Dr. Stephen D. White became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) in 1983. A graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California at Davis, he did his internship and dermatology residency at Davis as well. He has held faculty positions at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, before joining the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California at Davis as a full Professor in 1998. 

Dr. White has thrice been a sabbatical professor at the National School of Veterinary Medicine in Nantes, France, and has served as president of the ACVD, three times as Secretary of the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology, and is currently the Secretary of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology.

Dr. White has published over 130 scientific papers in refereed journals, numerous book chapters, and has lectured throughout North America, Europe and Asia. His interests are dermatologic manifestation of internal disease, food allergy, and dermatology of equine, farm and exotic animals.

Dr. White received the ACVD’s Award of Excellence in 2000, the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology’s Frank Kral Award in 2020, the American Veterinary Medical Association Clinical Research Award in 2022 and has been accorded the UC Davis honorific title ‘Distinguished Professor Emeritus’.