2010 Presenters
Atul Gawande
As a practicing surgeon and an accomplished writer, teacher and speaker, Dr. Atul Gawande offers audiences a unique perspective on the practice of medicine, the reform of healthcare, and the human struggle to do better.
He received the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the "genius prize," in 2006, for his "fresh and unique perspective, clarity, and intuition" in his written work and his "energetic and imaginative" approach to finding practical ways to improve surgical practice. He leads the World Health Organization’s global campaign to reduce avoidable deaths and complications in surgery and to reduce infant mortality.
Dr. Gawande is the Research Director for the Brigham Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health, a practicing surgeon and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. His most recent book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right is a New York Times bestseller. In it, Dr. Gawande explores the importance of using the lowly checklist and how it has revolutionized medical practice and saved lives.
LINKS:
NPR review and excerpt from The Checklist Manifesto
Gawande appears on The Daily Show to promote The Checklist Manifesto
Gawande's research summary at Brigham and Women's hospital
Gawande's contributor page in The New Yorker
The New York Times reviews The Checklist Manifesto
