26 Facts About Kevin Fong

Kevin Jeremy San Yoong Fong was born on 21 May 1971 and is a British doctor and broadcaster.

Kevin Fong is a consultant anaesthetist and anaesthetic lead for Major Incident Planning at UCL Hospitals.

Kevin Fong is a professor at University College London where he organises and runs an undergraduate course Extreme Environment Physiology.

Kevin Fong is best known for his television appearances, particularly as an occasional presenter of the long-running BBC2 science programme, Horizon.

Kevin Fong was born in London and educated at St Anselm's primary school in Harrow on the Hill, followed by Salvatorian College, a Catholic state academy in Wealdstone and Greenhill Tertiary College in Harrow, London.

Kevin Fong holds Bachelor's degrees in astrophysics and medicine from University College London and a master's degree in astronautics and space engineering from Cranfield University.

Kevin Fong has worked as a Consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at UCLH, and was co-founder and co-director of the Centre for Aviation, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine, UCL Medical School.

Kevin Fong is Professor of Innovation and Engagement for Science and Medicine in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at University College London and an Honorary Lecturer in Physiology at King's College London.

Kevin Fong has been a longstanding advocate of furthering the UK's involvement in international programmes of human space exploration.

Kevin Fong later launched the UK's first undergraduate course in Space Medicine and Extreme Environment Physiology and contributed to several high-level reviews of human space exploration strategy, including the UK Space Exploration Working Group, the UK Space Exploration Review and the Royal Astronomical Society's Commission on the Scientific Case for Human Space Flight.

Kevin Fong holds three postgraduate medical diplomas: Member of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

Kevin Fong was a NESTA Fellow between 2003 and 2008.

In 2011 Kevin Fong was awarded The Wellcome Trust's first Public Engagement Fellowship, designed to give the awardees the freedom, resources and environment to enable innovative public engagement projects that examine, explore and debate the big scientific challenges faced by society.

In March 2020, Kevin Fong was seconded to NHS England as National Clinical Advisor in Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response for the COVID-19 incident.

Kevin Fong was a guest in Material World, on 20 January 2000, where he argued for British participation in space travel research, particularly focusing on the long-term effects on the human frame.

Kevin Fong presented Channel 4's science programme Superhumans in 2004, an episode of Frontiers on Radio 4, entitled Engineering Flu, and five episodes of the BBC documentary series Horizon.

Kevin Fong makes regular appearances for Health Check on BBC World Service and has been interviewed in other programmes.

Kevin Fong was featured in Esquire magazine's 2004 list UK's 100 Most Influential Men Under 40.

Kevin Fong is the author of the 2014 book, Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century.

Kevin Fong appeared as the resident scientist in the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.

Kevin Fong has appeared as an expert guest on The One Show.

Kevin Fong appeared in Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow, 2016, following the route and trials and tribulations experienced by stampeders in the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 19th century.

Kevin Fong presented the 2019 BBC World Service podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon, detailing the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

Kevin Fong was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to medicine and healthcare.

Kevin Fong presented the 2015 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, entitled How to survive in space.

Kevin Fong is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.