Honorary Professor in Physiology, UCL
Kevin Fong is Consultant Anaesthetist at UCL Hospitals, and is Anaesthetic Lead for both the Patient Emergency Reponse Team and Major Incident Planning. He is an Honorary Professor in Physiology at University College London where he organises and runs an undergraduate course in Extreme Environment Physiology.
He studied astrophysics and medicine at University College London, and completed postgraduate clinical training in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. He has a long standing interest in human space exploration and space medicine and has worked with NASA's Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Office at Johnson Space Centre in Houston. Kevin is founder and associate director of the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme environment medicine at University College London.
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