Paul Dudley White

Biography

• Born 6 June 1886 Massachusetts
• 1913 – MD, Harvard Medical School
• 1914-1918 – WW1 initially serving for the British Force in France and then the American Expeditionary force and Red Cross in Greece
• 1919 onwards – Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1931 – published his hugely popular monograph ‘Heart Diseases’
• 1954-1958 – President of International Society of Cardiology
• 1955 – cardiologist to President Dwight D. Eisenhower after his heart attack
• Died 31 October 1973

Medical Eponyms

• Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (1930)
• S_I Q_III T_III  pattern on ECG (1935)

Major Publications

• Wolff L, Parkinson J, White PD. Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia. American Heart Journal. 1930; 5: 685-704 [Reprint: Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2006 Oct;11(4):340-53. PMID 17040283]
• Lee RI, White PD. A clinical study of the coagulation time of blood. Am J Med Sci 1913; 145:495-503.
• White PD. The Second World Congress of Cardiology. Circulation Research. 1954;2:189-190
• White PD. Heart Disease. Macmillan. 1931
• McGinn S and White PD. Acute Cor Pulmonale Resulting From Pulmonary Embolism. JAMA 1935;104(17):1473-1480 [S₁Q₃T₃ pattern]
• White PD. My life and medicine – An autobiographical memoir. Gambit. 1971

References

• Tan SY, Kwock E. Paul Dudley White (1886–1973): Pioneer in modern cardiology. Singapore Med J. 2016 Apr; 57(4): 215–216. [PMC4853490]
• Obituary: Dr. Paul Dudley White Is Dead at 87. NY Times 1 Nov 1973
• Smith KS. Paul Dudley White. Br Heart J. 1974 Jun; 36(6): 608. [PMC458867]
• Davies MK, Hollman A. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973). Heart. 1996 Aug; 76(2): 182. [PMC484471]
• Spodick DH. Editorial: P.D.W.-the gentle titan Paul Dudley White, June 6, 1886–Oct 31, 1973. JAMA. 1973 Dec 17;226(12):1459. [PMID 4586426]
• Portrait: Paul Dudley White. Alchetron 17.11.2017