Atul Gawande

American surgeon

Atul Gawande belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.

The record lists Atul Gawande as American surgeon.

Atul Gawande was born at Brooklyn in 1965. His recorded nationality is United States. He trained at Balliol College and Harvard Medical School.

Modern medicine is specialised, expensive and evidence-governed, with genetics and imaging reshaping what can be diagnosed.

His posts were held at Harvard University and Haven.

His principal contribution is The Checklist Manifesto. Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.

That the work was done from United States matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.

Atul Gawande is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.

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