Catherine White
Catherine White, OBE, is a forensic physician and the clinical director of St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre. She is a specialist in the treatment of sexual assault and rape victims.White was inspired to improve the services available to sexua
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Catherine White, OBE, is a forensic physician and the clinical director of St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre. She is a specialist in the treatment of sexual assault and rape victims.White was inspired to improve the services available to sexual assault and rape victims after hearing a story of a woman who had been raped and unable to find a suitable female doctor to conduct an examination.[1] She subsequently trained in this specialism, and became a forensic physician in 1995, specialising in examining people. White became the clinical director for St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in 2003.[2] Her work at the centre involves treating both women and men, and providing psychological care in addition to forensic services.[3]
White serves on the academic committee of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, which she represents on national committees. She has previously held the position of vice president, forensic medicine, of the faculty, and is the current deputy chief examiner, sexual offences medicine. White is one of examiners appointed by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to oversee the Diploma in the Forensic and Clinical Aspects of Sexual Assault (DipFCASA).
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