Robert White

Robert White, M.D., M.S., serves as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. His clinical practice focuses on obstetric anesthesiology with expertise in addressing healthcare disparities through perioperative care optimization.

His research centers on racial and socioeconomic disparities in anesthesia care, particularly examining how social determinants of health impact maternal outcomes, pain management, and surgical recovery. Key themes include racial bias in labor analgesia, environmental health impacts on perioperative care, and structural barriers to equitable anesthesia delivery. His work utilizes multistate database analyses and mixed-methods approaches to dissect disparities across cesarean delivery, joint arthroplasty, and cardiac surgery contexts.

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent focus on

• Racial disparities in enhanced recovery protocols
• Environmental sustainability in anesthesia
• Virtual reality applications for pain procedures
• Neighborhood disadvantage impacts on surgical outcomes

His findings frequently appear in high-impact journals including International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia and Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

White holds appointments through Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Anesthesiology, contributing to clinical care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. His educational background includes M.D. and M.S. degrees from Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2014) and B.S. from Cornell University (2009).