Dr Ronx
Birth date
c.1984
Biography
Dr Ronx Ikharia (they/them) is an emergency medicine doctor, television presenter and activist.
Coming from a difficult upbringing and leaving home as a teenager, they self-funded their way through Medical School. During this time they worked part time in retail, fashion modelled, and danced in music videos to sustain their progression through medical school. As they progressed through training, they realised that their unique story could help motivate and inspire young people from similar backgrounds.
With their moto “You cannot be, what you do not see” they have worked hard to make themselves visible to young people, volunteering their time to give talks to encourage and inspire young people to think about their future careers. It was at one of these events that Dr Ronx was spotted by a TV commissioner went on to film their first children’s TV presenting job, Operation Ouch on CBBC.
Other TV work includes the programme The Unshockable Dr Ronx and the investigative documentary Is Covid Racist? which looked at why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS works had been more heavily impacted by Covid-19.
Coming from a difficult upbringing and leaving home as a teenager, they self-funded their way through Medical School. During this time they worked part time in retail, fashion modelled, and danced in music videos to sustain their progression through medical school. As they progressed through training, they realised that their unique story could help motivate and inspire young people from similar backgrounds.
With their moto “You cannot be, what you do not see” they have worked hard to make themselves visible to young people, volunteering their time to give talks to encourage and inspire young people to think about their future careers. It was at one of these events that Dr Ronx was spotted by a TV commissioner went on to film their first children’s TV presenting job, Operation Ouch on CBBC.
Other TV work includes the programme The Unshockable Dr Ronx and the investigative documentary Is Covid Racist? which looked at why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS works had been more heavily impacted by Covid-19.