Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande is a renowned surgeon, writer, and public health researcher.

He has authored four bestselling books, including The Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal.

Gawande works as a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and is a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

He is also a staff writer for The New Yorker and has won numerous awards for his writing, including a MacArthur Fellowship.

Gawande serves as Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, focusing on health systems innovation, and chairs Lifebox, an organization dedicated to improving surgical safety worldwide.

He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and three children.