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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)