Professor Stephen Porter

Professor Stephen Porter

Associate Dentist

GDC No. 56791 | GMC No. 3432424 MD PhD FDS RCS

Professor Stephen Porter is Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine at UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine in UCLHT NHS Eastman Dental Hospital.

He has a national and international reputation in research and a wealth of experience in Oral Medicine – the medical management of disorders of the mouth and surrounding structures, including pain of the face and mouth.

Professor Stephen Porter is 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.

Research and Career

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

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, 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.

Awards

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