Dawn Harper (doctor)

Dr Dawn Harper
Born Dawn Caroline Harper
(1963-03-21) 21 March 1963
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Television Embarrassing Bodies
This Morning
Born Naughty?
Spouse(s) Graham Isaac
Children 3
Website Official website

Dr Dawn Caroline Isaac,[1][2][3] (born 21 March 1963 in Trowbridge) better known as Dr Dawn Harper is an English doctor, media personality and television presenter known for co-presenting the Channel 4 television series Embarrassing Bodies opposite Pixie McKenna and Christian Jessen.[4] She works as a part time GP in Stroud, Gloucestershire and also runs several private clinics.[5]

Early life and career

Harper attended the Royal High School, Bath, where she excelled at languages and science. She then spent a gap year working with the event rider Mary King.[6]

Career

Harper trained as a doctor at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians. She also holds the diploma of child health and family planning, her particular area of expertise being women’s health and menstrual disorders.

Harper is a part-time GP in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Television

Harper has appeared on the Channel 4 series Embarrassing Bodies since 2007 as well as Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic since 2011. She also appears regularly on This Morning as a medical expert. Harper gives medical advice on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.

She's made guest appearances on shows including 10 O'Clock Live, The Gadget Show and The Wright Stuff. She also appeared on Channel 4's Paralympics Breakfast Show and a special Paralympic edition of The Million Pound Drop. In October 2014, Harper took part in a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee on BBC Two.[7]

Dawn currently co-presents Born Naughty?, a four-part series for Channel 4 alongside Ravi Jayaram. The series began on 14 May 2015.

Writing

Harper has written for several publications including Mother and Baby magazine and Healthy Food Guide. In 2007, a book entitled, Dr Dawn's Health Check was published by Mitchell Beazley.

Personal life

Harper is married to Graham Isaac, a GP[5] and has three children. She was injured in a road accident in 2003 and took two years to recover.[8]

Charity work

She has led Team GP on a fundraising bike ride from London to Paris. This was to raise money for Touching Tiny Lives. She has also supported the charity, Whizz Kidz.

She is a trustee of 100 Helping Hands, a 100 km charity cycle ride in Ipswich, which raises money to support disabled children.[9]

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