Dr. Gawande is Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He serves as a Director of New America Foundation. He also leads the World Health Organization's Safe Surgery Saves Lives campaign. Winner of a MacArthur Award and National Magazine Award, he is the author ... of three bestselling books: Complications, Better, and The Checklist Manifesto.Read Full Background