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Atul Gawande to address Harvard Alumni Day
Harvard Alumni Day is the University’s annual celebration of its global alumni network, featuring speakers, panels, and events.
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Eminent Indian-American surgeon and public health leader Atul Gawande will be the featured speaker at Harvard Alumni Day on June 6, 2025, the Harvard Alumni Association announced.
Gawande, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is widely recognized for his contributions to healthcare innovation, patient safety, and medical writing.
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“Atul Gawande is one of the most influential thinkers, writers, and innovators in health and medicine today. I can’t think of a more fitting voice to inspire our alumni as they continue their own efforts to make a difference in the world,” said president Alan M. Garber.
Gawande’s research has led to significant improvements in global healthcare. He helped develop the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist, which has been credited with reducing surgical mortality rates. He also founded the nonprofit Lifebox, which works to improve surgery safety worldwide, and Ariadne Labs, a joint center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Chan School focused on health care innovation.
In November 2020, Gawande was appointed to former President Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board. He was later confirmed as assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development in December 2021, and officially sworn in on January 2022. Gawande served in this role until January 2025.
A best-selling author, Gawande has written four books, including Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998.
“I’m excited to return to Harvard,” said Gawande. “This is a community like no other — in its history, discoveries, and impact. And I’m continually inspired by alumni of all ages driving change for the common good, both within their local communities and around the world.”
Gawande earned a bachelor's degree in biology and political science from Stanford University. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received a master's in philosophy, politics, and economics from Balliol College, Oxford. He later obtained a doctor of medicine and a master of public health from Harvard University.
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