Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Years ago, Tomáš Šebek decided to provide his hands where they were most needed, and with Médecins Sans Frontières went to help the wounded in war zones as a surgeon focused on trauma surgery of the abdomen, chest and limbs. He set out on his first mission in 2010 to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. He later returned there, and went on more missions to Afghanistan, South Sudan and Yemen. He described all these experiences in blogs, which he then compiled into successful books.
Tomáš currently works as a hospital surgeon in Prague. When he’s not saving lives, he writes and photographs, improves his results in triathlons, pilots a plane or reads medical books.

In his most recent book Objektivní nález (Objective Finding), released in the autumn of 2024, Tomáš embarks on his most challenging journey yet. A journey into a childhood spent in a dysfunctional family, a journey of personal and professional failures, but also determination and a desire to take life into his own hands.