Chris van Tulleken
| Dr Christoffer van Tulleken | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Christoffer Rodolphe van Tulleken 18 August 1978 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King's College School, Wimbledon |
| Alma mater |
St Peter's College, Oxford LSHTM, BM BCh |
| Television |
Operation Ouch! Trust Me, I'm a Doctor |
| Website | http://www.vantullekenbrothers.com |
Christoffer 'Dr Chris' van Tulleken (born 18 August 1978) is a British doctor and TV presenter. He is best known for presenting the series Operation Ouch! alongside his identical twin brother Alexander 'Dr Xand' van Tulleken.
Doctor Chris is the younger of the two by seven minutes. Chris is five kilograms lighter and half an inch taller than his twin brother Doctor Xand.
Van Tulleken was educated at King's College School, an independent day school for boys in Wimbledon, in southwest London, followed by St Peter's College at the University of Oxford, where he obtained his medical degree in 2002.
He is currently an MRC funded PhD student at UCL in the lab of Greg Towers.
Van Tulleken presented Channel 4's Medicine Men go Wild with his brother Xand, and BBC Two's Trust Me, I'm A Doctor alongside Michael Mosley. He was the expedition doctor for BBC Two's Operation Iceberg, and has appeared in Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice (BBC 2),Holiday Hit Squad (BBC One),Museum of Life (BBC Two),The Secret Life of Twins (BBC One), as well as Celebrity Mastermind and The Wright Stuff. Van Tulleken was also doctor to a team led by Bruce Parry which recreated the 1911 race to the South Pole in the BBC documentary Blizzard: Race to the Pole. He has also presented What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special.
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