He’s a surgeon…, a writer. No wait: He’s hubba hubba!

Atul Gawande, poetic wunderkind Harvard doctor, just gave a lecture at Imperial College about how medicine can improve patients’ lot and you can watch his performance here or even download it if you wish.

For those in the dark, let me fill you in. Gawande is surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was also the editor of The Best American Science Writing 2006. Why him? Because he’s a remarkably gifted writer. Witness his second book, Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, that came out this spring.

Take for example this recent New Yorker article of his about endangered geriatricians, ”The Way We Age Now.”

To follow up on your nascent fandom of this gentleman, check out the aptly named NYTimes slide show about him ”In Good Hands.” Ahh those steady sensitive hands. That steely gaze. A week from now you won’t even remember who McDreamy is on that show Whosy-whatsit’s Anatomy.