Dr. David N. Whitten, MD, PhD, FACEP

Expert Publications

• Slowed decay of the monkey's cone receptor potential by intense stimuli, and protection from this effect by light adaptation.
• Photopic suppression of monkey's rod receptor potential, apparently by a cone-initiated lateral inhibition.
• Selective chromatic adaptation in primate photoreceptors.
• The time courses of late receptor potentials from monkey cones and rods.
• Visual adaptation in monkey cones: recordings of late receptor potentials.

Media Releases

Get to know Emergency Physician Dr. David N. Whitten, who serves patients in Texas.

A seasoned emergency physician, Dr. Whitten is the Medical Director of The Beauty & Wellness Center, based in Texarkana, Texas. Specializing in various advanced techniques such as ultra-high definition laser, VASER liposuction/body sculpting, and scar revision, he has provided patients with outstanding results.

The Beauty & Wellness Center provides unique surgical & non-surgical services that enhance their patients’ health and beauty. Their team is empathetic, compassionate and dedicated to providing services that give a high-quality life for all their clients. They do this through skin & body treatments guided by individual medical evaluation.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Whitten graduated with his medical degree from the UCSF School of Medicine, and completed his residency in emergency medicine at San Francisco Medical Center of Kaiser Permanente.

Recognized as a National Faculty in Ultrasound and a Lifetime Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP), he is an accomplished scientist and university professor. His contributions to the scientific community can be seen through his numerous publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

To boot, Dr. Whitten’s passion for education is evident in his role as a physiology instructor at the prestigious University of California in San Francisco, where he has had the privilege of teaching medical, dental, nursing, graduate, and pharmacy students.

Beyond academia, he has been invited as a featured guest on various television and radio programs, including esteemed shows such as Good Morning America, The Today Show with Katy Couric, Maury Povich, and Larry King Live. He has also been invited as a guest of the Australian government to speak at a symposium in Adelaide, Australia.
Emergency medicine, also known as accident and emergency medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. An emergency physician works in an emergency department to care for acutely ill or injured patients on an unscheduled basis.

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