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-Atul Gawande Named 2007 MacArthur Fellow
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, surgeon in the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work investigating and articulating modern surgical practices and medical ethics. Gawande joins 24 others from across the country in receiving this prestigious honor-also known as the "genius grant"-which awards recipients $500,000 to spend any way they choose.
Gawande, who is also an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, focuses his work in many initiatives at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at BWH on the reality of human failures in medical practice and forward-thinking solutions to address those failures. Some of Gawande's innovations include implementing barcode technology in surgical instruments to assist doctors in the prevention of medical error and a scale that is used to score the likelihood of complications for patients undergoing surgery.
"Atul's passion and commitment to excellence is the hallmark of his dedication to medicine. He is a remarkable young man," said Michael Zinner, chairman of the Department of Surgery.
Gawande, author of the New York Times best selling book, Complications: A Surgeon's Note on an Imperfect Science, is also a staff writer for the New Yorker and pens the "Notes of a Surgeon" column for the New England Journal of Medicine. His writing creatively addresses concerns and problems that face the medical profession.
According to the MacArthur Fellowship Program, "Gawande is giving leadership to the identification of numerous bold enhancements to surgical protocol that will both improve practice and save lives."
The MacArthur Fellowship Program, awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition.
"Atul has a great skill in describing the inner workings of the medical profession in a way that is compelling to lay readers and we at the Medical School are proud that this gift has been recognized by the MacArthur Foundation," said Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD dean of th e faculty of medicine at HMS.
- The First CSPH sponsored conference "Disparities in Surgical Care: Access to Outcomes" was held May 18, 2007 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston. For more details click here.
-The Center For Surgery and Public Health held the first annual
State of the Center Address in May of 2006. Click here to see the highlights.
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