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
Stork 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]
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
Stork 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]
