Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande is a surgeon and author who\u2019s well-known for his clear and eloquent writing on medicine. He was a staff writer for \u201cThe New Yorker\u201d magazine from 1998 until 2022, when President Biden appointed him to lead global health at the \u200b\u200bUS Agency for International Development. Gawande is the author of four best-selling books including \u201cThe Checklist Manifesto,\u201d and most recently, \u201cBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End\u201d. In that book, Gawande considers what medicine can not overcome - death. Along with the lessons he\u2019s learned treating patients who are facing death, Gawande writes about his own family\u2019s experience as his father\u2019s health declined. Dr. Gawande\u2019s unique perspective on the practice of medicine, especially things not so often discussed, has inspired us to invite him back to our stage numerous times. This conversation - with cognitive neuroscientist Indre Viskontas - is from 2017. It was recorded at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco.