Join us for our first in a series of conversations on the vital issues of health care reform in 2010.

Our first event will be with Dr. Atul Gawande who will speak on The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Dr. Gawande is a Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health graduate who has written several bestsellers including Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. He is a recipient of a McArthur Award for his research and writing, and serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gawande will be speaking in conversation with Dana Goodman, Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy at USC, as part of the ALOUD series at the downtown public library.

If you would like to join us for an after-talk group dinner at a nearby restaurant please register below.

You must register for the lecture in advance (no charge) by calling 213-228-7025. Deadline is Monday, January 11, 2010.

Optional Group Dinner:
Members/guests, $50
Non-members, $55