Dr William Porter

Dr William Porter has been a Consultant Dermatologist in Gloucestershire since 2001. He qualified in 1992 from St Mary's Hospital, London (BSc 1989, MBBS 1992, MRCP 1996) and undertook dermatology training at St Mary's, Charing Cross and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals, London, under a number of highly respected Dermatologists including Professor Lionel Fry, Professor Chris Bunker and Dr Richard Staughton. He is married to a GP and has two young children.

He has expertise in all aspects of dermatological disease and his special interests include skin cancer surgery and paediatric dermatology. He is the skin cancer lead clinician and paediatric dermatology lead for Gloucestershire. He is also the South west of England Dermatology representative to the British Association of Dermatology. He has published numerous articles in core dermatological journals, and has conducted research into dermatitis herpetiformis and male genital skin problems.

Private clinics are held at the Winfield Hospital, Gloucester and Cirencester Hospital. He is currently lead clinician for skin cancer, and is a keen teacher of undergraduates, post graduate doctors, nurses and other NHS staff. He is also the South west of England Dermatology representative to the British Association of Dermatology.