Sat. Apr 27th, 2024

Thomas White, MD

Thomas Rhyne White was born in Gastonia NC and grew up in Cherryville NC. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University and attended medical school at Duke, with election to AOA. He completed a Family Medicine residency in Charlotte NC. He returned to his hometown in 1988, where he has practiced since. In 2015, he opened Hometown Direct Care, and in 2023, Hometown Healthy, a weight management practice. In 2015 he served as the President of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians. In 2020 he was selected the North Carolina Family Physician of the Year. He hosts a monthly podcast “Lessons Learned, Wisdom Shared.” He has completed 35 marathons, including 6 Bostons, and enjoys hiking and gardening. He aspires to hike the Appalachian Trail. He is married to Diana and they have 2 children, Whitney, an RN, and Daniel, a general surgeon, and 3 grandchildren, Lawson (9), Addy (5), and Grayson (1). In 2022 he was selected by his hometown of Cherryville as “Citizen of the Year.”