Michael Porter, DVM PhD

Dr. Michael Porter was born in Colombia South America, and grew up in Miami, FL. He attended the University of Virginia for his undergraduate studies, and then moved to Gainesville, Florida in 1992. In the fall of 1994, Dr Porter earned his Masters of Science degree studying reproductive physiology of the horse. Subsequently, he began his studies as a dual PhD and DVM student at the University of Florida and earned his DVM and PhD degrees in 1998 and 2001, respectfully.

Dr. Porter completed a residency in large animal internal medicine at UF and earned the status of a board certified internist in 2004. Later that same year, Dr. Porter joined the faculty at the UF college of Veterinary Medicine and developed the Mobile Equine Diagnostic Service (MEDS). The MEDS program provided referral level veterinary services to horses throughout north central Florida from 2004 until 2010.

In 2010, Dr. Porter opened Performance Horse Doc veterinary services (aka PHD veterinary services) in north central Florida and has been providing referral level veterinary services throughout the state of Florida for the past 9 years. In addition, Dr. Porter married Dr. Erin Gordon in 2010 and they are currently raising a son, Everett, and daughter, Ana, in Alachua Florida! (Source)