Dr Matt Morgan is an intensive care doctor and the lead for critical care research for Wales.

His open letter addressed to patients during the 2020 COVID pandemic has been read by over half a million people worldwide and viewed by over two million times after featuring on Channel 4 news. His first book CRITICAL (2019, Simon & Schuster) has been translated into four languages. He has spoken to large audiences at some of the largest book festivals in the world including Hay and Ubud in 2019. His articles have been featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Mirror and The Huffington Post.

A regular writer for the internationally acclaimed British Medical Journal, his article “A letter from the ICU” is one of their most popular ever opinion articles, read by over 130,000 people in 2020. Since narrating the audiobook of CRITICAL, he has spoken on a number of popular podcasts and radio programmes including with the BBC and international talk shows. He has been nominated for the 2020 Royal Society David Attenborough Prize. He lives in Cardiff with his family and enjoys CrossFit, photography, cold beer and even colder ice cream.