Dr White has been involved in surgical education for more than 30 years and obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education from the University of Calgary in 2009.  He was selected as the John Provan Canadian Outstanding Surgical Educator for 2010/11 and was awarded the University of Alberta’s McCalla Professorship in 2010 for Research in Teaching. He is the co-creator of Surgery 101. He is the University of Alberta’s first Tom Williams Endowed Chair in Surgical Education and the first surgeon ever selected as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, and also received the University of Alberta’s Rutherford Award for Excellence in Teaching.