Professor Paul F. 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. Dr. White obtained postgraduate training in both Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at UC San Francisco, and has board certification in both medical specialties. Dr. White was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Australasian College of Surgeons (ASCS) in 1991 and a Fellowship in the Royal College of Anesthetist of Australia and New Zealand (ANZCA) in 1992. Dr. White was a professor of anesthesiology at Stanford University and Washington University, as well as holder of an endowed chair of anesthesiology and pain management at UT Southwestern Medical Center.