PHYSICIAN
Atul Gawande
1965 - Today
Atul Gawande
Atul Atmaram Gawande (born November 5, 1965) is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In public health, he was chairman of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and chairman of Lifebox, a nonprofit that works on reducing deaths in surgery globally. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Atul Gawande is the 721st most popular physician (down from 715th in 2024), the 17,611th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,444th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Physician.
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Atul Gawande ranks 721 out of 726. Before him are Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Suniti Solomon, Amina Okueva, James Heilman, and Jonny Kim. After him are Ai Fen, Felipe Contepomi, Rebecca Gomperts, Nidal Hasan, Yvonne Cagle, and Li-Meng Yan.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
1809 - 1848
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 715
Siddhartha Mukherjee
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 716
Suniti Solomon
1938 - 2015
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 717
Amina Okueva
1983 - 2017
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 718
James Heilman
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 719
Jonny Kim
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 720
Atul Gawande
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 721
Ai Fen
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 722
Felipe Contepomi
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 723
Rebecca Gomperts
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 724
Nidal Hasan
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 725
Yvonne Cagle
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 726
Li-Meng Yan
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 727
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1965, Atul Gawande ranks 1,094. Before him are Steven Hallard, Igor Khoroshev, Bob Ferguson, Phylis Smith, Zeng Guoqiang, and A. L. Kennedy. After him are Ivari Padar, Bruno Le Roux, Nigel Bond, Will Perdue, Kate Gulbrandsen, and Abby Lee Miller.
Others Born in 1965
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Steven Hallard
ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 1,088
Igor Khoroshev
COMPOSER
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 1,089
Bob Ferguson
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 1,090
Phylis Smith
ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 1,091
Zeng Guoqiang
ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,092
A. L. Kennedy
WRITER
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 1,093
Atul Gawande
PHYSICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 1,094
Ivari Padar
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 1,095
Bruno Le Roux
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 1,096
Nigel Bond
SNOOKER
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 1,097
Will Perdue
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 1,098
Kate Gulbrandsen
SINGER
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 1,099
Abby Lee Miller
BUSINESSPERSON
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 1,100
Among PHYSICIANS In United States
Among physicians born in United States, Atul Gawande ranks 102. Before him are Charles R. Drew (1904), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), David Shulkin (1959), Donald Henderson (1928), Bill Frist (1952), and Jonny Kim (1984). After him are Nidal Hasan (1970), and Yvonne Cagle (1959).
Charles R. Drew
1904 - 1950
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 96
Caldwell Esselstyn
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 97
David Shulkin
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 98
Donald Henderson
1928 - 2016
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 99
Bill Frist
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 100
Jonny Kim
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 101
Atul Gawande
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 102
Nidal Hasan
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 103
Yvonne Cagle
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 104
