Nathan J. White, MD, MS, FACEP, DRTM

Nathan White M.D., M.S., is Associate Professor and Associate Chair Research, Department of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. WA USA. Dr. White also holds adjunct appointments with the Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering and is the inaugural director of the Resuscitation Engineering Science Unit (RESCU), an interdisciplinary research center focused on translating new technology for resuscitation of critical illness and injury. In addition, Dr. White is an attending physician at Harborview Medical Center, a busy level I trauma center admitting almost 6,000 trauma patients every year from the Pacific Northwest and a flight doctor with Airlift Northwest.

Dr. White focuses his research on the blood coagulation response to acute hemorrhage and resuscitation with an emphasis on fibrinogen biochemistry. Dr. White works within cross-disciplinary teams of clinicians, basic scientists, and engineers to focus on problems germane to bleeding emergencies including; Identifying novel post-translational oxidative modifications of fibrinogen and their contribution to traumatic coagulopathy; Identifying the role of platelet mechanobiology in bleeding and outcomes after trauma; Developing new hemostatic agents, including fibrinogen concentrates, and bioengineered synthetic hemostats; and the effect of immunomodulation on trauma-induced inflammation and coagulopathy. Dr. White has received the Young Investigator Award from the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium twice along with the best basic science award and young investigator award from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.