January 20, 2012 – Washington, DC
Health Action Conference
February 7, 2012 – St. Louis, MO
Great Issues Lecture Series at St. Louis University
November 15, 2011 – Akron, OH
University of Akron’s Forum
Keynote, 7:30pm
EJ THomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill Street
October 26, 2011 – San Francisco, CA
City Arts & Lectures Conversation at Herbst Theater
On-stage Interview, 8:00 – 9:20
Herbst Theater
War Memorial Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street
October 20, 2011 – Boston, MA
Partners HealthCare System Center for Connected Health 2011 Symposium
Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
October 15, 2011 – Chicago, IL
American Society of Anesthesiologists 2011 Annual Meeting Open Session
“Target: Reducing Inpatient Surgical Mortality to Less than One Percent Globally”
Location TBD
October 1, 2011 – New York, NY
New Yorker Festival, 10:00am
“Do Surgeons Need Coaches?”
September 22, 2011 – Boston, MA
Lucian Leape Institute Annual Fall Forum and Gala
6:00 pm Reception, 7:00pm Dinner Speech
The State Room, 60 State Street, 33rd floor
September 21, 2011 – Cambridge, MA
Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement’s Robert C. Cobb, Sr. Memorial Lecture, 4:00pm
Sanders Theater/Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street
July 25, 2011 – Boston, MA
American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
Keynote, 10:00am
Westin Copley Place
July 17, 2011 – San Diego, CA
Health Research and Educational Trust 2011 TRUST Award Ceremony
Location TBD, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
June 11, 2011 – Athens, OH
Commencement Address, 9:30 am and 2:00pm
Ohio University
35 Park Place, Athens, OH 45701
May 26, 2011 – Boston, MA
Commencement Address, 2:00pm
Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine Commencement
25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115
May 25, 2011 – Boston, MA
2011 Linkage Thought Leader Series
Broadcast by Linkage, Inc.
May 15, 2011 – Newton, MA
Author talk and book signing, 7pm
Waban Library Center
May 10, 2011 – Vancouver, BC
Bon Mot Book Club
The Vancouver Club
May 9, 2011 – Madison, WI
Forward Thinking Speaker Series
American Family Mutual Insurance Co/University of Wisconsin-Wisconsin School of Business
April 29, 2011 – Washington, DC
Reducing Health Care Costs Without Rationing: A Clinician’s View
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 10am-11am
April 28, 2011 – New York, NY
Live from The New York Public Library
South Court Auditorium, 42nd Street at 5th Ave, 7pm
March 31, 2011 – Boston, MA
Perspectives on Health Care as a Management Challenge
Harvard Business School, Spangler Auditorium, 5pm
March 22, 2011 – Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Speaker Series – Ideas for Tomorrow
Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Center
March 16, 2011 – Columbia, SC
9:00 am
South Carolina Hospital Association Patient Safety Symposium
March 2, 2011 – Boston, MA
The Long Tail of Global Health Equity: TACKLING THE ENDEMIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF THE BOTTOM BILLION
Partners in Health and Harvard Medical School
Joseph Martin Conference Center, 5:00 pm
Harvard Medical School
March 2, 2011 – Boston, MA
Orthopedic Grand Rounds, 7:00 am
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Bornstein Amphitheatre
February 2, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA
8:00 – 9:00 pm
UCLA School of Public Health – 50th Anniversary Gala
UCLA School of Public Health
February 2, 2011 – La Jolla, CA
Lecture, Panel Discussion, Book Signing
Scripps Health
February 1, 2011 – San Diego, CA
11:45 am – 12:30 pm
2011 Ferguson Lecture
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
January 3, 2011
Release of The Checklist Manifesto in paperback from Picador USA
December 8, 2010 – Orlando, FL
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Institute for Healthcare Improvement 2010 Forum
“How Will We Do That? Redirecting the Medical Arms Race to Higher Quality, Lower Cost, and Better Health”
November 29, 2010 – Chicago, IL
1:30-2:45 pm
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2010 Annual Meeting
Plenary Session, “Real Reform: Facing the Complexity of Health Care”
November 18, 2010 – Montreux, Switzerland
First WHO Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Keynote Address
November 5, 2010 – Boston, MA
The Role of Surgery in Global Health: Addressing the Crisis – Anesthesia, Surgical Need and Global Health Dialogue
Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Avenue
October 26, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV
IBM Information on Demand Global Conference
October 16, 2010 – Boston, MA
Boston Book Fest, 4:30
Copley Square
October 13, 2010 – Boston, MA
Surgery Grand Rounds, “Checklist 2.0: What’s Next in Improvements of Surgical Safety and Performance?”
