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Staff Profile

Arthur White, M.D.
Medical Director

Personal Education
Professional Training Professional Experience
Board Certification Hospital Appointments
Professional Societies Major Appointments
Publications Presentations

PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS

Back Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment for the Primary Care Physician. Editor-in-Chief, Merck & Company, 1981

Instructor's Guide for the Back School. Co-authored with William Mattmiller, St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1982

The Portable Back School: A Home Study Program for Proper Back Care. Co-authored with Ray Mulry. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1982

Back School and Other Conservative Approaches to Low Back Pain. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1983

Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. Co-editor with Richard H. Rothman, and Charles D. Ray, and contributing author. Philadelphia, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

Conservative Care of Low Back Pain. Co-editor with Robert Anderson and contributing author. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1991

Spine Care: Diagnosis & Treatment. Editor in Chief. St. Louis. C.V. Mosby Co., 1995

PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS

White AH: "Spondylolisthesis Following Lumbar Surgery." Neurosurgical Symposium on Spinal Stenosis. San Francisco, University of California, 1975

White AH: "The Hip." Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of The Hip Society. St. Louis, G.V. Mosby Co., 1977

White AH: "Conservative Care of Low Back Pain. Instructional Course Lectures," American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1979

White AH: "Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient." Symposium on the Lumbar Spine. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Frederick W. Brown, ed. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1981

White AH: "Low Back Patient Goes to School." Symposium on the Lumbar Spine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Frederick W. Brown, ed. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1981

White AH: "Optimistic Reoperation for Chronic Lumbar Spine Pain." Symposium on the Lumbar Spine. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Frederick W. Brown, editor. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1981

White AH: "Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery." Perspectives in Radiology San Francisco, University of California Radiology Research and Education Foundation, 1983

White AH, Janowitz I: "Low Back Pain–Current Management Concepts" (Booklet) Roche Laboratories, November 1984

"Conservative Care of Low Back Pain: Back School, Epidural Blocks, Mobilization." Instructional Course Lectures. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1985

White AH: "Surgical Correction of Failed Posterior Spine Surgery. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome." Spine: State of the Art Reviews. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 1986

"Failed Back Surgery Syndrome," Spine: State of the Art Reviews. Editor and contributing author. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Vol. 1, No. 1, September 1986

Hsu K, Zucherman TF, White AH, Wynne G: "Internal Fixation with Pedicle Screws." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

White AH: "Some Opinions of General Orthopedists and Superspecialists." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V, Mosby Co., 1987

White AH, Watkins R, Ray CD: "Surgical Anatomy and Nomenclature." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

White AH, Hsu K: "Failed Posterior Spine Surgery." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

White AH: "Lumbar Fusion with Distraction Rods." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

Hsu K, Zucherman IF, White AH: "Bone Grafts and Implants in Spine Surgery." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Toward Percutaneous Spine Fusion." Lumbar Spine Surgery: Techniques and Complications. AH White, RH Rothman, CD Ray, eds. St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Co., 1987

White AH: "Conservative Care of Low Back Pain." Spine Update 1987. H Genant, ed. San Francisco, University of California Radiology Research and Education Foundation, 1987

White AH: "Laminectomy and Fusion in the Athlete." Spine, State of the Art Reviews, Spinal Injuries in Sports. SH Hochschuler, ed. Volume 4, No. 2. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, May 1990

White AH: "Laminectomy and Fusion in the Athlete." The Spine in Sports. SH Hochschuler, ed. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, pp. 275-280, 1990

White AH: "Successful Surgical Outcome in an Athlete." The Spine in Sports. SH Hochschuler, ed. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, pp. 301-302, 1990

White AH: "Introduction to Conservative Care." AH White, R Anderson, eds. Conservative Care of Low Back Pain. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, pp. 3-7, 1991

White AH, Anderson R: "The Challenge of Conservative Care." AH White, R Anderson, eds. Conservative Care of Low Back Pain. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, pp. 427-434, 1991

White AH: "The Role of Surgical Intervention in the Management of Lumbar Spine Problems." Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Co., pp. 223-231, 1991

White AH: "Technological Advances in Spine Care." Surgical Technology International. Century Press, pp.371-375, 1991

White AH: "The Back School of the Future." Occupational Medicine. Back School Programs. LA White, ed. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, pp. 179-182, 1992

KY Hsu, J Zucherman, AH White: "The Long-Term Effect of Lumbar Spine Fusion: Deterioration of Adjacent Motion Segments." Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization. Springer-Verlag, pp. 54-64, 1993

Janowitz IL, White, AH: "Preventing Back Injury." Occupational Health & Safety. J LaDou, ed. National Safety Council, 1994

Nordhoff, Jr., LS, White, AH: "Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries." Pleasanton, Aspen Publishers, Inc., pp. 200-204, 1996

White, AH, Brotzman, SB: "Low Back Disorders." Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. ed. SB Brotzman, St. Louis, Mosby-Year book, Inc., pp. 371-387, 1996

PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES

White AH: "Supracondylar fractures of the femur in the elderly, A new approach in management." Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol. 2, No. 2, November 1978

White AH, Derby R, Wynne G: "Epidural injections for the diagnosis and treatment of low-back pain." Spine Vol. 5, No. 1:78-86, February 1980

White AH: "Low back injury prevention at Southern Pacific Railroad: Five years experience with a back school model." Orthopaedic Transactions, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1982

