MYRTLE BEACH COSMETIC SURGERY

Educational Background

Dr. White obtained his degree in 1975 at the Citadel, graduating with honors. In 1979, under an Air Force scholarship, Dr. White earned his Medical Degree at the Medical University of South Carolina. After medical school, he completed a one-year surgical internship at Keesler USAF Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. He continued his surgical training with a five year General Surgery residency at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was selected to a plastic surgery residency at the prestigious Wilford Hall Medical Center, the largest medical center in the United States Air Force, which receives referrals and complicated problems from all over the world.

After residency, he was then assigned to Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center in West Germany and was promoted to Chief of Plastic Surgery. He was the first plastic surgeon ever permanently assigned to the European Theater. While serving in the Air Force with distinction, he gained extensive experience in burns and facial trauma through his medical work during the Pan AM hostage incident, U.S.S. Stark missile attack, and the Italian Aerial Disaster at Ramstein Air Base. He then left the Air Force and continued in the United States Air Force Reserves and has currently attained the rank of Colonel. He has received the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal while serving his duty at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC.

Certification / Memberships

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• American Board of Surgery
• American Medical Association