Atul Gawande Biography
Atul Atmaram Gawande is known as an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. Likewise, he practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and also Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
How old is Atul Gawande? – Age
Gawande is 58 years old as of 2024. He was born on 5 November 1965, in Brooklyn, New York, United States, where he also grew up.
How tall is Atul Gawande? – Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches (1.79 m) tall.
Atul Gawande’s Mother, Father – Family
Gawande was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Marathi Indian immigrants to the United States, both doctors. Later, his family soon relocated to Athens, Ohio, where he and his sister were raised, and he as well graduated from Athens High School in 1983.
Adrian Grenier’s Education
In 1987, he received a bachelor’s degree in biology and political science from Stanford University. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and also Economics (PPE) from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1989.
Is Atul Gawande Married? – Wife
The Indian-American surgeon, writer, and also public health advocate, happily got married to Kathleen Hobson. She is known as an editor who has served on book publishing, shares her life with Dr. Gawande in Newton, Massachusetts. They are blessed with three children: Walker Gawande, Hattie Gawande, and Hunter Gawande.
Atul Gawande Career
Soon after he started his residency, his friend Jacob Weisberg, editor of Slate, told him to contribute to the online magazine. Most articles by Gawande were also published in The New Yorker, and he became a staff writer for that publication in 1998.
Additionally, in June 2009 New Yorker essay by Gawande compared the health care of two towns in Texas to show why health care became more expensive in one town compared to the other. Regarding the town of McAllen, Texas, as an example, it argued that a corporate, profit-maximizing culture (which can also provide substantial amounts of unnecessary care) became an important factor in driving up costs, dissimilar a culture of low-cost high-quality care as provided by the Mayo Clinic and also other efficient health systems.
Likewise in June 2018, he was named the CEO for the new, Haven Healthcare, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Boston-based company, formed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and also JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Moreover, he stepped down from the position in May 2020, known as executive chairman while the organization sought a new CEO.
Furthermore in January 2021, Haven announced that it was to cease operations. In regards to CNBC, sources associated with the company claimed that (while the firm came up together with ideas, each of the three founding companies executed their own projects separately along with their own employees, obviating the need for the joint venture to start with.
Atul Gawande’s Net Worth
Gawande has an estimated net worth of approximately $4 million.
You can find and follow Atul on Twitter using the account name: @Atul_Gawande