4 , ▁in ▁ 1 3 ▁families . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Sh ade gan ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁Thomas ▁G . ▁Pick ering ▁( 1 9 4 0 ▁– ▁ 2 0 0 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁phys ician ▁and ▁academic . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁medicine ▁at ▁College ▁of ▁Phys icians ▁and ▁Sur ge ons , ▁Columbia ▁University ▁Medical ▁Center ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁intern ation ally ▁ren owned ▁expert ▁in ▁clin ical ▁hy pert ension ▁and ▁a ▁leader ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁hy pert ension ▁and ▁card i ov asc ular ▁behavior al ▁medicine . ▁He ▁co ined ▁the ▁term ▁" white - co at ▁hy pert ension " ▁to ▁describe ▁those ▁whose ▁blood ▁pressure ▁was ▁elev ated ▁in ▁the ▁doctor ' s ▁office , ▁but ▁normal ▁in ▁every day ▁life . ▁He ▁later ▁published ▁the ▁first ▁editor ial ▁describing ▁" mask ed ▁hy pert ension " ▁( the ▁opposite ▁phenomen on ). ▁He ▁also ▁discovered ▁and ▁gave ▁his ▁name ▁to ▁the ▁Pick ering ▁Sy nd rome , ▁where ▁bil ater al ▁ren al ▁ar tery ▁st en osis ▁causes ▁flash ▁pul mon ary ▁ed ema . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁Pick ering ▁received ▁his ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Medicine , ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁S urg ery ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁followed ▁by ▁M emb ership ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁College ▁of ▁Phys icians ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7