Atul Gawande
American surgeon, writer and public health researcher; author of Being Mortal.
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- Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer and public health researcher, born in Brooklyn in 1965.
- He is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and teaches at Harvard.
- He was Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID from January 2022 to January 2025.
- He co-founded Ariadne Labs and Lifebox, and was CEO of the Haven health venture from 2018 to 2020.
- His four books include The Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal.
Key facts
- Born
- 5 November 1965, Brooklyn, New York1
- Roles
- Fish Chair in Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Samuel O. Thier Professor of the Practice of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Professor of the Practice, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health2
- Government
- Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, January 2022 to January 20252
- Founded
- Ariadne Labs (co-founder and chair, now Distinguished Professor in Residence) and Lifebox2
- Haven
- CEO of Haven, the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase health venture, 2018 to 20202
- Books
- Complications (2002); Better (2007); The Checklist Manifesto (2009); Being Mortal (2014)2
- Writing
- Longtime writer for The New Yorker; two National Magazine Awards; MacArthur Fellowship2
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