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Name Dr Ellie Cannon
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Where does Dr Ellie Cannon work? Dr. Ellie Cannon works in an inner-city NHS practice in London.
Children / No of Kids 2
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race Jewish
Nationality British
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Introduction :

  • Dr Ellie Cannon is an author and GP from the United Kingdom.
  • Smart, professional and passionate, Dr Cannon is committed to helping people and is diligent about promoting good lifestyle habits, including having regular checkups for illnesses like cancer.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

  • Ellie was born and raised in Newcastle in a staunchly Jewish family.
  • Growing up, her parents were very traditional and enrolled her into the Union of Jewish Students as well as a Jewish primary school. Even now, Dr Cannon frequently undertakes tours to Israel and continues to visit the country at least twice a year as an adult.
  • Dr Cannon considers herself a passionate Zionist who is both culturally and firmly Jewish.
  • Ellie does not have any hint of a Geordie accent, mostly because she was raised by Londoner parents.
  • When she was younger, Ellie’s maternal grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer and eventually passed away.
  • In 2002, Elie’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer but was fortunate enough to survive after extensive surgery, chemotherapy and treatment. In 2015, her maternal aunt was also diagnosed with breast cancer, and like her mother, she too survived after rigorous treatment.
  • Going by the genetics of the disease, Dr Cannon has spoken in a past interview about her anxiety of getting breast cancer and expressed her fear that her daughter might get it too.
  • Dr Ellie Cannon is married to a Libel Lawyer named Adam, and they have two children – a daughter named Lottie and a son named Jude. The family lives in London in the Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

  • Dr Cannon earned her medical degree from Emmanuel College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. While there, she even met her to-be husband.
  • Ellie later did her training for five years at the London Royal Free Medical School. There, she graduated with a Doctor of Medicine.
  • She had desires to become a paediatrician but admitted later on that the practice was difficult for her emotionally (especially treating the kids who had been abused).
  • After deciding not to become a paediatrician anymore, Cannon became a Junior Doctor and later trained to become a General Practitioner.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

  • Ellie has spent most of her career working with families as a GP and has stated that she is comfortable performing a wide range of things, from helping new mothers to educating teenagers about safe sex.
  • Dr Cannon is well recognised as the Mail on Sunday magazine’s resident GP and has made several appearances on programmes like Channel 5 News, BBC Newsnight, ITV London and Sky News.
  • She also does phone-in consultations on radio stations like BBC Radio 5 Live, offering hygiene and health advice to listeners.
  • She has spent over two decades working for the NHS and has been featured on series like Doctor in Your House and Health Freaks on Channel 4.
  • Dr Cannon is also an author and has written two books titled Keep Calm, The New Mum’s Manual (released in 2014) and Is Your Job Making You Ill? (released in 2018)
  • She also keeps busy with various health PR campaigns and activities, including media briefings and brand promotions.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • The story of how Dr Cannon landed a TV role is interesting – Ellie accidentally met a health journalist, who later asked me for her quote for a story, she was working on. Later, that journalist went on to set up the health section for the Mail on Sunday, so she invited Dr Cannon to write articles for them. Once her columns found some success, she was asked to go on Television.
  • When she is not working or spending time with her family, Dr Cannon loves to partake in various charity campaigns that include being an ambassador for the Eve Appeal, Meningitis Now and the Pancreatic Cancer Action.
  • She has also spent time in the Democratic Republic of Congo filming pneumonia awareness campaigns for the Save the Children charity.

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