Richard D. Urman is a physician practicing in Boston, Massachusetts at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Urman was one of the 2005 recipients of the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is the co-author of Pocket Anesthesia (), Anesthesiology Student Survival Guide (), The MGH Textbook of Anesthetic Equipment () and Essential Clinical Anesthesia (), Pocket Pain Medicine (), Operating Room Leadership and Management (), among others. He has lectured nationally and internationally. His clinical interests include novel anesthetic drugs, sedation practices, operating room efficiency, and patient safety. He is a cofounder of the Incubator for Patient Safety and Outcomes. He directs the Perioperative Medicine Fellowship and helped establish the Center for Perioperative Research at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and is the founding member of the International Board of Perioperative Medicine.
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