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06/25/08, 12:30 pm: Washington, DC
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.

05/09/08: Ann Arbor, MI  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

University of Michigan Health System

04/24/08: NYC 8:00 PM

92nd Street Y

Kaufman Concert Hall

Tickets on sale at this link

04/23/08: Hartford, CT 10:00-11:15 AM

Donaghue Medical Research Foundation Annual Conference

Hartford Hilton Hotel

04/16/08: Boston 12:00 PM

Children's Hospital

Main Auditorium, Enders Building

04/03/08: Newton, MA  7:00 PM

Books and Brews at Newtonville Books

 

 

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02/04/2008: Philadelphia  8:00 PM

Free Library of Philadelphia

Lecture and Book Signing in the Montgomery Auditorium

$7-14 Tickets for sale at this link

02/03/2008: Brookline, MA  1:00 PM

Brookline Booksmith Writers and Readers Series

Coolidge Corner Theatre

$5 Tickets for sale at the Booksmith

02/01/2008: NYC  7:00 PM

Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center

Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink

12/12/2007: Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Keynote Address     01:30-02:30 PM

Orlando, FL

11/13/2007: Walter E. Edge Lecture

McCosh Hall 10

Princeton, NJ

10/06/2007: The New Yorker Festival   01:00 PM

Casualties of War: The Medical Repercussions of Battle
Florence Gould Hall,
French Institute Alliance Française ($25)
55 East 59th Street, NYC

07/01/2007: Korea Release Date for Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Sosoh)

06/15: Netherlands Release Date for Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Arbeiderspers)

06/05: Royal Society of Arts 06:00 PM 

Public lecture

8 John Adam Street,  London  WC2N 6EZ

06/04: Imperial College, London  06:00 PM

Centennial Lecture, open to the public

G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus


06/01: India Release Date for Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Penguin Books)

05/31: UK, Australia, and New Zealand Release Date

for Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Profile Books)

05/17: Baltimore

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL

Commencement Address

05/14: Philadelphia     06:00 PM       

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SCHOOL

Commencement Address

05/08: Newton, MA     7:30 PM

NEWTONVILLE BOOKS -- Books and Brews Event

296 Walnut Street

Newton, MA  02460

05/03: Seattle     07:00 PM       

ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO. sponsored event at

SEATTLE PUBLIC CENTRAL LIBRARY -- Discussion & Signing

Microsoft Auditorium

1000 Fourth Avenue

Seattle 98104

05/03: Seattle   12:00 PM

AMAZON.COM --Discussion & Signing

1200 12th Avenue, South/Pacific Medical Building

8th Floor AV Room

Seattle, WA  98108

05/02: Portland     07:30 PM       

POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, BURNSIDE -- Discussion & Signing

1005 West Burnside

Portland, OR  97209

05/02: Portland   12:00 PM

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY -- Lecture & Signing

05/01: San Francisco     06:00 PM       

COMMONWEALTH CLUB -- Lecture & Signing

595 Market Street

San Francisco, CA  94105

04/30: San Francisco     07:30 PM       

KEPLER'S BOOKS -- Discussion & Signing

1010 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA  94025

04/30: San Francisco     12:00 PM

UC SAN FRANCISCO -- Lecture/signing

04/23: Detroit     11:15 AM       

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN/FLINT -- Lecture/signing

04/18: Washington     07:00 PM       

POLITICS & PROSE -- Discussion/Signing

5015 Connecticut Ave. NW

Washington, DC  20008

04/17: Denver     07:30 PM       

TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE -- Discussion & Signing

2526 East Colfax Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

04/16: Houston     12:00 PM

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL -- Lecture/signing   

04/16: Taiwan Release Date for Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Commonwealth)

04/13: Minneapolis     07:30 PM     

MAGERS & QUINN sponsored event at

LYNDALE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST -- Discussion & Signing

810 W. 31st St.

Minneapolis, MN

04/12: St. Louis     07:00 PM       

LEFT BANK BOOKS -- Discussion & Signing

399 North Euclid

St. Louis, MO  63108

04/12: St. Louis     12:00 PM       

WASHINGTON U SCH. OF MEDICINE -- Lecture/Signing

04/11: Chicago     06:00 PM       

SEMINARY COOP sponsored event at

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE -- Discussion & Signing

1414 East 59th Street

Chicago, IL  60637

04/10: New York     07:00 PM       

BARNES & NOBLE -- Discussion & Signing

1972 Broadway - Lincoln Center

New York, NY  10023

04/09: Boston     06:00 PM

HARVARD BOOK STORE sponsored event at

THE BRATTLE THEATRE -- Discussion & Signing

40 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA 02138   

04/03: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance released in the U.S. and Canada (Metropolitan Books)