Travis Lane Stork (born March 9, 1972) is an American television personality, emergency physician, and author best known for appearing on The Bachelor, and as the host of the syndicated daytime talk show The Doctors from 2008 to 2020.
Travis Lane Stork | |
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 Stork in San Diego in 2008 | |
| Born | March 9, 1972 Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Duke University (B.S.) University of Virginia (M.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Television personality, emergency physician, author |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Spouses | Charlotte Brown
(m. 2012; div. 2015)Parris Bell (m. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editStork graduated magna cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society from Duke University, and earned his medical degree with honors from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.[1][2] He thereafter began an emergency medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
During his residency, Stork appeared on Season 8 of The Bachelor. During the season finale of the show, Stork chose schoolteacher Sarah Stone, who coincidentally lived only a few blocks away from his Nashville residence. However, only one week after the show's pre-taped finale aired, the couple announced their relationship was already over.[4] He completed his residency, then practiced medicine in the emergency departments at Vanderbilt and a hospital in Colorado.[2][3]
In October 2013, Stork joined telehealth company MDLIVE as chairman of its Medical Advisory Board.[5] As of March 2015, he was no longer affiliated with the company.[6]
Stork has published several books for the general public about health,[7] which includes The Lean Belly Prescription and The Doctor's Diet, and both had made the New York Times Best Seller list in the "Advice, How-to & Miscellaneous" category.[8][9]
The Doctors
editStork was a host on The Doctors, a Los Angeles-based daytime medical/talk show, beginning with its debut in September 2008 and continuing until September 2020 when the show switched to a single-host format (the series would end in August 2022).[10][11] On the show, Stork led a panel of three other physicians from different fields (pediatrics, plastic surgery and obstetrics/gynecology) who discussed health issues and answered audience questions.[12] The idea came from a series of segments that were featured on Dr. Phil, to which Stork was also a frequent contributor.[1][13][14]
The show won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Informative in 2010.[15]
A 2014 study in the British Medical Journal determined that "evidence supported 63%, contradicted 14%, and was not found for 24%" of recommendations made by the panel of doctors, and that "the public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows."[16]
Personal life
editStork grew up in Missouri and attended Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri.[17] His parents were Midwestern farmers and he is the first doctor in his family.[12] He was married to pediatrician Charlotte Brown from 2012 to 2015.[18] He later married Parris Bell on August 3, 2019.[19] On June 17, 2020 their first child, a son, was born.[20]
References
edit- ^ a b Paige Albiniak (April 29, 2014). "Meet the Original Doctors of 'The Doctors'". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ a b Staff, Fox News Magazine. June 6, 2012 6 Lean Belly Tips from Dr. Stork Archived 2016-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Kate Belz for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, July 25, 2013. Host of 'The Doctors,' formerly of Vanderbilt, coming to She Expo
- ^ Elizabeth Kwiatkowski for Reality TV World. July 5, 2012 Former 'The Bachelor' Star Travis Stork Marries Dr. Charlotte Brown, realitytvworld.com; accessed March 8, 2017.
- ^ "Press Release: Dr. Travis Stork, co-host of TV Talk Show The Doctors, Joins Telehealth Leader MDLIVE as Chairman of its Medical Advisory Board". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04.
- ^ Web Archive of MDLIVE: Our Advisors Page archived March 2015
- ^ WorldCat Stork, Travis Page accessed March 15, 2016
- ^ New York Times Best Sellers. February 27, 2011 How to, Miscellaneous
- ^ "Advice, How-to & Miscellaneous". The New York Times. January 26, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ Samhan, Jamie (2020-08-13). "Dr. Travis Stork Makes His Exit As 'The Doctors' Takes On New Format, Including Only Having One Host". ET Canada. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ Albiniakpublished, Paige (2022-04-05). "'DailyMailTV,' 'The Doctors' Ending After This Season". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ a b Patricia Sheridan. Breakfast With ... Dr. Travis Stork, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 13, 2013.
- ^ Melinda Carstensen for MediaPlanet: The Future of Healthcare. Making the Rounds with Dr. Travis Stork (page archived May 25, 2015).
- ^ Brian Stelter. Grab the Remote, the Doctor's In, nytimes.com; accessed March 8, 2017.
- ^ "'As the World Turns' tops Daytime Emmys". The Hollywood Reporter. New York City: Prometheus Global Media. Associated Press. June 27, 2010. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Koronyk, C.; et al. (December 17, 2014). "Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study". The British Medical Journal. 349: g7346. doi:10.1136/bmj.g7346. PMC 4269523. PMID 25520234.
- ^ Carter, Brooke (2016-09-15). "What Happened to Travis Stork- News & Updates". Gazette Review. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ The Doctors Star Travis Stork Married to Dr. Charlotte Brown Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kile, Meredith B. (January 27, 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Travis Stork Reveals the Most Unexpected Part of Being 'The Bachelor'". ET Online. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "𝐃𝐫. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐤 on Instagram: "Grayson Lane Stork was born at 1:10am early this morning. He's long at 22 inches and 8 lbs 6 oz. He had some trouble breathing due to…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
External links
edit- Travis Stork at IMDb