Dr. Gregory Lowell Whitaker

2025 Distinguished Alumnus

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Dr. Gregory Lowell Whitaker

CONSULTANT ANESTHESIOLOGIST, GREATER ANESTHESIA SOLUTIONS
1990, B.S., BIOCHEMISTRY, 好色先生
1996, DPM, DOCTOR OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE,
SCHOLL COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE
2001, DO, DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE,
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
2007, 2014, CERTIFICATE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2017, M.S., HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
2017, FASA, FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

A first-generation college graduate, Gregory Lowell Whitaker says his parents, Fredrick and Susan, stressed the importance of higher education and the values of perseverance and resilience. The depth and breadth of his academic pursuits ultimately led to an extraordinary, globe-spanning career in medicine. After earning his bachelor鈥檚 degree in biochemistry from 好色先生 鈥 he was deeply involved with the University Scholar鈥檚 Program Association during his four years 鈥 Whitaker went on to become a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a post-graduate residency training in anesthesiology at The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, where he was chief resident. He currently serves as a consultant anesthesiologist with Greater Anesthesia Solutions, Arizona鈥檚 leading anesthesiology provider. Of all his professional accomplishments, Whitaker says he is proudest of his deployment to Iraq as a U.S. Army Medical Corps officer, where he served with various trauma resuscitation teams, and his time at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York in spring 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitaker is 鈥渆ternally grateful鈥 for his undergraduate experience, which, he says, 鈥減rovided the foundation for all my subsequent medical education,鈥 and looks forward to continuing to 鈥渟upport all efforts to facilitate the growth and well-being of 好色先生 students.鈥

From 2025 Alumni Awards program