William Terence Kirby (born January 2, 1973), popularly known as Dr. Will, is an American aesthetic

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, an associate clinical professor of dermatology, and a

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personality. He is known for winning the CBS reality show ''

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'' as well as winning ''

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'' and appearing on ''

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'' television series ''

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''.

Early life

Kirby was born on January 2, 1973, in

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, Italy. He attended kindergarten in Paris, France and spent time in his youth in

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, where he graduated from

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in 1991.

Medical career

In 1995, Kirby received his degree in

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from

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. He received his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000. He is the Chief Medical Officer at LaserAway, an aesthetic dermatology group. Kirby lectures at national medical conventions and has published dermatology articles in ''The Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology'', is an expert in the field of laser tattoo removal, and authored the first predictive scale to assess the number of laser treatments to remove a tattoo (Kirby-Desai Scale). He has also authored and co-authored medical textbook chapters regarding lasers and their implications as well as medicolegal considerations and medical ethics. Kirby served as the national spokesman for

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's Neutrogena Dermatologics where he appeared on live on

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Entertainment career

Kirby won the second season of CBS's '' Big Brother'' in 2001. He also briefly served as a medical correspondent for ''

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''. In 2002 he hosted a dating show for NBC called ''Love Shack''. In 2005, he appeared on six episodes of Bravo's Battle of The Network Reality Stars and appeared on two seasons ''

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''. He has also appeared on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Talk'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and has made several appearances on '' The Doctors'' as himself. Kirby has recorded voices for a season eight episode of

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'' where he played an animated physician and he appeared in two season's of '' Then and Now'' on

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. In 2019, Kirby was named as the health and beauty reporter for pop culture magazine ''

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''. In 2022, he plays "Karales the Bounty Hunter" on the ''

'' television series ''

''.

Personal life

Kirby's father is the American poet, David Kirby. In 2011, Kirby became engaged to Erin Brodie, who was a two-time winner of the reality series '' For Love or Money''. They were married in 2017. Kirby and Brodie have two children: their son William was born in 2010 and in 2012 Brodie gave birth to the couple's daughter named Scarlett.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirby, Will 1973 births Big Brother (American TV series) winners Living people Emory University alumni Nova Southeastern University alumni Big Brother (American TV series) contestants People from Tallahassee, Florida American osteopathic physicians American dermatologists