Who am I?

I'm a medical doctor in the UK, I've been making content for 5+ years and have built a following of 800,000+ across platforms.

If you're new, consider this a backstage pass to my life and how I ended up here.

I was born in 1998 in England, the second eldest child. I was raised in England too and went through the public British schooling system. Since childhood I had always been into organisation, to-do lists and creativity. A nerd at heart.

At 17, I worked my first job as a waiter in Pizza Hut, getting paid £3.72.hour (+ tips). Yes, that was the legal wage at the time.

For my A levels I studied chemistry, biology, and maths in hopes of going to medical school, but life had other plans, and despite my best efforts, I didn't quite hit the grades I needed. So, I took a detour and chose to study Biomedical Science.

Studying at Aston University was my first time living away from home. I actually deactivated all social media for 2 years and transformed my life. I started going to the gym, discovered the world of self-development, TED Talks, and non-fiction books. This is where I had the idea of becoming a Psychiatrist and a public speaker. I started praying and taking my faith seriously and reinvented myself.

After graduation I took a gap year to apply to medical school (again) and go travelling…until covid changed my travel plans. Shortly after I was accepted into medical school and had 7 months of lockdown to go, so I bought my first camera, started a newsletter and uploaded my first YouTube video. I spent all of lockdown learning about photography, video editing and content creation. I ended 2020 with 43 subscribers.

I moved to Aberdeen and started my journey to Dr Daanish studying MBChB. I continued making content on Instagram, YouTube, and my newsletter while studying full-time. I also worked as a medicine application mentor part-time.

This was the year that changed everything. I told my mom I was going to make content with a ‘business mindset’ and started taking it all seriously. I downloaded TikTok and took my account from 0 to 100,000 in just under 3 months. Shortly after I quit my job and started working for myself,  ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ

I stayed consistent and learnt lessons along the way. In 2023, I expanded my audience from 100,000 to 700,000 (🤯) and turned my passion into a business. I solo travelled for the first time and had one of the best years of my life.

I appeared on my first podcast, completed my first public speaking event, performed Umrah and passed my medical school finals (UKMLA).

Alhamdulillah I travelled a lot and ended the year with my first charity deployment in Jordan, supporting Palestinian families and raising $35K for the cause.

I started this year with a long medical elective in USA 🇺🇸 & Canada 🇨🇦 then I returned to complete medical school. 

Alhamdulillah I graduated in the summer and officially became Dr Daanish 🥳

I started speaking at universities across the country and started studying the Islamic side of Medicine in more depth.

The story so far is incredible, but I'm not done writing. I'm grateful for everything and just want to thank anyone and everyone who has supported me so far. You're all in my duas. 

Let’s see where life takes me next...