AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ATUL GAWANDE
Overview
Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, public health researcher, and writer. He was born on November 5th, 1965, in Brooklyn, New York to Indian immigrants (this plays a role in the perspective he takes in his writing). His family moved to Athens, Ohio, shortly after he was born, so he spent most of his childhood there.
Gawande obtained his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1987 in political science and biology. He went on to obtain an MA from Balliol College, Oxford, in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE). After obtaining his MA, Gawande received his MD (Doctor of Medicine) and MPH (Masters in Public Health) from
Harvard University. During his residency, Atul Gawande was recruited by his friend to write for the online magazine, Slate. His writing caught the attention of The New Yorker, and became a staff editor for them in 1988.
Career
Gawande practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is the founding executive director and chairman of Ariadne Labs, and chairman of Lifebox (a nonprofit to make surgery safer around the world). He is a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management as well as at Harvard Medical School as the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery.
Gawande has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1988. He also has written four New York Times best sellers: Complications, Better, The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
Fun Facts About Atul Gawande
1. He is CEO of the non-profit-seeking health care venture formed by Amazon (Jeff Bezos), Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett), and JPMorgan Chase (Jamie Dimon) to deliver better outcomes, satisfaction, and cost efficiency in care.
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2. His June 2009 essay was cited by President Barack Obama during Obama's attempt to get health care reform legislation passed by the United States Congress.
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3. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End was adapted into a TV episode by Frontline.
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4. Gawande has appeared on TED talks and late night comedian shows.
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5. He is the winner of two National Magazine Awards, Academy Health’s Impact Award for highest research impact on healthcare, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the Lewis Thomas Award for writing about science.
How Do We Heal Medicine - TED Talk
Ted Talk
Want to get Great at Something? Get a Coach - TED Talk
Being Mortal Trailer (PBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Video From: http://atulgawande.com/media/videos/
Gawande in the Media
Works Cited
“Atul Gawande.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Gawande.
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CelebSiren. “Who Is Dr. Atul Gawande? Dr. Atul Gawande Bio, Age, Height, Career, Net Worth, Education, Life, Net Worth, Wife, Ethnicity, Religion, Wiki.” CelebSiren, CelebSiren, 21 June 2018, celebsiren.com/atul-gawande-wiki/.
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Gawande, Atul. “About.” Atul Gawande, 2010, atulgawande.com/about/.
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Yellen, David. “Atul Gawande.” Boston Magazine, Boston, 12 Nov. 2017, www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/11/12/atul-gawande/. (SPLASH PHOTO)
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