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UMC musculoskeletal oncologist providing care patients otherwise might not be able to obtain.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: UMC musculoskeletal oncologist providing care patients otherwise might not be able to obtain.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
JACKSON -- Dr. Scott Porter, who is on the faculty at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, is one of a kind in Mississippi. The graduate of Yale Medical School is the state's only musculoskeletal oncologist treating patients suffering from cancer of the extremities including muscles, bones, nerves and skin.

Strange as it may sound, Porter didn't like school much during his elementary and high school years. This is despite the fact that the last time he got a grade lower than a "B" was in junior high.

"It was one of those deals that certain people just get certain things," Porter said. "School was just something I got. I didn't have this great love for it. I could just figure out a way to get good grades. Maybe it is a good memory. Or it may have been a way to keep from getting a whooping for bad grades. I had 'spare the rod, spoil the child' type of parents....

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