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Bornstein Amphitheatre, 45 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115
8:15 am – 9:00 am
October 2, 2010 – New York, NY
New Yorker Festival Lecture, 10 am
Tickets on sale September 10, 2010
September 29, 2010 – Boston, MA
Museum of Science’s Bradford Washburn Award
Museum of Science
September 28, 2010 – Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2010 Annual Conference
Talk and possible dialogue
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
August 17, 2010 – Cambridge, MA
Ninth Annual Quality Colloquium Keynote
Harvard University
June 12, 2010 – Stanford, CA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Commencement Address
May 15, 2010 – Athens, OH
12-1:30 PM
District Rotary Conference, Governor’s Luncheon
Baker Center Ballroom, Ohio University
One Park Place
Athens, OH 45701
May 3, 2010 – Seattle, WA
7:30 PM
Seattle Arts & Lectures Special Event
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall
200 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101
April 27, 2010 – Newton, MA
7:30 PM
Sweeney Husson Theatre, Newton Country Day School
785 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02458
Mar 15, 2010 – Denver, CO
8-9:30 AM
Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses - 57th Congress
Colorado Convention Center
700 14th Street
Denver, CO 80207
Mar 9, 2010 – Chestnut Hill, MA
7:30 PM
Lowell Humanities Series
Boston College – McGuinn Hall, Room 121
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 28, 2010 – Boston, MA
1:30 PM
Price Lecture, Trinity Church
206 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Feb 25, 2010 – Newton, MA
7:00 PM
Newtonville Books
296 Walnut Street
Newton, MA 02460
Feb 24, 2010 – Boston, MA
12-1 PM
Wiese Lecture in Medical Humanities
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Feb 16, 2010 – New York, NY
7:00 PM
192 Books
192 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
Feb 9, 2010 – Washington, DC
12:30-2 PM
AcademyHealth, National Health Policy Conference
JW Marriott
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20004
Register here
Feb 5, 2010 – Cambridge, MA
7:00 PM
Atul Gawande Salon Dinner
Rialto Restaurant
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jan 27, 2010 – London, UK
4:30 PM
UCL’s Grand Challenges programme
Henry Wellcome Lecture Theater of the Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road
London
NW12BE
Register here.
Jan 15, 2010 – Santa Barbara, CA
8:00 PM
UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures
Victoria Hall Theater
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Jan 14, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA
7-8:00 PM
Los Angeles Public Library
Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Jan 13, 2010 – San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Jan 12, 2010 – San Rafael, CA
7:00 PM
Dominican University
Guzman Hall
50 Acacia Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
Jan 12, 2010 – Seattle, WA
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Washington Athletic Club
Seattle Crystal Ballroom
1325 6th Avenue
Tickets are required for this event
Jan 11, 2010 – Seattle, WA
9:00 PM
Midnight Symposium @ the Sorrento Hotel
900 Madison St
Seattle, WA 98104
Tickets are required for this event
Jan 10, 2010 – Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
Town Hall Future of Health Series
1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
This event has a $5 ticket price
Jan 08, 2010 – New Haven, CT
7:00 PM
RJ Julia Booksellers
The Study at Yale
1157 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Jan 07, 2010 – Boston, MA
6:00 PM
Harvard Book Store – Brattle Street Theater
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Buy tickets here.
