Frances V. White, MD

Professor, Pathology & Immunology

Additional Titles

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics
  • Chief of Pathology, Barnes-Jewish County Hospital
  • Medical Lab Director, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Education

  • B.A. in Biology: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (1975)
  • M.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1978)
  • Medical Degree: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1989)
  • Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (1993)
  • Residency in Pathology (Affiliate): Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1993)
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Pathology: Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA (1994)

Board Certifications

  • Missouri Medical License
  • Diplomat of the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • Diplomat of the American Board of Pathology in Pediatric Pathology

Recognition

  • 1975 – Charles M. Cannon Memorial Prize in Biology (second place), Princeton University
  • 1986 – McGraw Hill Book Award, University of North Carolina Medical School
  • 1986 & 1987 – Alumni Loyalty Merit Award, University of North Carolina Medical School
  • 1986 & 1987 – Medical School Merit Award, University of North Carolina Medical School
  • 1986 & 1987 – Holderness Fellow, University of North Carolina Medical School
  • 1993 – Meyer Travel Award, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Interests

  • GI & Pancreatic Pathology

Research Interests

Dr. White’s research interests in pediatric pathology are focused on medical liver and lung disease. She also has a strong interest in gastrointestinal diseases including Hirschsprung disease.

Publications

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Invited Papers, Reviews and Chapters

White FV: book review of Potter’s Atlas of Fetal and Infant Pathology edited by E Gilbert-Barness, Am J Clin Pathol 2000;114:815.
White FV, Dehner LP: Viral diseases of the liver in children. Diagnostic and differential diagnostic considerations, Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology,25:245-262, 2004.
White FV: “Salivary Glands,” In: E Gilbert-Barness ed., Potter’s Pathology of the Fetus and Infant, 2nd edition, Mosby, St. Louis, 2007.
White FV, Sarangaraian R. Pathology of Small Intestinal Transplantation. In: Pathology of Solid Organ Transplantation, Liapis H, Wang H, eds. Springer. Heidelberg, 2011.
Jarzembowski JA and White FV. Kidney: pediatric renal neoplasms. In: The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology, Humphrey PA, Dehner LP, Pfeifer JD, eds. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia. 2012. 2nd Edition.
Agarwal, A, White FV. Electron Microscopy. In: The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology, Humphrey PA, Dehner LP, Pfeifer JD, eds. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia. 2012. 2nd Edition.
White FV. Lung Neoplasms in Infants and Children. In: Pulmonary Pathology, Zander DS and Farver CF, eds. Elsevier. Philadelphia, 2016. 2nd Edition (in press).

Assistant
Billie Charlton
314-273-1742
billie.charlton@wustl.edu

Office Location: BJC-IH Building, Room 3308