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| Big Brother contestant | |
| Will Kirby | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1973 |
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| Resides | Los Angeles, California |
| Season(s) | Big Brother 2, Big Brother: All-Stars |
| Finish | Winner (Season 2) 4th place (All Stars) |
Will Kirby, (born January 2, 1973), is an osteopathic physician and an American television personality. He was the winner of the American reality television show Big Brother 2 and came fourth in Big Brother 7: All-Stars.
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Early life
Born in Florence, Italy, Dr. Kirby was raised in Tallahassee, Florida where he graduated from Florida State University High School.
In 1995, Kirby received his degree in Biology from Emory University. He obtained his degree in Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University in 2000 and did his first year of postgraduate training in Internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida in 2001. His dermatology residency training, which he completed in 2007, took place in association with Western University/Pacific Hospital of Long Beach where he served as Chief Resident in the Department of Dermatology. While living in Miami for postgraduate training, Kirby originally applied for Survivor, but was placed in Big Brother 2 instead.
Entertainment career
After Big Brother 2, Kirby hosted NBC's Love Shack, and served as a medical correspondent for Extra! magazine.
In 2005 Kirby was on Battle of the Network Reality Stars. In 2006, Kirby competed in the Allstar season of Big Brother, Big Brother 7, coming in fourth.
Kirby appeared as himself on a one time episode of the Young and the Restless in late October 2006, and also appears on the E! Channel television series Dr. 90210. He made appearances in an episode of LA Ink, Chelsea Lately (August 2008), Reality Bites Back (September 2008), Reality Obsessed (October 2008). Kirby co-hosted Yo on E! on several occasions during 2008. Kirby has also made several appearances on The Doctors as himself, during 2008 and 2009. On December 13, 2008, Kirby appeared on the weekend edition of E! News, discussing poll percentage ratings and the comparison of celebrity body parts.
Medical and professional career
A Board Certified, licensed physician in California since 2002, Kirby's medical practice is limited to Clinical and Cosmetic Dermatology. Kirby also launched a skincare line, Kirby Dermaceuticals and is part owner as well as medical director of Dr. Tattoff, a branded tattoo removal service in the USA. Dr. Will Kirby, D.O., FAOCD, practices the art of laser tattoo removal, and has supervised more than 25,000 laser procedures. He is currently a member of the American Osteopathic College of Dermatologists (AOCD), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS). In addition to serving as a medical expert in legal cases involving laser tattoo removal, Dr. Kirby lectures frequently at national medical conventions on advanced laser tattoo removal techniques and he has published multiple tattoo removal articles in medical journals, most recently in The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology (JCAD) . He won the Koprince Award for his presentation on laser tattoo removal. Dr. Kirby also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Skin & Aging.In October 2008, Kirby became a spokesman for Neutrogena, and has made appearances on the television shopping channel, QVC,to promote a new product line by Neutrogena.
Other
Kirby and Mike Malin were not only allies on the Big Brother shows, but they also became friends, and are co-owners of the Dolce Group which operates a variety of restaurants across the United States.
External links
- http://www.willkirby.com
- http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/dr90210/castbios/index.jsp
- http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049601_2,00.html
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1016396/bio
- Dr. Tattoff Article
- Profile of Will Kirby by CBS for Big Brother All Stars
- The Kirby-Desai Scale: A Proposed Scale to Assess Tattoo Removal Treatments
| Preceded by Eddie McGee |
Big Brother U.S. winner 2001 |
Succeeded by Lisa Donahue |
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