Carnegie Mellon University

Douglas White, MD, MAS

Douglas B White, MD, MAS

Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Science
UPMC Endowed Chair for Ethics in Critical Care Medicine
Director, Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, University of Pittsburgh

Address
University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine
3550 Terrace Street
Alan Magee Scaife Hall, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Bio

Research interests include:

  • Surrogate decision making in advanced illness
  • Communication about prognosis in critical illness
  • Complex behavioral interventions in critical care
  • Ethical issues in intensive care units

Education

  • BA, English Literature, Dartmouth College, 1995
  • MD, UCSF School of Medicine , 1999
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine , 2002
  • Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care, UCSF School of Medicine , 2005
  • MAS, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine , 2006
  • Fellowship, Clinical Ethics, UCSF School of Medicine , 2007