• Upcoming Events

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    June 3, 2012 – Williamstown, MA
    Williams College Commencement Address

    June 21, 2012 – Salt Lake City, UT
    “Healthy Dialogues”
    Intermountain Health

    June 22, 2012 – Salt Lake City, UT
    2012 AHIP Institute
    “Cowboys Versus Pit Crews: How to Build a Sustainable Health Care Delivery System”
    8:10-9:30am

    October 2, 2012 – Chicago, IL
    Excelsior Surgical Society Edward D. Churchill Lecture
    American College of Surgeons

    October 24, 2012 – Cambridge, MA
    Askwith Forum Lecture
    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Past Events

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    April 30, 2012 – Iowa City, IA
    American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
    Annual Meeting
    11:45am-12:20pm

    April 25, 2012 – Columbia, SC
    South Carolina Hospital Association
    Fifth Annual Patient Safety Symposium
    Keynote Presentation I, 10:15-11:30am

    April 15, 2012 – Boston, MA
    Boston Public Library
    Literary Lights Dinner

    March 29, 2012 – National Harbor, MD
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
    Management and Leadership Conference
    General Plenary II, 12:4g-2:00pm

    March 25, 2012 – Philadelphia, PA
    ASCD
    Annual Conference and Exhibit Show
    Second General Session, 10:00-11:45am

    February 28, 2012 – Long Beach, CA
    TED2012
    Session 3, 5:00-6:45pm

    February 7, 2012 – St. Louis, MO
    Great Issues Lecture Series at St. Louis University

    January 20, 2012 – Washington, DC
    Health Action Conference

    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)

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