Stephen Porter (professor)
Stephen Porter | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Professor of Oral Medicine |
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| Institutions | University 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[edit]
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[edit]
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]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "New Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute". UCL News. 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Professor Stephen Porter". University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
- ^ "Faculty of Dental Surgery Biographies". Royal College of Surgeons England.
- ^ "Iris View Profile". Iris.ucl.ac.uk.
- ^ Porter, Stephen R.; Luker, Jane; Scully, Crispian; Glover, Stuart; Griffiths, Mark J. (1989). "Orofacial manifestations of a group of British patients infected with HIV‐1". Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 18 (1): 47–48. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0714.1989.tb00732.x. PMID 2746517.
- ^ Cook, R. D.; Hodgson, T. A.; Waugh ACW; Molyneux, E. M.; Borgstein, E.; Sherry, A.; Teo, C. G.; Porter, S. R. (2002). "Mixed patterns of transmission of human herpesvirus-8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) in Malawian families". Journal of General Virology. 83 (Pt 7): 1613–1619. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-83-7-1613. PMID 12075079.
- ^ Strange, Adam P.; Aguayo, Sebastian; Ahmed, Tarek; Mordan, Nicola; Stratton, Richard; Porter, Stephen R.; Parekh, Susan; Bozec, Laurent (2017). "Quantitative nanohistological investigation of scleroderma: an atomic force microscopy-based approach to disease characterization". International Journal of Nanomedicine. 12: 411–420. doi:10.2147/IJN.S118690. PMC 5238774. PMID 28138238.
- ^ "The Mouth and Lupus". Lupus UK.
- ^ "Oral and dental implications of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes". Ehlers-Danlos Support UK.
- ^ "New honorary doctors to lecture on measurement theory and oral medicine". AKADEMILIV.
- ^ "Edward Leo Sheridan Medal Winners". RCSI Faculty of Dentistry. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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