Dr. Arthur T. Porter
Originally from Sierra Leone, Dr. Arthur T. Porter is a graduate of the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine in Cambridge, England, where he also earned a masters degree in natural sciences from the same university. He holds a masters degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee and certificates in medical management from Harvard University and the University of Toronto. He is an author of more than 300 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in books and in proceedings of conferences. He is credited with introducing several novel concepts to radiation therapy. His major areas of academic endeavors relate to medical uses of radioactive isotopes and the treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Porter has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and has worked to establish international medical research and treatment programs in Turkey, India, Yemen and throughout Europe.
From 1986-88, Dr. Porter served as Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology and later as Senior Radiation Oncologist at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. During this period, he was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. In 1988 through to 1991, he held the position of Chief of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the London Regional Cancer Centre and later Chairman of the Department of Oncology at Victoria Hospital Corporation. He was a member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. In 1991 Dr. Porter moved to Detroit, Michigan where he was Chief of the Gershenson Radiation Oncology Centre at Harper Hospital and Radiation Oncologist-in-chief at the Detroit Medical Centre among other clinical leadership positions. He was a faculty member at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Porter has held leadership positions in a number of professional organizations and has been frequently honoured for his contribution to health care. He was named one of the Best Doctors in America for eight consecutive years from 1992-2000 and received the Physicians Recognition Award from the American Medical Association in 1986. Dr. Porter was named Executive Director of the MUHC in January 2004.
