Charlie Rose

Guests: Atul Gawande RSS

2009:

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   A conversation with Atul Gawande

   with Atul Gawande on Apr 2, 2009

   Duration

   15 min

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2007:

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   Charlie Rose Tomorrow - Atul Gawande

   with Atul Gawande on Dec 1, 2007

   Duration

   4 min

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   A conversation with four of the 2006 Macarthur Fellows

   with Atul Gawande, John Rich, George Saunders and more on Jan 18, 2007

   Duration

   24 min

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Atul Gawande is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Gawande has written extensively on medicine and public health for “The New Yorker” magazine and the online magazine Slate. He has also written for “New England Journal of Medicine”. His essays have appeared in The Best American Essays 2002 and The Best American Science Writing 2002. His book, “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” was a National Book Award finalist. In 2006 he was named a MacArthur fellow. His newest book, “Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance” was published in 2007.

In the medical field, he is a leading expert on the removal of cancerous endocrine glands. These impressive accomplishments have paved the way for Gawande to be named as one of the 20 Most Influential South Asians by “Newsweek” magazine.

Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Gawande