Martin Poryo was born in 1986 and did his residency at the Klinik für Pädiatrische Kardiologie at the Saarland University Hospital. The pediatrician studied medicine at the Saarland University. His research focuses on the somatic development of children with congenital heart disease. For his doctorate, he conducted research on the physical development of children with congenital heart disease using data from the PAN study conducted by the Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects.