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SPOTLIGHT
ÅTop Doc
What makes The Doctors such
a hot show? We took the
temperature of its hunky host,
Travis Stork, to find out.
You moderate some heated discussions
on your daytime talk show The Doctors.
Do you ever feel like Barbara Walters on
The View No! I try to make sure everyone’s
opinion is heard. In medicine you quickly
learn that there are shades of gray. We can
disagree, but we’re never disagreeable.
What have your most intense debates
been about? We’ve discussed autism,
circumcision and whether C-sections should
be reserved for emergencies.
Do you ever worry that airing all this
information may lead people to self-diagnose? No. We’re trying to help people
become more informed so if they have five
minutes with their physician, and they’ve
been told that they have high blood pressure, they know what that really means.
Doctors make the worst patients: True?
Perhaps, but I try to practice what I preach
and lead a healthy life. Doctors are people
just like everyone else. We have the same
hopes and fears. One of my cohosts, [Dr.]
Lisa [Masterson], had a mammogram on the
show; she had been avoiding the test
because she was afraid. When we put on
our white coats we focus on our patients. But
the show gives a unique look at our lives.
Viewers first got a chance to see you as
the star of The Bachelor in 2006. Were
you at all afraid they wouldn’t like you as
much as a working doctor? Landing on
The Bachelor was a total fluke. It was a great
experience because it forced me to get away
from the singular mind-set of being a doctor
all the time. This is what I do best.
LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL
JUNE 09
“Doctors are like
everyone else.
We have the same
hopes and fears”
