Benjamin R. White
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Benjamin R. White, MD, MA

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-4100
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Dr. White received his medical degree from the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine and completed his Pediatric residency and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah/Primary Children´s Hospital. He served as faculty at the Penn State Children’s Hospital following graduation from fellowship before returning to University of Utah and Primary Children’s. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Critical Care and provides clinical care in the Pediatric ICUs at Primary Children’s Hospital and Utah Valley Hospital. Dr. White is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. White’s clinical interests center on respiratory failure in children, especially on those with severe disease requiring mechanical ventilation. His current research focuses on investigating Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and he is an active participant in the PALISI research network.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Dr. White received his medical degree from the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine and completed his Pediatric residency and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah/Primary Children´s Hospital. He served as faculty at the Penn State Children’s Hospital following graduation from fellowship before returning to University of Utah and Primary Children’s. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Critical Care and provides clinical care in the Pediatric ICUs at Primary Children’s Hospital and Utah Valley Hospital. Dr. White is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. White’s clinical interests center on respiratory failure in children, especially on those with severe disease requiring mechanical ventilation. His current research focuses on investigating Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and he is an active participant in the PALISI research network.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Critical Care
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education history

Doctoral Training Pre-Medicine - Michigan State University
Undergraduate Science Pre-Professional - University of Notre Dame B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine M.D.
Graduate Training Bioethics & Health Policy - Loyola University Chicago Graduate School M.A.
Residency Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
Graduate Training Clinical Research - Penn State College of Medicine M.Sc.
Graduate Training Clinical Investigation - University of Utah M.Sc.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Rogerson CM, Hogan AH, Waldo B, White BR, Carroll CL, Shein S (2024). Wide Institutional Variability in the Treatment of Pediatric Critical Asthma: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Pediatric critical care medicine, 25(1), 37-46.
  2. Rogerson CM, White BR, Smith M, Hogan AH, Abu-Sultaneh S, Carroll CL, Shein S (2024). Institutional Variability in Respiratory Support use for Pediatric Critical Asthma: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society,
  3. Halasa N, Zambrano LD, Amarin JZ, Stewart LS, Newhams MM, Levy ER, Shein SL, Carroll CL, Fitzgerald JC, Michaels MG, Bline K, Cullimore ML, Loftis L, Montgomery VL, Jeyapalan AS, Pannaraj PS, Schwarz AJ, Cvijanovich NZ, Zinter MS, Maddux AB, Bembea MM, Irby K, Zerr DM, Kuebler JD, Babbitt CJ, Gaspers MG, Nofziger RA, Kong M, Coates BM, Schuster JE, Gertz SJ, Mack EH, White BR, Harvey H, Hobbs CV, Dapul H, Butler AD, Bradford TT, Rowan CM, Wellnitz K, Staat MA, Aguiar CL, Hymes SR, Randolph AG, Campbell AP, RSV-PIC Investigator (2023). Infants Admitted to US Intensive Care Units for RSV Infection During the 2022 Seasonal Peak. JAMA network open, 6(8), e2328950.
  4. Shein SL, Maddux AB, Klein MJ, Bhalla A, Briassoulis G, Dahmer MK, Emeriaud G, Flori HR, Gedeit R, Ilia S, Kneyber MCJ, Napolitano N, Ohshimo S, Pons-Òdena M, Rubin S, White BR, Yehya N, Khemani R, Smith L, V4 PARDIE Investigators and the PALISI Network (2022). Epidemiology and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children at Risk for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Incidence and Epidemiology Study. Critical care medicine, 50(3), 363-374.
  5. Bhalla AK, Klein MJ, Modesto I Alapont V, Emeriaud G, Kneyber MCJ, Medina A, Cruces P, Diaz F, Takeuchi M, Maddux AB, Mourani PM, Camilo C, White BR, Yehya N, Pappachan J, Di Nardo M, Shein S, Newth C, Khemani R, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network (2022). Mechanical power in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: a PARDIE study. Critical care (London, England), 26(1), 2.
  6. White BR, Cadotte N, McClellan EB, Presson AP, Bennett E, Smith AG, Aljabari (2022). High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation in Viral Bronchiolitis. Respiratory care, 67(7), 781-788.
  7. Flaherty BF, Hummel K, Vijayarajah S, White BR, Outsen S, Larsen G (2022). Improving Knowledge of Active Safety and QI Projects Amongst Practitioners in a Pediatric ICU. Pediatric quality & safety, 7(3), e569.
  8. White BR, Hummel K, Algaze CA, Marrone T, Sinnott JA, Wawrzynski S, Winder M, Bailly (2021). Bedside Benchmarks: Transparent Data to Reduce Variation in Postoperative Care. NEJM catalyst innovations in care delivery, 2(6),
  9. White BR, Ermarth A, Thomas D, Arguinchona O, Presson AP, Ling C (2020). Creation of a Standard Model for Tube Feeding at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge. JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition, 44(3), 491-499.
  10. Ermarth A, Thomas D, Ling CY, Cardullo A, White B (2020). Effective Tube Weaning and Predictive Clinical Characteristics of NICU Patients With Feeding Dysfunction. JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition, 44(5), 920-927.
  11. White BR, Zhang C, Presson AP, Friddle K, DiGeronimo (2019). Prevalence and outcomes for assisted home feeding in medically complex neonates. Journal of pediatric surgery, 54(3), 465-470.

Review

  1. Killien EY, Loftis LL, Clark JD, Muszynski JA, Rissmiller BJ, Singleton MN, White BR, Zimmerman JJ, Maddux AB, Pinto NP, Fink EL, Watson RS, Smith M, Ringwood M, Graham RJ, POST-PICU and PICU-COS Investigators of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Networks (2021). Health-related quality of life outcome measures for children surviving critical care: a scoping review. Quality of life research, 30(12), 3383-3394.

Case Report

  1. Hunter BN, White B (2017). Case 6: Painful Nodules on Feet of an 11-year-old Boy. Pediatrics in review, 38(6), 288-289.

Editorial

  1. Chevalier A, Kennedy K, Clegg D, White B (2024). Noninvasive Respiratory Support in Pediatric Critical Asthma: What to Start and Where to Go?. Respiratory care, 69(5), 629-631.