Event Detail (Archived)
The Doctor as Writer, the Writer as Doctor
Event Details
- Type
- Lewis Thomas Prize
- Speaker(s)
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Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School
- Event URL
- http://www.rockefeller.edu/lewisthomas/2014
- Speaker bio(s)
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Dr. Gawande is a surgeon, professor, public health researcher, and author. He is Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he practices general and endocrine surgery, and at Harvard School of Public Health, where he is Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management.A staff writer at The New Yorker, Dr. Gawande writes with insight and compassion about the practice of modern medicine, and with a keen eye to improving it. In his three bestselling books—Complications, Better, and The Checklist Manifesto—Dr. Gawande describes mishaps he encountered as a surgical resident, explores strategies to optimize treatment, and shows how the use of an operating room checklist can profoundly improve patient outcomes.He has received two National Magazine Awards as well as a MacArthur Fellowship, and he has been named one of the hundred most influential thinkers by Foreign Policy and TIME.
- Open to
- Public
- Reception
- Refreshments, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Abby Lounge and Dining Room
- Contact
- Lindsey Cole
- Phone
- (212) 327-8183
- Sponsor
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Lindsey Cole
(212) 327-8183
lcole@rockefeller.edu