Harvey White | |
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 Harvey White at the Medical Society of London (2018) | |
| Born | 1936 (age 88–89) |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
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| 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.
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]
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]
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]
In 1965, White married Diana Bannister. They have a daughter, Phyllida, and son Charles. [1]