Jan 06, 2010 – Washington, DC
7:00 PM
Politics & Prose Book Store
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
Jan 05, 2010 – New York
8:15 PM
92nd St. Y, Buttenwieser Hall
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Dec 02, 2009 – Hartford, CT
6:00 PM
2nd Annual Primary Care Summit
Sponsored by the Connecticut Center for Primary Care
Connecticut Convention Center
Nov 18, 2009 – New York, NY
1:00 PM
New Yorker Festival
“The Death of the Master Builder: A Story of Risk, Medicine, and Skyscrapers”
Directors Guild Theatre
110 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Sep 13, 2009 – Newport, RI
Samuel Jason Mixter Lecuture
New England Surgical Society
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Sep 23, 2009 – Portland, OR
7:30 pm
Public Lecture sponsored by
the Kaiser Center for Health Research
The Newmark Theater, SW Broadway at Main
Sep 24, 2009 – Reno, NV
University of Nevada-Reno
Jul 8, 2009-July 9, 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland
WHO Safe Childbirth International Consultation Meeting
Jun 22 – June 23, 2009 – Amman, Jordan
Safe Surgery Saves Lives EMRO Regional Launch Event
Jun 12 2009 – Chicago, IL
University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine
Commencement Address
Jun 4 2009 – Boston, MA
Harvard School of Public Health
Commencement Address
May 19 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland — CANCELLED
World Health Assembly
May 04 2009 – Hong Kong — CANCELLED
Hong Kong Health Authority Conference
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Apr 24 2009 – Indian Wells, CA
10:30 AM – 12 noon
American Surgical Association Keynote Address
Hyatt Grand Champions
Mar 31 2009 – Boston, MA
12:15-1:15 PM
“A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population”
3rd Floor Conference Room
One Brigham Circle, Division of General Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Mar 11 2009 – Washington, DC
AHIP National Policy Forum
Ritz-Carlton Washington
Feb/24/09 – Tulsa, OK
6:30 PM
Grand Rounds Physician Event
Saint Francis Hospital
Education Center – Auditorium
Jan 30 2009 – Washington DC
9:00 AM
Families USA’s Health Action 2009 Conference
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Jan 15 2009 – London, UK
Safe Surgery Saves Lives EURO Regional Launch Event
British Library
Dec 10 2008 – Nashville, TN
IHI Meeting
Oct 29-Oct 30, 2008 – Geneva, Switzerland
Global Puse Oximetry Project
First International Consultation Meeting
WHO Headquarters
Oct 27, 2008 – Boston, MA
10:15 AM
Disparities in Surgical Care Symposium- Global Surgical Safety: The WHO Safe Surgery Campaign
Seaport World Trade Center Boston
June 25 2008 – Washington, DC
12:30 pm
Pan American Health Organization Building
525 23rd St., NW, Washington, DC 20037
The World Health Organization’s Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative will be formally launched at a public event hosted by Dr Mirta Roses Periago, WHO Regional Director for the Americas. It will be attended by Ministers of Health, world leaders in surgery, anaesthesiology and nursing, and Dr. Atul Gawande, the lead for this WHO campaign to reduce deaths and complications in surgery globally. The event will video-link with numerous sites around the world using the new “WHO Surgical Safety Checklist” and will feature endorsements of this approach to safety from health-care associations worldwide.
