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Atul Gawande, bureaucrat: A tough job would await the renowned surgeon at USAID

  • Helen Branswell

By Helen Branswell July 19, 2021

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President Biden has nominated renowned surgeon Atul Gawande to the post of assistant administrator for global health at USAID. Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Geisinger Health System

Atul Gawande has been a renowned surgeon, an award-winning magazine writer and author, a Rhodes scholar, a recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant,” and the CEO of a briefly ballyhooed health care company.

Now he is hoping to be a bureaucrat.

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Helen Branswell

Helen Branswell

Senior Writer, Infectious Diseases

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Post News.

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