Richard D. Urman is a physician practicing in Boston, Massachusetts at the Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...

. Dr. Urman was the 2005 recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award http://www.ama.org. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 and MBA from Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

. He is the co-author of Pocket Anesthesia (ISBN 0781795842), Anesthesiology Student Survival Guide (ISBN 0387097082), The MGH Textbook of Anesthetic Equipment (ISBN 978-1437709735) and Essential Clinical Anesthesia (ISBN 978-0521720205), Pocket Pain Medicine (ISBN 978-1608313365),
among others. His clinical interests include novel anesthetic drugs, sedation practices, operating room efficiency, and patient safety. He is a Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Safety in Office Based Surgery, Inc. http://www.isobs.org.