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==Surgeon General of the United States== |
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On [[January 6]], [[2009]], it was reported that Gupta had been offered, and planned to accept, the position of [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]] by [[President-Elect]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="WPO"/> |
On [[January 6]], [[2009]], it was reported that Gupta had been offered, and planned to accept, the position of [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]] by [[President-Elect]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="WPO"/> |
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However, he has refused the post. Obama will find a replacement soon. |
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== Other TV works == |
== Other TV works == |
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Revision as of 21:59, 6 January 2009
Sanjay Gupta | |
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| Born | October 23, 1969 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Health System (M.D.) University of Michigan (B.Sc.) |
| Occupation(s) | CNN Medical Correspondent, neurosurgeon |
| Spouse | Rebecca Olson Gupta |
| Children | Sage Ayla Gupta, Sky Gupta, Neal SenGupta |
| Parent(s) | Subhash Gupta (father), Damyanti Gupta (mother) |
Sanjay Gupta (Hindi: संजय गुप्ता), born October 23, 1969, is the Surgeon-General-Designate of the United States. He is an American physician of Indian descent and a contributing CNN chief health correspondent based in Atlanta, Georgia. An assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, he is also a frequent guest on the news program Anderson Cooper 360°. "Charity Hospital" won a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. From 1997 to 1998, he served as one of fifteen White House Fellows, primarily as an advisor to Hillary Clinton. Gupta currently publishes a column in TIME magazine. He is also host of House Call with Dr Sanjay Gupta. His book Chasing Life was a New York Times and National bestseller.[2][3]
Background
Gupta grew up in Template:City-state, on the outskirts of Detroit and received both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Michigan in Template:City-state. He completed his residency in neurological surgery within the University of Michigan Health System. His father and mother moved from India to Michigan to work as engineers at the Ford Dearborn Plant in the 1960s. He also completed a portion of his residency at St. Lawrence Hospital (now a part of Sparrow Health Network) in Lansing, Michigan.
In 2003, Gupta traveled to Iraq to cover the medical aspects of 2003 invasion of Iraq. While in Iraq, Gupta performed emergency surgery on both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Gupta was embedded with a Marine medical unit at the time. A Marine named Jesus Vidana suffered a severe head injury and the Marines asked for Gupta's assistance because of his background in neurosurgery. Vidana survived and was sent back to the United States for rehabilitation.[4]
Gupta was named one of the Sexiest Men of 2003 by People magazine.[2]
In December 2006, CBS News President Sean McManus negotiated a deal with CNN that will have Gupta file up to 10 reports a year for "The Evening News With Katie Couric" and "60 minutes" while remaining CNN’s chief medical correspondent and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Medical practice
Gupta specializes in all facets of neurosurgical care with a strong interest in complicated spine, trauma and 3-D image guided operations. He has recently had articles published in the Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Focus on percutaneous pedicle screw placement.[citation needed] He has also published on brain tumors and spinal cord abnormalities.[citation needed]
Michael Moore controversy
A July 9, 2007, broadcast of CNN's The Situation Room aired a "fact check" segment by Gupta on Michael Moore's 2007 film Sicko in which Gupta stated that Moore had "fudged facts".[5] Immediately following the segment, Moore was interviewed live on CNN by Wolf Blitzer. Moore said that Gupta's report was inaccurate and biased, and Moore later posted a detailed response on his website.[6] Moore accused CNN and Gupta of being biased in favor of the drug industry because most of the sponsors for their medical coverage, including Gupta's reports, were drug companies. On July 10, 2007, Gupta debated Moore on Larry King Live, and, on the 15th, CNN released a statement in response to Michael Moore's rebuttal. In it, they apologized for an error in their on-air report, having stated that in the film Moore reported Cuba spends $25 per person for health care when the film actually gave that number as $251. CNN attributed this to a transcription error. CNN defended the rest of Gupta's report and issued a point-by-point response to Moore's response in which CNN contended that Moore's comparison of data from different sources in different years was in effect "cherry picking" results, at the cost of statistical accuracy.[7] CNN also admitted that, in his debate with Moore, Gupta had afterwards committed a second error, mistakenly contesting Moore's observation that Gupta's one on-air expert was now associated with a Republican-linked think tank rather than a university (a fact which the chyron on Gupta's original report had stated correctly).[8][9][10] Gupta's exact language, according to the official CNN transcript, was "he is with a think tank and his only affiliation is with Vanderbilt University." [11]
Surgeon General of the United States
On January 6, 2009, it was reported that Gupta had been offered, and planned to accept, the position of Surgeon General by President-Elect Barack Obama.[1]
However, he has refused the post. Obama will find a replacement soon.
Other TV works
On October 14, 2007, Gupta guest-hosted a health episode of CBS News Sunday Morning as its regular host, Charles Osgood, was on vacation.
References
- ^ a b Kurtz, Howard (2009-01-06). "Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b "CNN Programs: Anchors/Reporters: Sanjay Gupta". CNN.
- ^ "CNN Medical Correspondent to Serve as Pritzker Commencement Speaker". Pritzker School of Medicine. May 23, 2007.
- ^ Gupta, Sanjay (2007-05-22). "Gupta: Saving lives on the front lines". CNN. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ CNN Transcripts. THE SITUATION ROOM. CNN's Dr. Gupta looks at "Sicko" and Some Facts Are Incorrect. Aired July 9, 2007 - 1900ET
- ^ "'SiCKO' Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight". Michael Moore. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "CNN's response to Michael Moore". CNN.com/entertainment. CNN. 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ Media Matters (2007-07-11). "In Sicko "fact check," CNN's Gupta falsely claimed his source's "only affiliation is with Vanderbilt University"" (incl. Quicktime video excerpt from "Larry King Live"). Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- ^ Bauder, David. "Michael Moore and CNN trade angry accusations over 'Sicko' accuracy". AP. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ Droganes, Constance. "Michael Moore makes CNN blush". CTV.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ "Transcript: Moore & Gupta: "Sicko" Controversy; Crazy Love". Larry King Live. CNN. July 10, 2007.
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