Mark Hamilton (doctor) explained

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Mark Hamilton
Birth Place:	Bangor, Northern Ireland
Show2:	How Long Will You Live?
Station2:	RTÉ One
Country:	United Kingdom
Prevshow:	The Surgery

Mark Hamilton (born 30 October 1970) is a physician and broadcaster. He is presenter of How Long Will You Live? on RTÉ One and former presenter of The Surgery on BBC Radio 1.

Education and medical training

Hamilton graduated from medical school with an MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery). He then went on to specialize in several fields such as Orthopedic surgery, Geriatric medicine and Anaesthetics, and lectured Anatomy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Manchester. In 2007, Hamilton worked in an A&E in Withington as a registrar.^[1] He is currently training as a general practitioner at Lockside Medical Centre in Stalybridge.

Media career

Hamilton joined Radio 1 in 1999, jointly hosting the Surgery with Sara Cox. Since then Hamilton has co-presented with Emma B, Letitia, Annie Mac and Kelly Osbourne.^[2] He appeared on a Channel 4 series helping teenagers relieve stress entitled Chill Out.^[3]

References

How Long Will You Live? at RTÉ Television

Notes and References

News: Love Doctor celebrates Radio 1's 40th birthday . . 2007-09-20 . 2007-09-20 . 12 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191212054227/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ . dead .
Web site: Radio 1 revamps schedule with even more Moyles! . September 2007 . 2007-09-09 . BBC . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083008/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/schedule/oct2007.shtml . 2007-10-11 . dead .
Web site: CHILL OUT . 2009-06-18 . Channel 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084419/http://www.channel4learning.com/support/programmenotes/micro/chillout/ . 2011-07-20 . dead.