Mark Christopher Milson Porter,[1] MBE (born 12 November 1962 in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England) is a GP and medical correspondent for The Times and columnist for Saga Magazine.
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| Born | Mark Christopher Milson Porter 12 November 1962 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England |
| Alma mater | University College London and Westminster Hospital Medical School |
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| Children | 2 |
Porter has recently retired as a partner in NHS general practice in Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire and he lives in the Cotswolds with his wife Ros. He married Ros in July 1987 in Axbridge in Somerset. He is, contrary to rumour, not the cousin of Jeremy Clarkson.
Education
editHe grew up in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, and went to the independent schools Monmouth and Wycliffe College. He studied at University College London and Westminster Hospital Medical School (now Imperial College School of Medicine) and graduated in 1986. He played rugby at university, consuming much alcohol, around 30 pints a week, and smoked 20-a-day. By 1996 he drank about 28 units a week, largely at the weekend.[2][3]
He has been a GP since 1990 and was awarded MBE for services to medicine in 2005. In the early 1990s his surgery was at Locking Hill in Stroud, and he lived in Bisley, Gloucestershire from 1987.[4]
Media
editHe joined the BBC in 1992 as the doctor for the show Good Morning with Anne and Nick and was there for the show's whole run. He was the health editor for the Radio Times from 1993 to 2003. He presented the BBC1 programme Watchdog Healthcheck. He took over from Dr Thomas Stuttaford as The Times doctor in January 2009, and was doctor to The One Show (BBC One). He also presented Case Notes and Inside Health for BBC Radio 4. He also regularly appeared on The Jimmy Young Programme on BBC Radio 2, answering medical questions from listeners.
References
edit- ↑ "Mark Christopher Milson PORTER – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ↑ Western Daily Press Friday 19 July 1996, page 22
- ↑ Gloucestershire Echo Monday 22 May 1995, page 9
- ↑ Western Daily Press Saturday 10 October 1992