Stephen Porter

Stephen Porter is Director of UCL Eastman Dental Institute where he has been Professor of Oral Medicine since 1997. He is a consultant in Oral Medicine at University College Hospital, London and a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons. Porter has published more than 450 scholarly works, 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. He was appointed as Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in 2008. 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 and describing the oral disease and the impact on oral health of scleroderma.

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 and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK.

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