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Gawande was born on November 5, 1965, [5] in Brooklyn, New York, to Marathi Indian immigrants to the United States, both doctors. [6] His family soon moved to Athens, Ohio, where he and his sister grew up, and he graduated from Athens High School in 1983.
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Originally from Maharashtra’s Uti village, Atul Gawande was born on Friday, November 5, 1965 (age 55 years; as of 2020), in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in Athens, Ohio, as his family moved to Athens in 1973, and completed his schooling from the Athens High School in 1983. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science and biology in 1987 f...
Parents & Siblings
He was born to Marathi Indian United States immigrants Atmaram Gawande (father) and Sushila Gawande (mother). Maharashtra Times Both of his parents were doctors by profession. His mother was MD in Pediatrics while his father was MD in Urology. His parents contributed significantly towards philanthropic activities in the US and India. His father, Atmaram, died of a spinal cord tumor in 2011. Atul’s younger sister, Meeta, is a lawyer by profession.
Wife & Children
Atul lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with his wife, Kathleen Hobson (cartoon artist), and their three children: Walker Gawande, Hattie Gawande, and Hunter Gawande.
Dr. Gawande is a man of many hats. After a brief stint in politics, Gawande took up the medical profession. However, he can’t be typecast as a physician; he works as a professor, journalist, and author, along with fulfilling his medical duties.
Atul Gawande has a number of awards and achievements to his name, including a few prominent ones that are mentioned below. 1. Mr. Gawande was named as one of the 20 Most Influential South Asians in 2004 by Newsweek. 1. In 2006, Gawande won a MacArthur Foundation “genius” award. 1. In 2010, Atul Gawande appeared in Time magazine as one of the most i...
In 2007, Dr. Gawande led the World Health Organization’s global effort to scale back surgical deaths. This was after he wrote an article on expensive healthcare services in the United States and an...
Jun 23, 2018 · The family’s life-long commitment to health care continues with Gawande’s next step. In a statement on June 20, Gawande said the new Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway-backed venture to ...
Atul Gawande became Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID in January 2022. He is a renowned surgeon, writer, and public health leader. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration, he was a practicing general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H ...
Oct 16, 2020 · I ask Gawande if he has been surprised at how much death people seem able to tolerate. A poll in August found that 57 per cent of Republicans thought the death toll — at the time 165,000 in the ...
Oct 7, 2014 · Atul Gawande, as a doctor, has had considerable exposure to issues of death and dying, but when his father was diagnosed with brain cancer, Gawande was motivated to look into how end of life care was being handled across the board. Being Mortal is the distillation of what he learned. Atul Gawande - photo by Aubrey Calo – From Gawande’s site
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Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is professor in both the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems ...
