Atul Gawande MD
Endocrine
Professor of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Brigham and Womens Hospital Division of General and GA75 Francis Street AsbiiBoston, MA 02115
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2003
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2027
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Partners Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017
Clinical Trials
- The Bar Coded Sponge Study Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
- Serious Illness Communication Project Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
- BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Tension between timeliness and completeness of data in the initiation of cancer treatment: A qualitative study of oncology practice workflows and enduring health IT ch...Lipika Samal, Michael Anne Kyle, John L Kilgallon, Kristen McNiff Landrum, Atul A Gawande
Medrxiv. 2025-05-21 - 3 citationsAccounting for aid: estimating the impact of United States' global health investments on mortality among women of reproductive age using synthetic control and Bayesian...Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Gustavo Angeles, Allysha Choudhury, Kavita Singh, Tory M Taylor
Journal of Global Health. 2025-03-21 - 6 citationsIncreased Body Mass Index is Associated With Lower Risk of Hypocalcemia in Total Thyroidectomy Patients.David A Mahvi, Russell G Witt, Heather G Lyu, Atul A Gawande, Matthew A Nehs
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2022-11-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of the Serious Illness Care Program in Outpatient OncologyJoshua Lakin, Susan D Block, Rachelle Bernacki, Atul A Gawande, JAMA
- Effect of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) on Malignancy Rates in Thyroid Nodules: How to Counsel Patients on Exten...Matthew A Nehs, Erik K Alexander, Nancy L Cho, Brenessa M Lindeman, Atul A Gawande, Trevor E Angell, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Authored Content
- Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for ReëntryMay 2020
- Why Doctors Hate Their ComputersNovember 2018
- Is Health Care a Right?September 2017
Press Mentions
Trust Is Fundamental, MD and PhD Graduates Told at Annual ConvocationMay 15th, 2026- Dr. Michael Zinner, ‘A Model’ Among Cancer Surgeons, Dies at Coral Gables HomeOctober 27th, 2025
- Emergency Manuals in the Operating Room: A Standard of Care?September 30th, 2025
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