International Rescue Committee to honor Dr. Atul Gawande and the LEGO Foundation with 2026 Freedom and Whitehead awards

India, Nov. 6 -- The International Rescue Committee said on Nov. 5, 2026, that it will honor Dr. Atul Gawande with the International Rescue Committee’s Freedom Award and the LEGO Foundation with the International Rescue Committee’s John C. Whitehead Humanitarian Award.

Awards announced

The International Rescue Committee said Dr. Atul Gawande will receive the Freedom Award, while the LEGO Foundation will receive the John C. Whitehead Humanitarian Award.

The announcement was issued as a press release dated Nov. 5, 2026, from New York, NY.

Dr. Atul Gawande

The International Rescue Committee described Dr. Atul Gawande as a surgeon, author, and researcher, and said he is a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School...