Atul Gawande

I was at a party last night, speaking with a last year anesthesiology resident from the Boston area.  I told her I was reading Atul Gawande's excellent book 'Better'.  She said, "Oh, I know Gawande".  I found this unsurprising, as he is not only a surgeon but a quasi-celebrity with many articles appearing in popular places like the New Yorker.    She continued,  "I was the anesthesiologist on his team in a couple of surgeries recently."