Sanjay Gupta 633934 223306604 2008-07-03T14:12:07Z Dreaded Walrus 1715206 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/74.235.195.114|74.235.195.114]] ([[User talk:74.235.195.114|talk]]) to last version by Dreaded Walrus {{for|the [[Bollywood]] director of the same name|Sanjay Gupta (director)}} {{Infobox Person | image = Replace this image male.svg <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See [[WP:NONFREE]]. --> | image_size = 150px | | name = Sanjay Gupta | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|23}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[CNN]] Medical Correspondent,<br /> [[neurosurgeon]] | spouse = Rebecca Olson Gupta | parents = Subhash Gupta (father),<br /> Damyanti Gupta (mother) | children = Sage Ayla Gupta,<br />Sky Gupta }} <!--Please see naming conventions at WP:MOSBIO, do not add details like "Dr."-->'''Sanjay Gupta''' ([[Hindi]]: संजय गुप्ता), born [[23 October]] [[1969]], is an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] of [[India]]n descent and a contributing [[CNN]] chief health correspondent based in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|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 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)|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. <ref name="national bestseller">[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Sanjay Gupta<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="NYT bestseller">[http://pritzker.uchicago.edu/about/news/commencement.shtml commencement | Pritzker School of Medicine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Background== Gupta grew up in {{city-state|Novi|Michigan}} on the outskirts of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] and received both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the [[University of Michigan]] in {{city-state|Ann Arbor|Michigan}}. 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, MI. 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 [[US Marine Corps|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. <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/29/gupta.iraq.btsc/index.html] Gupta: Saving Lives on the Front Lines - CNN.com</ref> Gupta was named one of the Sexiest Men of 2003 by ''[[People (magazine)|People magazine]].''[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html] In December of 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. FEC filings show political campaign contributions by Gupta of $200 in 2000 and $8000 in 2003, both to Democratic Party candidates.<ref name="Newsmeat, Gupta's donations">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Sanjay_Gupta.php|title=Newsmeat, Gupta's donations|accessdate=2008-01-17}}</ref> ==Medical practice== Gupta specializes in all facets of neurosurgical care with a strong interest in complicated spine, trauma and 3-D image guided operations {{Fact|date=July 2007}}. He has recently had articles published in the Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Focus on percutaneous pedicle screw placement {{Fact|date=July 2007}}. He has also published on brain tumors and spinal cord abnormalities {{Fact|date=July 2007}}. ==Controversies== === Battlefield controversy=== While in Iraq, Gupta was asked to perform brain surgery on five different patients, including Jesus Vidana, a Marine who had been twice pronounced dead on the battlefield.<ref> - The Daily News of Los Angeles - May 28, 2004 Friday, Valley Edition - IRAQ WAR: WOUNDED MARINE SAYS A MIRACLE SAVED HIM - BYLINE: Rachel Uranga, Staff Writer - SECTION: NEWS; Pg. N21</ref> Jesus survived the injuries and now lives in Southern California. Gupta was criticized upon his return and many, including Bob Steele of the [[The Poynter Institute for Media Studies|Poynter Institute]], thought Gupta crossed the line when doffing his journalism cap for a surgeon's cap.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Journalist/Physician: Can He Be Both?| author = Bob Steele| publisher = The Poynter Institute| date =2003-04-04| url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=36&aid=28574| accessdate =2008-04-06 }}</ref> Gupta was quoted in Newsweek magazine as saying "medically and morally, it was the right thing to do." ===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".<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0707/09/sitroom.03.html CNN Transcripts.] THE SITUATION ROOM. CNN's Dr. Gupta looks at "Sicko" and Some Facts Are Incorrect. Aired July 9, 2007 - 1900ET</ref> Immediately following the segment, Moore was interviewed live on CNN by [[Wolf Blitzer]]. Moore said that Gupta's report was inaccurate and biased, and later posted a detailed response on his website.<ref>{{cite web| title = 'SiCKO' Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight| work = | publisher = Michael Moore| date =2007-07-10| url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article_10017.php| accessdate =2007-07-17 }}</ref> 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 blamed this on 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.<ref name="response">{{cite web| title = CNN's response to Michael Moore| work =CNN.com/entertainment| publisher =CNN| date =2007-07-15| url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/moore.gupta/index.html| accessdate =2007-07-17 }}</ref> 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 [[Lower third|chyron]] on Gupta's original report had stated correctly).<ref>{{cite web|title=In Sicko "fact check," CNN's Gupta falsely claimed his source's "only affiliation is with Vanderbilt University" |url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200707120001?f=h_latest |author =Media Matters |format=incl. Quicktime video excerpt from "Larry King Live"|date=2007-07-11 |accessdate=2007-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Moore and CNN trade angry accusations over ‘Sicko’ accuracy|first=David |last=Bauder |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/ENTERTAIN/70717003/-1/entertain05|accessdate=2007-08-31|publisher=AP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Moore makes CNN blush |first=Constance |last=Droganes |publisher= CTV.ca |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070719/moore_fued_cnn070719/20070719?hub=Entertainment|accessdate=2007-08-31}}</ref> 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." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0707/10/lkl.01.html ===Merck Gardasil controversy=== A July 25, 2007 article on the [[left-wing]] [[CounterPunch|counterpunch.org]] criticized Gupta for endorsing the use of [[Gardasil]] while at the same time being the host of Turner Private Network's "AccentHealth", a television show that is partially supported by advertising by Merck, the manufacturer of the cervical cancer drug. