Professor Steve White
Qualifications
MB ChB (Hons), MD, FRCS (Gen Surg)
GMC number: 3664863
Practising since: 1992
Specialties
General Surgery
Consultation times
- Weekly Thursday 18:00–20:00
- Overview
About
Professor Steve White is a Consultant Laparoscopic, Liver and Pancreas Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital and Newcastle University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and serves on the Court of Examiners. He graduated with Honours in Surgery from the University of Leicester and was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree for his research.
His higher surgical training included rotations in Leicester and at the Leeds Liver Unit, during which he was awarded a number of prestigious fellowships. This training laid the foundation for his specialist expertise in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
Professor White is one of a small number of gallbladder, liver, and pancreas specialists in the UK working within a supra‑specialist liver and pancreas unit that also provides transplantation services. He has an international reputation in advanced laparoscopic surgery and was recently appointed Professor of Surgery.
He has one of the largest personal series of laparoscopic liver, pancreas, and gallbladder resections in the UK, while also offering less complex laparoscopic procedures, including surgery for gallstones and hernias.
In addition to his clinical work, Professor White manages complex referrals from overseas and undertakes high‑level medico‑legal work.
Professor White also plays a significant role at a national level. He is a Medical Advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and a member of the National Cancer Peer Review Team. He serves on the Council of both the Surgical Academic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Transplant Society.
Other interests
- All aspects of Gallbladder, Liver and Pancreatic surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery (Gallstones/Hernias)
- Bile duct injury/cancer
- Tumour Ablation Therapy
- Liver Transplantation
- Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Treatments and tests offered by Professor Steve White at Nuffield Health
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Hernia repair
- Bilateral inguinal hernia repair
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder removal)
Locations Professor Steve White works with
Related experience
Research
Professor White has published over 200 research articles and written chapters for various surgical text books on laparoscopic surgery. He has his own research group within the University of Newcastle and has been awarded nearly £4 million in research funding. His research interests include cancer of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas in addition to cell transplantation.
Memberships
- Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain
- Associations of Surgeons of Great Britain &
- Ireland
- The International Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Association
- The Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons
Other posts held
- Consultant Hepatobiliary, Laparoscopic and Liver Transplant Surgeon The Freeman Hospital
- Professor of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne