Kelvin Kong AM is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales. He credits his mother, Grace Kinsella, one of the first Indigenous registered nurses in Australia, for inspiring him and his older sisters, twins Marlene and Marilyn, to become doctors. Their father, Malaysian-Chinese Dr Kong Cheok Seng, is also a doctor, living in Malaysia. Marlene and Marilyn were the first Indigenous medical graduates from the University of Sydney and Kelvin graduated from UNSW to become Australia's first Indigenous surgeon. Specialising in ENT (ear, nose and throat surgery), Kelvin works at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital. He visits Broome each year to perform specialist consultations and surgery in the remote Kimberley, and mentors high school students to encourage more Indigenous people into medicine and surgery.
