Jeffrey Austin White graduated from the University at Buffalo with a BSc degree in Aerospace Engineering, followed by a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to pursue his PhD at the Cardio-vascular Research Laboratory at the University of Miami.

Jeffrey began his career working for the National Science Foundation Center for Biosurfaces and has consulted for a diverse group of organizations, government agencies, and medical device manufacturers including: Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), St. Jude Medical, Medtronic, HeartPort, Medical Carbon Research Institute (MCRI™), and Advancing the Sciences.

He has worked 10 years at Miami Children’s Hospital along side the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. Redmond P. Burke for the # 1 ranked congenital heart surgery program in the world. He is the inventor of “Internet Rounds” a process by which caregivers can perform virtual rounds on patients via the Internet. He received national recognition in 2005 from the American Hospital Association as the recipient of the Innovator Award with Dr. Anthony Rossi for improving infant mortality rates by linking point-of-care testing machines to a web interface. His most current work with mobile handheld computing and information technology solutions in medicine has been featured both nationally and internationally in over 35 forms of print and media. His publications include two original manuscripts, three book chapters, and 10 contributing author papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Jeff is presently the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of a software development company called Teges located in Miami, Florida. Teges commercialized the idea of “Internet Rounds” into a product called i-Rounds®.  i-Rounds® currently has over 1,000 users and is installed in a half dozen hospitals around the country.