Harvey White

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. He was educated at Winchester College between 1949 and 1954,

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

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

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

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.

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.

Personal and family

In 1965, White married Diana Bannister. They have a daughter, Phyllida, and son Charles. A Colour Atlas of Omental Transposition for Advanced Breast Carcinoma. Wolfe Medical, 1987.

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.