Meet Dr. White

Academic Appointments

Dr. White has held teaching and leadership roles at leading institutions on both sides of the Atlantic:

• Former Director, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine
• Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine
• Visiting Professor in Plastic Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, England
• Graduate Fellow in Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Awards and Recognition

Dr. White's credentials have earned him recognition from the profession's most respected rating organizations. With his expertise in facelift surgery, he was named a Castle Connolly "Top Doctor." His honors include:

• Castle Connolly Top Doctor
• Healthgrades Honor Roll
• New Beauty Top Doctor 2026 since 2016
• Board certification recognition from the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Presentations and Lectures

Throughout his career, Dr. White has contributed to the advancement of the field through invited lectures and academic presentations. His talks have taken him to conferences and grand rounds nationally and internationally, covering topics from noninvasive imaging to ultrasound-based facial rejuvenation.

Selected Regional, National, and International Presentations

• American Academy of Dermatology, Washington D.C.: creating micro-ablative thermal regions within the deep dermis using intense ultrasound for nonablative facial rejuvenation
• American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Boston: selective transcutaneous delivery of energy to facial subdermal tissues using an ultrasound therapy system
• Royal Free Hospital, London: a new frontier in noninvasive imaging with confocal reflectance microscopy
• International Millennium Meeting of Endocrine Surgeons, London: intraoperative assessment techniques using confocal reflectance microscopy

His research and poster presentations have also been featured at meetings of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and international dermatology and laser conferences, reflecting a career spent at the intersection of surgery and emerging technology.

Regional, National, or International Contribution Invited Presentations:

• 05/00– Grand Rounds (Plastic Surgery), Royal Free Hospital, London, England“A New Frontier in Noninvasive Imaging: Confocal Reflectance Microscopy”
• 05/00– International Millennium Meeting of Endocrine Surgeons, London, England“A Noninvasive Technique for Intraoperative Assessment of Parathyroid Glands: Confocal Reflectance Microscopy”
• 08/00– Grand Rounds (Otolaryngology), Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH“A New Frontier in Noninvasive Imaging: Confocal Reflectance Microscopy”
• 08/00– Grand Rounds (Otolaryngology), Case Western Reserve Hospitals, Cleveland, OH“A New Frontier in Noninvasive Imaging: Confocal Reflectance Microscopy”
• 04/06– American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Boston, MA“Selective Transcutaneous Delivery of Energy to Facial Subdermal Tissues Using the Ultrasound Therapy System.”
• 10/06– New England Otolaryngological Society, Boston, MA “Addressing the Arytenoid in the Treatment of Paralytic Dysphonia.”
• 02/07– American Academy of Dermatology, Washington, D.C.“Creation of micro-ablative thermal regions within the deep dermis by Intense Ultrasound (IUS): a new tool for nonablative facial rejuvenation”

Poster Presentations:

• 05/98 – International Investigative Dermatology Conference,Cologne, Germany“Clinical, Real-Time Confocal Imaging of Human Oral Mucosa In Vivo”
• 07/98 – Gordon Research Conference: Lasers in Med and Bio,Kimball Union, NH“Video-Rate Confocal Imaging of Unstained Normal and Diseased Living Tissue In Vivo”
• 09/98 – American Academy of Otolaryngology/HNS,San Antonio, TX“Real-Time Confocal Reflectance Imaging of Head and Neck Tissue”
• 03/99 – American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine,Orlando FL“Kinetics of Protoporphyrin IX Synthesis After the Topical Application of Aminolevulinic Acid in the Oral Cavity”
• 09/99 – American Academy of Otolaryngology/HNS,New Orleans, LA“Confocal Reflectance Microscopy: A Noninvasive Imaging System for the Detection of Oral Precancer”
• 09/99 – American Academy of Otolaryngology/HNS,New Orleans, LA“Noninvasive Imaging of Oral Precancer Using Optical Coherence Tomography”
• 09/03 – American Academy of Otolaryngology/HNS,Orlando, FL“The Use of the Thoracodorsal Nerve for Facial Nerve Grafting in the Setting of Pedicled Latissimus Dorsi Reconstruction”
• 05/05 – American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology,Las Vegas, NV“The Use of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring in the Pediatric Patient”
• 09/05 – American Academy of Otolaryngology/HNS,Los Angeles, CA“Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Visceral Tissue Identification In Thyroid Surgery”

What Patients Say

Dr. White is known for his compassionate bedside manner and his conservative methods that yield beautiful, natural results. He takes time to understand each patient's specific goals and works with them to shape a realistic vision. One patient shared:

"I could not be more pleased with the results of my facelift with Dr. White. I felt like he really listened to what I wanted, and the results exceeded my expectations. Most importantly, my neck has the well-defined youthful look I was hoping for."