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'''Dr Mark Porter''' [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|MB]] [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|BS]] [[Anesthesia|DA]] [[Pediatrics|DCH]] (born September 1962, [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]]) is a medical doctor who appears on [[United Kingdom|UK]] television and radio to advise on medical problems. He also has a weekly |
'''Dr Mark James Porter''' [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|MB]] [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|BS]] [[Anesthesia|DA]] [[Pediatrics|DCH]] (born September 1962, [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]]) is a medical doctor who appears on [[United Kingdom|UK]] television and radio to advise on medical problems. He also has a weekly program on [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] called ''Case Notes'', where individual medical conditions are discussed for the whole program and acts a health consultant for [[Jeremy Vine]]'s programme on [[BBC Radio 5|Radio 5]]. He has a general practice in [[Wotton-under-Edge]] in [[Gloucestershire]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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He grew up in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, and went to [[Wycliffe College (Gloucestershire)|Wycliffe College]]. He studied at [[University College, London]] and [[Imperial College School of Medicine|Westminster Hospital Medical School]] (now [[Imperial College]] School of Medicine) and graduated in 1986. He has been a [[General practitioner|GP]] since 1990. He joined the BBC in 1992 as the doctor for the morning show [[Good Morning with Anne and Nick]] and was there for the show's whole run. He lives in the [[Cotswolds]] with his wife Ros, and two teenage daughters. He was the health editor for the [[Radio Times]] from 1993-2003. He presented the [[BBC One|BBC1]] programme ''Watchdog Healthcheck''. He has columns in the [[Evening Standard]], Sainsbury's Magazine and Closer. He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in |
He grew up in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, and went to [[Wycliffe College (Gloucestershire)|Wycliffe College]]. He studied at [[University College, London]] and [[Imperial College School of Medicine|Westminster Hospital Medical School]] (now [[Imperial College]] School of Medicine) and graduated in 1986. He has been a [[General practitioner|GP]] since 1990. He joined the BBC in 1992 as the doctor for the morning show [[Good Morning with Anne and Nick]] and was there for the show's whole run. He lives in the [[Cotswolds]] with his wife Ros, and two teenage daughters. He was the health editor for the [[Radio Times]] from 1993-2003. He presented the [[BBC One|BBC1]] programme ''Watchdog Healthcheck''. He has columns in the [[Evening Standard]], Sainsbury's Magazine and Closer. He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 2009 for services to medicine. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 20:46, 20 June 2007
Dr Mark James Porter MB BS DA DCH (born September 1962, Stroud) is a medical doctor who appears on UK television and radio to advise on medical problems. He also has a weekly program on Radio 4 called Case Notes, where individual medical conditions are discussed for the whole program and acts a health consultant for Jeremy Vine's programme on Radio 5. He has a general practice in Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire.
Background
He grew up in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, and went to Wycliffe College. He studied at University College, London and Westminster Hospital Medical School (now Imperial College School of Medicine) and graduated in 1986. He has been a GP since 1990. He joined the BBC in 1992 as the doctor for the morning show Good Morning with Anne and Nick and was there for the show's whole run. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife Ros, and two teenage daughters. He was the health editor for the Radio Times from 1993-2003. He presented the BBC1 programme Watchdog Healthcheck. He has columns in the Evening Standard, Sainsbury's Magazine and Closer. He was awarded the MBE in 2009 for services to medicine.