Elizabeth Railey White, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending Anesthesiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
John Morgan Building 310
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BS (Chemistry)
University of Kentucky, 2007.
PhD (Chemical Biology)
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015.
MD
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015.
Cert. (Research Mentor Training: Effective Communication and Aligning Expectations)
Perelman School of Medicine, 2022.
Permanent linkBS (Chemistry)
University of Kentucky, 2007.
PhD (Chemical Biology)
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015.
MD
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015.
Cert. (Research Mentor Training: Effective Communication and Aligning Expectations)
Perelman School of Medicine, 2022.
Selected Publications
Alexis N. Dispensa, Sharon N. Greenwood, Jason Yang, Daniel E. Logatto,3 James Fusco, E. Railey White, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, Zhiwei Liu, and Brian P. Weiser: Biophysical insights into a cryptic ligand site in the hydrophobic core of human PCNA. Biophysical Journal 125: 1-18, July 2026.Dai-Bei Yang, Xiangyu Chen, E. Railey White, Thomas T. Joseph, Joseph S. : Assessing probe reliability: Functional group–specific biases revealed by interactome-wide docking of general anesthetics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123((23)): e2602689123, June 2026.
E. Railey White, Alex Dai, Christian B. Woods, Sangwook Jung, Maryellen F. Eckenhoff, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, George M. Burslem, Margaret M. Sedensky, Philip G. Morgan : Identification of isoflurane binding sites in murine complex I, a target of volatile anesthetics. IARS Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 2026.
E. Railey White, Alex Dai, Christian B. Woods, Sangwook Jung, Maryellen F. Eckenhoff, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, George M. Burslem, Margaret M. Sedensky, Philip G. Morgan : Binding sites of isoflurane to murine complex I, a target of volatile anesthetics. AUA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA March 2026.
Hough MK, Leso CR, Plasencia DM, Joseph TT, White ER: Functionalization of 1,3-Diisopropylbenzene to Probe the Antagonism of Propofol Anesthesia. ACS Chemical Neuroscience December 2025.
Jason Kwon, Sasha Bilal, Alex Jakubiak, Morgan K. Hough, E. Railey White: Influence of Anesthetic Antagonists on the Mandibular Movement Rate in Anesthetized Larval Zebrafish. 79th Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA79), New York, NY December 2025.
Jason Kwon, Sasha Bilal, Alex Jakubiak, Morgan K. Hough, E. Railey White: Influence of Anesthetic Antagonists on the Mandibular Movement Rate in Anesthetized Larval Zebrafish. Discovery Day 2025, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA November 2025.
Jakubiak, A.; Bilal, S.; Hough, M.K.; Kwon, K.B.; White, E.R.: Modulation of Anesthetic-Induced Respiratory Depression in Zebrafish. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX October 2025 Notes: Selected for Oral Presentation.
Vincent, Kathleen F.; Pal, Dinesh; Xie, Zheng; Fox, Aaron P.; White, E. Railey; Kelz, Max B.; Garcia, Paul S.; Calderon, Diany Paola; Plourde, Gilles; Vlisides, Phillip E.; Solt, Ken: Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 143(4): 1049-1089, October 2025.
Hough, M.K.; Plasencia, D.M.; White, E.R.: Administration of Volatile Anesthetics to Zebrafish Larvae for Behavioral Observation. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). (2022), e67896, June 2025.