Stephen Fabes is British medical doctor and author.

In 2010 he set off from St Thomas' Hospital in central London, where he was working as a junior doctor, and spent the next six years pedalling the length of six continents. He covered more than 53,000 miles by bicycle through 75 countries - a distance of more than twice the circumference of the earth, cycling over frozen lakes in Mongolia in mid-winter, traversing the Andes ten times and spending more than a thousand nights rough camping by roadsides.

Along the way he visited remote medical projects, hospitals and clinics, from orthoapedic wards in Afghanistan and floating medical clinics on the Tonle Sap, to crumbling sanitoriums in the Caucases and mental health rehab in Mumbai. His first book, Signs of Life, explores the social context of health and disease through a blend of travelogue, memoir and human stories. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a keen trail and marathon runner and a regular at storytelling nights across London. He is currently working in the Accident and Emergency department of Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, and appears regularly in the media, writing on adventure travel, running, social justice and health.

www.stephenfabes.com