May 09 2008 – Ann Arbor, MI
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
University of Michigan Health System
Apr 24, 2008 – New York, NY
8:00 PM
92nd Street Y
Kaufman Concert Hall
Tickets on sale at this link
Apr 23, 2008 – Hartford, CT
10:00-11:15 AM
Donaghue Medical Research Foundation Annual Conference
Hartford Hilton Hotel
Apr 16, 2008 – Boston, MA
12:00 PM
Children’s Hospital
Main Auditorium, Enders Building
Apr 03, 2008 – Newton, MA
7:00 PM
Books and Brews at Newtonville Books
Feb 04, 2008 – Philadelphia
8:00 PM
Free Library of Philadelphia
Lecture and Book Signing in the Montgomery Auditorium
$7-14 Tickets for sale at this link
Feb 03, 2008 – Brookline, MA
1:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith Writers and Readers Series
Coolidge Corner Theatre
$5 Tickets for sale at the Booksmith
Feb 01, 2008 – New York, NY
7:00 PM
Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center
Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink
Dec 12, 2007 – Orlando, FL
1:30-2:30 PM
Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Keynote Address
Orlando, FL
Nov 13, 2007 – Princeton, NJ
Walter E. Edge Lecture
McCosh Hall 10
Princeton, NJ
Oct 06, 2007 – New York, NY
1:00 PM
The New Yorker Festival
Casualties of War: The Medical Repercussions of Battle
Florence Gould Hall,
French Institute Alliance Française ($25)
55 East 59th Street, NYC
Jul 01, 2007
Korea Release Date for Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Sosoh)
Jun 15, 2007
Netherlands Release Date for Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Arbeiderspers)
Jun 05, 2007 – London, UK
06:00 PM
Royal Society of Arts
Public lecture
8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ
Jun 04, 2007 – London, UK
06:00 PM
Imperial College, London
Centennial Lecture, open to the public
G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus
Jun 01, 2007
India Release Date for Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Penguin Books)
May 31, 2007
UK, Australia, and New Zealand Release Date for Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Profile Books)
May 17, 2007 – Baltimore, MD
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Commencement Address
May 14, 2007 – Philadelphia, PA
6:00 PM
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Commencement Address
May 08, 2007 – Newton, MA
7:30 PM
NEWTONVILLE BOOKS — Books and Brews Event
296 Walnut Street
Newton, MA 02460
May 03 – Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO. sponsored event at
SEATTLE PUBLIC CENTRAL LIBRARY — Discussion & Signing
Microsoft Auditorium
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle 98104
May 03, 2007 – Seattle, WA
12:00 PM
AMAZON.COM –Discussion & Signing
1200 12th Avenue, South/Pacific Medical Building
8th Floor AV Room
Seattle, WA 98108
May 02, 2007 – Portland, OR
7:30 PM
POWELL’S CITY OF BOOKS, BURNSIDE — Discussion & Signing
1005 West Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
May 02, 2007 – Portland, OR
12:00 PM
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY — Lecture & Signing
May 01, 2007 – San Francisco, CA
06:00 PM
COMMONWEALTH CLUB — Lecture & Signing
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Apr 30, 2007 – San Francisco, CA
07:30 PM
KEPLER’S BOOKS — Discussion & Signing
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Apr 30, 2007 – San Francisco, CA
12:00 PM
UC SAN FRANCISCO — Lecture/signing
Apr 23, 2007 – Detroit, MI
11:15 AM
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN/FLINT — Lecture/signing
Apr 18, 2007 – Washington
7:00 PM
POLITICS & PROSE — Discussion/Signing
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Apr 17, 2007 – Denver, CO
7:30 PM
TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE — Discussion & Signing
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80206
Apr 16, 2007 – Houston, TX
12:00 PM
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL — Lecture/signing
Apr 16, 2007
Taiwan Release Date for Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Commonwealth)
Apr 13, 2007 – Minneapolis, MN
7:30 PM
MAGERS & QUINN sponsored event at
LYNDALE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST — Discussion & Signing
810 W. 31st St.
Minneapolis, MN
Apr 12, 2007 – St. Louis, MO
7:00 PM
LEFT BANK BOOKS — Discussion & Signing
399 North Euclid
St. Louis, MO 63108
Apr 12, 2007 – St. Louis, MO
12:00 PM
WASHINGTON U SCH. OF MEDICINE — Lecture/Signing
Apr 11, 2007 – Chicago, IL
6:00 PM
SEMINARY COOP sponsored event at
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE — Discussion & Signing
1414 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Apr 10, 2007 – New York, NY
7:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE — Discussion & Signing
1972 Broadway – Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023
Apr 09, 2007 – Boston, MA
6:00 PM
HARVARD BOOK STORE sponsored event at
THE BRATTLE THEATRE — Discussion & Signing
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Apr 03, 2007
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance released in the U.S. and Canada (Metropolitan Books)