White AH: "Injection techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain." Symposium on Education and Care of Lumbar Spine Problems. V. Mooney, ed. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America Vol. 14, No. 3:553-567, July 1983

White AH, Wynne G, Taylor LW: "Knodt rod distraction lumbar fusion." Spine Vol. 8, No. 4:434-437, June 1983

White AH: "Lumbosacral distraction fusions of three to four levels with Harrington rods." Abstracts of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 1983

Zucherman JF, White AH: "The back school approach to low back pain." The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 11, October 1984

White AH, Zucherman JF: "Lumbosacral fusions with Harrington rods and intersegmental wiring." Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Vol. 203; October 1984

White AH, Zucherman JF, Hsu K: "Lumbosacral fusions with Harrington rods and intersegmental wiring." Clin Orthop (203):185-189, February 1986

White AH: "Back to health: Running can help strengthen support system for your spine and banish low back pain." Runner's World, May 1986

White AH, von Rogov P, Zucherman J, Heiden D: "Lumbar laminectomy for herniated disc: A prospective controlled comparison with internal fixation fusion." Spine, Vol. 12, No. 3:305-307, April 1987

White AH: "Treatment of the industrial back. Part I: The epidemiology and diagnostics: Perspectives of the physician." Topics in Acute Care and Trauma Rehabilitation: Industrial Back Injuries, Vol. 2, No. 3:50-66, January 1988

Hsu K, Zucherman JF, Derby R, White AH, Goldthwaite N, Wynne G: "Painful lumbar end-plate disruptions: A significant discographic finding." Spine Vol. 13, No. 1:76-78, January 1988

Clark WL, Haldeman S, Johnson P, Morris J, Schulenberger C, Trauner D, White AH: "Back impairment and feasibility determination: Another attempt at objective, reliable rating." Spine Vol. 13, No. 3:332-341, March 1988

White AH: "Treatment of the industrial back. Part II: Clinical applications, perspectives of the physician." Topics in Acute Care and Trauma Rehabilitation: Industrial Back Injuries Vol. 2, No. 4:63-72, April 1988

Zucherman JF, Hsu K, White A, Wynne G: "Early results of spinal fusion using variable spine plating system." Spine Vol. 13, No. 5:570-579, May 1988

Mooney V, Haldeman S, Nasca RJ, White AH, Nix JE, Wiltse L: "Position statement on discography." Spine Vol. 13, No. 12:1343, December 1988

Zucherman TF, Derby R, Hsu K, Picetti G, Kaiser J, Schofferman T, Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Normal magnetic resonance imaging with abnormal discography." Spine Vol. 13, No. 12:1355-1359, December 1988

Schofferman L, Schofferman J, Zucherman TF, Gunthorpe H, Hsu K, Picetti G, Goldthwaite N, White AH: "Occult infections causing persistent low back pain." Spine Vol. 14, No. 4:417-419, April 1989

White AH, Reynolds JB: "Internal fixation of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine." The Western Journal of Medicine, June 1989

Mooney V, Kane WT, Lee CK, Simmons JW, White AH: "The role of electrical stimulation in spinal fusions–double blind results." Contemporary Orthopaedics Vol. 19, No. 5:569-590, November 1989

White AH, Goldthwaite N: "Management of the athlete with spondylolisthesis." Surgical Rounds for Orthopaedics Vol. 3, No. 6:20-27, June 1990

Saal JS, Franson RC, Dobrow R, Saal JA, White AH, Goldthwaite N: "High levels of inflammatory Phospholipase A2 activity in lumbar disc herniations." Spine Vol. 15, No. 7:674-678, July 1990

Hsu K, Zucherman J, Shea W, Kaiser T, White A, Schofferman J, Amelon C: "High lumbar disc degeneration: Incidence and etiology." Spine Vol. 15, No. 7:679-682, July 1990

Schofferman J, Schofferman L, Zucherman T, Hsu K, White A: "Metabolic bone disease in lumbar pseudarthrosis." Spine Vol. 15, No. 7:687--689, July 1990

White AH: "The role of surgical intervention in the management of lumbar spine problems." Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America Vol. 2, No. 1:223232, February 1991

White AH: "Spinal instability." Journal of Spinal Disorders Vol. 5, No. 1:137-148, July 1992

Hsu K, Zucherman JF,White AH, Reynolds T, Goldthwaite, N: "Deterioration of motion segments adjacent to lumbar spine fusions." Spine (In press.)

Barrick W, Schofferman J, Reynolds J, Goldthwaite N, McKeehen M, White A: "Anterior fusion improves discogenic pain at levels of posterolateral fusion." Submitted for publication. Spine, 1996

Palit M, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, Reynolds J, Kerner M, Keaney D, Lawrence-Miyasaki L, White AH: "Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion relieves axial pain." Submitted for publication. Spine, 1996

Garges K, White AH, Scott J: "Acute Lumbar Spine Problems in the Competitive Adult Athlete." Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, pp. 172-181, 1997

White, AH: "Distinguishing facet from disc problems in chronic neck pain." The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 6, p. 89, June 1997

Garges K, White AH, Koestler M: "The Difficult Spine Diagnosis and Management," Conservation Management of Cervical Spine Syndromes, Stamford, Appleton & Lange, Submitted for publication 1997


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