Sanjay Gupta
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| Sanjay Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 |
| Occupation | CNN Medical Correspondant, neurosurgeon |
| Spouse | Rebecca Olson Gupta |
| Parents | Subhash Gupta (father), Damyanti Gupta (mother) |
| Children | Sage Ayla Gupta |
Dr. Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is a neurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent based in Atlanta, Georgia. An assistant professor of Neurosurgery at Emory University and Associate Chief of the Neurosurgery Service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, he is also a frequent guest on the news show Anderson Cooper 360°. "Charity Hospital", a news report he filed for Anderson Cooper 360°, won a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. From 1997–1998 he served as one of fifteen White House Fellows, primarily as an advisor to Hillary Clinton. Dr. Gupta currently publishes a column in TIME.
Gupta grew up in Novi, Michigan and received both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Michigan. His father served three Army combat tours in Vietnam and his brother, a Marine, has served in Iraq two times.[citation needed]
In 2003, Gupta traveled to Iraq to cover the medical aspects of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq, Gupta performed emergency surgery on both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. One such case was a young marine named Jesus Vidana. Gupta was embedded with a Marine medical unit at the time. Vidana had 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.[1]
Gupta was named one of the Sexiest Men of 2003 by People, along with his fellow CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
In December of 2006, CBS News President Sean McManus negotiated a deal with CNN that will have Sanjay Gupta file up to 10 reports a year for "The Evening News With Katie Couric" while remaining CNN’s chief medical correspondent and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital.
