Dr David White
Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant
MBBCh, BaOMSc, FFSEM
I am a highly experienced Consultant Physician in Sport, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Medicine (SEM), with expertise in managing a wide variety of musculoskeletal presentations across a patient’s journey. I work as part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering high-quality care to every patient.
I’m Clinical Lead for the SEM clinic at Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT), having been initially appointed in 2016. Alongside this, I have worked in elite level football for 15 years. This includes a position as Lead Medical Officer for the Irish Football Association, where I also work as Senior Men’s Team Doctor. I have also worked for several years within Premier League and Championship settings. I am a member of the new FSEM ‘Team Care Committee’, with a responsibility for standard-setting and training within the elite team care environment.
I have a keen interest in medical education and hold the role of Trust Speciality Training Lead for MFT. I am a Clinical and Education Supervisor of SEM trainees across their training programme, and an affiliate lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, teaching on a range of SEM topics. I am also Course Lead on the UEFA Football Doctor Education Programme (FDEP) held in Northern Ireland each year.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr David White at Spire include:
Sports and exercise medicine
- Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
- Pain management
Other treatments
- Athletic hip and groin pain
- Concussion management
- Exercise‑induced leg pain (EILP)
- Hip and groin sports injury
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Musculoskeletal injuries/pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Persistent joint pain including non‑surgical treatment for osteoarthritis
- Soft tissue injuries
- Sports injuries to bone, joints, ligaments and meniscus
- Sports medicine
- Sports related concussion
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
Bachelor of medicine / Queens University Belfast / 2004
Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics
Masters degree, Sports medicine / University of Glasgow / 2008
Masters degree, Sports medicine
Diploma SEM / Facility of Sport and Exercise Medicine / 2014
Diploma SEM
Professional memberships
British Medical Association
Faculty if Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK)
Professional leadership
Trust speciality training lead for sports and exercise medicine, MFT
Lead medical officer, Irish football association
Current NHS posts
Manchester Foundation Trust
Contact information
| Private secretary | Tessa Tingle |
| Private secretary telephone | 07842 414575 |
| Private secretary email | PARobinsonandWhite@orthteamcentre.co.uk |