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Profile
Dr. Pixie Mckenna presents
Channel 4’s prime time smash, Embarrassing
Bodies, along with fellow co-presenters, Christian and Dawn. Pixie has been
a part of the show since its beginning – it has been a phenomenal success, and
is now in its sixth series, it has won its first BAFTA and attracts in excess
of 4 .5 million viewers. As well as presenting EB, Dr. Pixie has co-presented
Channel 4’s ground-breaking new prime time series, Live from the Clinic, where patients can get live consultations
over the web. Previously, Pixie was doctor on BBC 3’s Freaky Eaters, whose format has been recently sold in the US. Biography
Pixie graduated from University College
Cork Medical school in 1995. Following a year of medical and surgical
internship in Ireland she joined
Cambridge Vocational Training Scheme in general practice. This involved a 3
year hospital training at Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge in medicine, surgery, general practice, care of the
elderly, gynaecology, rheumatology, rehabilitation medicine and
paediatrics .In 1999 she obtained her certificate in General Practice
training and Membership of the Royal college of General Practitioners.
Following a year as a GP at her fathers
practice in Ireland and as student doctor at her alma mater University College
Cork, Pixie returned to the UK in 2000. Over the next 5 years she gained a
variety of General Practice experience, in corporate healthcare in the city in
London, as a private GP on Harley St and a traditional family doctor role
in Notting Hill. On her fathers retirement in 2005 she returned to Cork on a part time basis
to work at the family practice. Pixie now divides her time between her home
town of Cork where she runs her own practice
and her London
clinic in Baker Street.
Throughout her general practice career she
has held NHS posts in Dermatology and Sexual Health at large London teaching hospitals. She also holds
post graduate qualifications in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Dermatology and Paediatrics.
Her media career began in 2006 when she was
asked to be the onscreen doctor in BBC3s
Freaky Eaters series, the second series of which aired in early 2008. She
is probably best know for her role in channel 4s primetime medical series
"Embarrassing Illnesses",
now in its sixth series. When not filming, Pixie spends her time writing her
columns for the Irish Mail, Mizz Magazine, Zest and Best Magazines. She is also regularly asked to contribute
to More and Cosmopolitan magazines. Dr. Pixie also contributes weekly to the
Ray D’Arcy radio show in Cork.
When she’s not busy with her clinical commitments and media work, Pixie can be
found strolling, punting or cycling around her UK base Cambridge or sailing
around the west coast of cork.
Pixie comes a family background of
Medicine, being the 3rd generation of doctors in her family but only the first
female medic! Having studied speech and drama from the age of 5 she is an
accomplished speaker on a variety of medical topics with sexual health,
dermatology, women’s health and health promotion being her specific interests.
Pixie
released her first book,
Handbag Doctor, through
Kyle Cathie books.
Updated
24/08/2011
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