Hall of Fame - Dr. Harvey White
Dr Harvey D White is now a director of Coronary Care and Cardiovascular Research at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, and a Honorary Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland. He received MBCh B. And Doctorate of Science from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1973 and 1995 respectively, He started his career as a House Surgeon at Kew Hospital in New Zealand in 1974 and has moved to work at Green Lane Hospital in 1978 as a Cardiology Registrar
Dr White has delivered lectures in 27 countries to promote the wider use of thrombolytic therapy, and has contributed 169 peer-reviewed journal articles, 18 editorials and 22 textbook chapters to the scientific literature. He is also an editorial board member of eight medical journals, including Heart and Circulation, and reviews research papers for 15 journals. As a result of his work, thrombolytic therapy was introduced several years earlier than would otherwise have been possible, and many lives have been saved as a result.