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dr. marty makary liverpool , england kirsten powers -lrb- married 2010 to 2013 -rrb- makary 971.jpg marty makary
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marty makary

martin `` marty '' makary is an american surgeon and `` new york times '' best-selling author and is a frequent television medical commentator for nbc and foxnews .
makary has written articles for `` the wall street journal , '' `` time , '' newsweek magazine and cnn .
he practices advanced laparoscopic surgery at the johns hopkins hospital and teaches health policy at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health .
makary is known as an international expert in patient safety and served in a leadership role at the united nations world health organization for the `` safe surgery saves lives '' initiative .
in 2013 , makary was named one of the most influential people in healthcare by health magazine .
makary is an advocate for transparency in medicine and common-sense solutions to healthcare 's problems , such as `` the surgical checklist '' , which he developed at johns hopkins , and which was popularized in atul gawande 's best-selling book `` checklist manifesto '' .
in 2013 , makary testified to the u.s. congress on the need for more transparency in healthcare , including access of data to medical researchers , repeal of the sgr , and patient-centered research .
makary has argued that professional physician associations are in the best position to define and endorse the validity of quality metrics in healthcare .
in 2009 , the american college of surgeons recommended makary to president barack obama for the position of surgeon general of the united states .
