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For the Bollywood director of the same name, see Sanjay Gupta (director). This article is about a person involved in a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. (January 2009) Sanjay Gupta Born October 23, 1969 (1969-10-23) (age 39) Novi, Michigan[1] Alma mater University of Michigan Medical University of Michigan (B.Sc.) Occupation CNN Medical Correspondent, neurosurgeon Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Rebecca Olson Gupta Children Sage Ayla Gupta, Sky Gupta, Neal SenGupta Parents Subhash Gupta (father), Damyanti Gupta (mother) Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is an American physician 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] As of January 2009, he has been offered the position of Surgeon General of the United States in the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama; the final vetting is currently under way.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Background Background Gupta grew up in Novi, Michigan, on the outskirts of Detroit and received his undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical Center. He completed his residency in neurological surgery within the University of Michigan Health System. His parents, Damyanti and Subhash Gupta, 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 Navy 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 | ||||
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