Indian-American doctor Atul Gawande joins Joe Biden's transition COVID-19 taskforce

On Monday, Indian-American doctor Atul Gawande became a part of newly anunced transition coronavirus visory board led by US President-elect Joe Biden.  55-year-old Boston-based surgeon, in a tweet, expressed confidence that pandemic can be brought under control, and lives and livelihoods can be saved.

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Gawande is a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and is also a professor at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Professor of Health Policy and Manment at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Kwn for his writings and books about medical field,  surgeon was a senior viser in US Department of Health and Human Services under former President Bill Clinton.

Dr. Gawande h been a part of Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, before joining medical school. He earlier served as a senior visor in Department of Health and Human Services in Clinton ministration. In 2007, he led World Health Organisation's global effort to decrease surgical deaths.

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Furr, Gawande has authored four books, including Being Mortal which deals with subject of end-of-life care. This year, after two years as CEO, he was named chairman of Haven, a health-care venture focused on improving health outcomes, patient experience, and costs of care. His far Atmaram Gawande, who was born in Maharashtra, and his mor Sushila Gawande, who hailed from Gujarat, h met in New York during medical school. y got married and moved to Ans, Ohio to practice medicine.

Gawande was born in Brooklyn and was raised in Ohio. He went to Stanford where he studied biology and politics and later was, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, where he earned his master's in philosophy, politics, and ecomics in 1989. 

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Biden's Transition Covid-19 visory Board

Biden's Transition COVID-19 visory Board is co-chaired by former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler, former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, Yale associate professor of medicine and epidemiology.

Team Biden-Harris anunced formation of Transition COVID-19 visory Board, in a statement. board will comprise of a team of leing public health experts who will vise President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, and Transition's COVID-19 staff.

leing scientists and public health experts of Board will discuss with state and local officials to determine public health and ecomic steps necessary to get virus under control. It will also work to deliver immediate relief to working families, and dress ongoing racial and ethnic disparities. board will also assist in reopening schools and businesses safely and effectively in country.

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(With inputs from ANI)