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Vin Gupta is an American pulmonologist who serves as a medical analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

Biography

Gupta is a national public health media analyst,[1][2][3] primarily serving as a NBC News and MSNBC medical contributor on issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6] He was briefly under consideration by the Biden administration for the post of United States Surgeon General in 2020.[7][8] He also serves as Senior Principal of Health at Amazon,[9][10] affiliate professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation,[11] and Major in the United States Air Force Medical Reserve Corps.[12]

Education

Gupta attended Princeton University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He continued his education at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he received his Doctor of Medicine. He additionally received a Master of Studies in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.[1]

Career

Gupta completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Subsequently, he completed his fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.[1] In 2018, Gupta returned to the University of Washington, assuming a faculty position within the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation with a focus on the global burden of respiratory diseases.[13] CNBC first reported in January 2020 that Gupta had transitioned to a role at Amazon Care.[14]

He currently also serves on the Board of Directors[15] of the Center for Environmental Health and is a Term Member[16] of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Awards

In November 2021, Gupta was selected as one of the "most influential people of 2021"[17] by Seattle Magazine.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'Passion and expertise': UW's Dr. Vin Gupta shares coronavirus insights with the nation". The Seattle Times. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  2. ^ Zurawik, David. "As pandemic information from U.S. agencies became politicized, cable TV doctors stepped up in major way | COMMENTARY". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: Vaccines & Variants with Vin Gupta, MD, and Peter Hotez, MD, PhD". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  4. ^ "Seattle magazine's Most Influential People of 2021". Seattle Magazine. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  5. ^ "Mobile military ICU training for use with beleaguered U.S. hospitals". MSNBC. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  6. ^ "Dr. Vin Gupta gets COVID-19 vaccine on-air: 'This is going to save lives'". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  7. ^ Diamond, Dan; Cancryn, Adam. "Herd immunity by May?". Politico. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  8. ^ "Who Would Biden Put in Charge of Healthcare?". medpagetoday.com. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  9. ^ Rosenbaum, Eric (2021-10-22). "Amazon's top doctor on why air quality is the biggest workplace health challenge of this century". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  10. ^ "Meet the unlikely veteran-turned-doctor shaping Amazon's health plans". STAT. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  11. ^ "Vin Gupta". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  12. ^ "Mobile military ICU training for use with beleaguered U.S. hospitals". MSNBC. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  13. ^ GBD Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators (June 2020). "Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017". The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 8 (6): 585–96. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30105-3. ISSN 2213-2619. PMC 7284317. PMID 32526187. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ Farr, Christina (2020-01-08). "Amazon's latest health hire is a high-profile public health expert and 'lung doc'". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  15. ^ "Board". Center for Environmental Health. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  16. ^ "The Latest Developments on COVID-19". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  17. ^ "Seattle magazine's Most Influential People of 2021". Seattle Magazine. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  18. ^ "Seattle Magazine". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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