Stephen Porter (professor)

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Stephen Porter
NationalityBritish
OccupationProfessor of Oral Medicine
Academic background
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity College London
University College London Hospital Royal_Free_Hospital

Stephen Porter is Director of UCL Eastman Dental Institute where he has been Professor of Oral Medicine since 1997.[1] He is a consultant in Oral Medicine at University College Hospital, London[2] and a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons. Porter has published more than 450 scholarly works,[3] including the scientific journals The BMJ, The British Dental Journal and The Journal of the American Dental Association.

Early life and education[]

Porter was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was educated at The High School of Glasgow and Langside College, Glasgow before graduating from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Porter went on to graduate from the University of Bristol with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery and a Doctor of Medicine.[1]

He was awarded a Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1987.

Research and career[]

Porter is Professor of Oral Medicine and Head of the Division of Maxillofacial Medical Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences at UCL Eastman Dental Institute.[4] He was appointed as Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in 2008.[1]

Porter’s research has focused on identifying diagnosing and preventing pre-cancer and cancer of the mouth and establishing treatments that lessen the adverse effects of cancer therapy. His research has reported several firsts including: reporting the impact of AIDS and HIV disease on the mouth,[5] discovering the immunogenetic basis of aggressive periodontitis, reporting the viral cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma (HHIV-8) in the mouth of some immune deficient patients[6] and describing the oral disease and the impact on oral health of scleroderma.[7]

He has worked with a host of patient groups to improve oral health and access to dental treatment for children and adults with complex medical problems, including SRUK, Lupus UK[8] and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK.[9]

Awards[]

  • Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 2011[10]
  • Menzies Campbell Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2015
  • Edward Leo Sheridan Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 2020[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "New Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute". UCL News.
  2. ^ "Professor Stephen Porter". University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
  3. ^ "Faculty of Dental Surgery Biographies". Royal College of Surgeons England.
  4. ^ "Iris View Profile". Iris.ucl.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Orofacial manifestations of a group of British patients infected with HIV‐1". Journal of Oral Pathology of Medicine.
  6. ^ "Mixed patterns of transmission of human herpesvirus-8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) in Malawian families". Journal of General Virology.
  7. ^ "Quantitative nanohistological investigation of scleroderma: an atomic force microscopy-based approach to disease characterization". International Journal of Nanomedicine.
  8. ^ "The Mouth and Lupus". Lupus UK.
  9. ^ "Oral and dental implications of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes". Ehlers-Danlos Support UK.
  10. ^ "New honorary doctors to lecture on measurement theory and oral medicine". AKADEMILIV.
  11. ^ "Edward Leo Sheridan Medal Winners". RCSI Faculty of Dentistry. Retrieved 5 April 2021.


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