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BMA chair Dr Mark Porter’s CV

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CV

Age

53

Family

Married with two grown-up children

Education

Meridian School, Royston, Hertfordshire, then University of Leicester Medical School and the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Career

1989

Qualified

1997-98

Elected BMA junior doctors’ committee chair

1998 – present

Consultant anaesthetist

2000-03

Became clinical director of University Hospital Coventry

2009-12

BMA consultants’ committee chair

2012-present

BMA council chair

Career high

Helping to design a new-build hospital, operating theatres, critical care and labour ward at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Other interests

Reading (history and science fiction) and visiting historical sites