John Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary will present a talk on Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St., Lancaster. The Row House is organizing the event.
Makary is a Johns Hopkins cancer surgeon and serves jointly as a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He has published more than 250 scientific articles, including articles on the surgical checklist, frailty as a predictor of surgical outcome, a survey to measure hospital safety culture, and contributions to surgical technique. Makary performed the world's first series of laparoscopic pancreatectomies with islet autotransplantation and is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Award of the National Pancreas Foundation. At the World Health Organization (WHO), Makary led the technical workgroup on measuring surgical quality worldwide and served in leadership with Atul Gawande on the WHO Surgery Checklist committee - work that later became disseminated in the book "The Checklist Manifesto."
His current research focuses on vulnerable populations and medical billing. He has grants to study health care costs and develop new measures of high-value care. He currently serves as the executive director of Improving Wisely, a national project to reduce unnecessary care and lower health care costs.
Makary, a native of central Pennsylvania, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and was named one of the most influential people in health care by HealthLeaders Magazine.
He has appeared on NBC and Fox News and written for national media outlets. He holds degrees from Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University, and Harvard University. His book, "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care," describes how the disruptors of health care are restoring medicine to its mission.
There is an admission fee. Advance tickets will be discounted. Row House members plus one guest will be admitted for free. For more information and to reserve seats, readers may visit http://www.therowhouse.org.
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