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10-10-2014

Dominican Welcomes Dr. Atul Gawande to ILS Fall Lecture Series

Sarah Gardner
Dominican University of California, sarah.gardner@dominican.edu

Dave Albee
Dominican University of California, david.albee@dominican.edu

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Dominican Welcomes Dr. Atul Gawande to ILS Fall Lecture Series
Dr. Gawande, who practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in
Boston, is professor in both the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard
School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In his new
book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Dr. Gawande examines the realities
of aging and calls for the medical system to better serve a rapidly growing segment of the
population.
Dr. Gawande previously appeared in Angelico Hall in 2010 with his book The Checklist
Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
For more information or to purchase Being Mortal, contact Book Passage in Corte Madera
by calling (415) 927-0960 or visiting bookpassage.com.
Dr. Gawande, a MacArthur Fellow, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1988. He
has written three New York Times bestsellers. He is also Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a
joint center for health systems innovation, and Chairman of Lifebox, a nonprofit organization
making surgery safer globally.
The speaker series, a cooperative effort between Dominican’s Institute for Leadership
Studies and Book Passage, features some of the country's leading figures in the field of business,
politics, entertainment, academia, and literature. The series has educated and entertained
thousands of Marin County and San Francisco Bay Area residents.
All lectures are open to the public. Free parking is available on campus in the nearby Conlan
Center parking lot at the intersection of Acacia and Grand avenues.

The Institute for Leadership Studies’ Fall 2014 Leadership Lecture Series is sponsored by
Private Ocean, the oldest and largest privately-held wealth management firm in Marin County.
Private Ocean’s commitment to community service has been a driving force behind its support of
the lecture series, now in its 11th year.

Dr. Gawande's appearance is co-sponsored by Hospice by the Bay.

Media Contacts:
Karen West, Book Passage Director of Events, 415-927-0960, Ext. 238,
kwest@bookpassage.com
Sarah Gardner, Director of Communications and Media Relations, 415-485-3239,
sarah.gardner@Dominican.edu.

October 10, 2014