NHS doctor, NASA collaborator, BBC broadcaster — exploring medicine and human performance at the extremes.
Dr Kevin Fong OBE holds degrees in astrophysics, medicine, and engineering — a combination that reflects a career built at the outer edges of human experience. He worked with NASA's human spaceflight programme in Houston, served as part of a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service crew in the UK, and was seconded to the COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response team in 2020. His book Extremes, which examines how the human body and mind perform under the most demanding conditions, won an American Association for the Advancement of Science Award in 2015. He has also presented numerous television and radio programmes, including the podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon.
What makes Fong distinctive is the range of domains in which he has operated at a serious level — not as a commentator moving between fields, but as a practitioner in each. His experience in space medicine, emergency trauma response, and public health crisis management gives him a perspective on human performance and decision-making under pressure that few speakers can claim.
For leadership teams, healthcare organisations, and conferences grappling with risk, resilience, and high-stakes decision-making, Fong delivers something rare: a speaker whose insights are drawn from genuine frontline experience across multiple extreme environments. He suits keynotes at medical and science conferences, leadership summits, and events where the audience is serious about performance under pressure.
Dr Kevin Fong OBE is a keynote speaker based overseas who speaks on innovation, leadership and resilience. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Dr Kevin Fong was an exceptional speaker, he met our brief and exceeded expectations. His session has something for every member of our diverse audience with comments including: - Dr Kevin Fong's session was phenomenal - being able to hear the experiences of, and learn from someone who doesn't just 'talk the talk', but actually 'walks the walk'. - Dr Kevin Fong's presentation was really inspiring, entertaining and thought provoking. Kevin was so knowledgeable, professional and personable, a pleasure to have at the event and to listen to. Thank you!Northern Health and Social Care, Trust, Northern Ireland
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