prize" (PDF). The Trusty Servant: 11. November 2008.
  3. ^ a b White, Harvey. "Reflections on Dementia". lifebookuk.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ^ "The Royal Association: The Countess of Wessex- Brendoncare Foundation – Royal Central". royalcentral.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Presidents – The Osler Club of London". osler.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. ^ "A joint Royal Society of Medicine and Cumberland Lodge conference" (PDF). November 2010. p. 2.
  7. ^ "OW Clubs & Socieites Med Soc – Winchester College Wykeham Campaign". wincollsoc.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. ^ Carne, Stuart (1 April 2003). "Retiring from medicine: do you have what it takes?". Family Practice. 20 (2): 229. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.fampra.a001507. ISSN 0263-2136.
  9. ^ "History of the London Clinic: A Celebration of 75 Years". abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  10. ^ The Greater OMENTUM – Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, | D. Liebermann-Meffert | Springer.
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