Background
Augustus Aaron White was born on June 4, 1936, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of Augustus Aaron White, Jr. and Vivian Dandridge White.
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
In 1957 Augustus Aaron White received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University.
Stanford University, Stanford, California,United States
In 1961 Augustus Aaron White obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree from Stanford University.
(Combining orthopedic surgery with biomechanical engineeri...)
Combining orthopedic surgery with biomechanical engineering, this reference, and teaching text reviews and analyzes the clinical and scientific data on the mechanics of the human spine. This edition adds new material on vibration (i.e. road driving) and its effect on the spine; anatomy and kinematics.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0397503881/?tag=2022091-20
1978
(Drawing on new research as well as decades of clinical ex...)
Drawing on new research as well as decades of clinical experience, leading specialists Dr. Augustus White and Dr. Preston Phillips give you everything you need to know to manage this frustrating condition. To help you hone in on the source of your pain, they give a short primer on the basics of back mechanics as well as a discussion of the wide array of possible causes. Treatment is the primary focus of the book. Emphasizing evidence-based medicine, the authors give a full account of the risks and benefits associated with treatments from acupuncture to spine surgery. You will find out when self-care makes sense, when you need to see a doctor, what questions to ask, and how to tell if you need a second opinion. Along the way, you’ll learn about exciting advances in implant technology, recent studies on ergonomics, cutting-edge imaging technology, the newest forms of alternative care, and much more.
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Aching-Back-Doctors-Relief/dp/1416593012/?tag=2022091-20
1983
(Learn the principles of biomechanics that will help you i...)
Learn the principles of biomechanics that will help you improve patient care and further your understanding of the various aspects of musculoskeletal systems. This book examines the principles of mechanical engineering essential to the musculoskeletal system, and makes these concepts relevant to medical professionals and others who may not have the mathematical background of an engineer. Each biomechanical principle is described in five basic steps: definition; description; lay examples; clinical examples; and explanatory notes. Through this well-illustrated, cohesive discussion of biomechanics, you'll find an understandable and logical approach to the musculoskeletal system that will enhance any practice.
https://www.amazon.com/Biomechanics-Musculoskeletal-System-Manohar-Panjabi/dp/0443065853
2001
(If you’re going to have a heart attack, an organ transpla...)
If you’re going to have a heart attack, an organ transplant, or a joint replacement, here’s the key to getting the very best medical care: be a white, straight, middle-class male. This book by a pioneering black surgeon takes on one of the few critically important topics that haven’t figured in the heated debate over health care reform ― the largely hidden yet massive injustice of bias in medical treatment. Growing up in Jim Crow – era Tennessee and training and teaching in overwhelmingly white medical institutions, Gus White witnessed firsthand how prejudice works in the world of medicine. And while race relations have changed dramatically, old ways of thinking die hard. In Seeing Patients White draws upon his experience in startlingly different worlds to make sense of the unconscious bias that riddles medical treatment, and to explore what it means for health care in a diverse twenty-first-century America.
https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Patients-Unconscious-Bias-Health/dp/0674049055/?tag=2022091-20
2011
Augustus Aaron White was born on June 4, 1936, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of Augustus Aaron White, Jr. and Vivian Dandridge White.
In 1957 Augustus Aaron White received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University. Attending Brown University, White initially intended to go into psychiatry. This career goal was altered, however, when he played football for Brown and became interested in sports injuries and their treatment. As a result, White decided on a career as an orthopedic surgeon. In 1961 he obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree from Stanford University. In 1984 White graduated from the advanced management program at Harvard University Business School.
After serving an internship at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Augustus Aaron White worked as a resident orthopedic surgeon in both San Francisco and New Haven, Connecticut. He then served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, rising to the rank of captain in the medical corps and being awarded the Bronze Star. In 1969 White joined the faculty of Yale Medical School as an assistant professor and remained at the university for the next decade, becoming a full professor and then director of its biomechanical research department for orthopedics.
In 1969 White was awarded a doctorate from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden for his research in the biomechanics of the spine, work which focused on all aspects of spine mechanics and on fracture healing. He then went on to co-author a basic and first-of-its-kind text on the subject, Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine. Leaving Yale in 1978 to accept a position as professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, he also assumed a concurrent position as orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
White’s work has helped to draw attention to back pain, a malady that effects eighty percent of Americans between the ages of thirty and fifty. Almost anyone who has to sit for long periods at either a desk or behind the wheel of a vehicle is susceptible to back pain, according to White. The results of his research on the mechanics of the human spine have had practical applications; White advises that one should use the proper chair to provide lower back support, should know the correct way to lift heavy weights, and should practice sufficient exercise in between long periods of sitting. Involving the patient in the cure for back pain through education - spelling out the do’s and don’ts of lifting and sitting, for example - was highly encouraged by White.
From 1969 to 1978 he was an attending orthopedic surgeon at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In the same period of time he was a consulting surgeon at Veterans Administration Hospital (now VA Connecticut Healthcare System) in West Haven, and Hill Health Center in New Haven. From 1978 to 1991 he was an orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). Since retiring from surgery in 2001, White has researched and written about issues of diversity and cultural sensitivity in medicine.
(Combining orthopedic surgery with biomechanical engineeri...)
1978(If you’re going to have a heart attack, an organ transpla...)
2011(Learn the principles of biomechanics that will help you i...)
2001(Drawing on new research as well as decades of clinical ex...)
1983Augustus Aaron White is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the National Medical Association, the Orthopedic Residents Society, the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine.
Augustus Aaron White is married to Anita Ottemo. They have three children: Alissa Alexandra, Atina Andrea, Annica Akila.