Research Interests

Cardiovascular pathology, regenerative medicine, sudden death in children and young adults

Spotlight

Dr. Steven White is a forensic and cardiovascular pathologist, board-certified in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He works as a forensic pathologist at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and as a cardiovascular and autopsy pathologist at Toronto General Hospital (UHN).

He obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology and a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from Tulane University before obtaining a combined MD/PhD (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. His research focused on using embryonic stem cells to study development of specialized cardiac pacemaking and conducting cells. 

After medical school, Dr. White completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), followed by a fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office in Chicago, where he worked as an Assistant Medical Examiner and Cardiovascular Pathology Consultant. He served on the faculties of Northwestern University and Rush University.

Dr. White helped establish a Provincial forensic pathology service for the BC Coroners Service, overseeing a team of forensic pathologists and teaching medical students and pathology residents at the University of British Columbia.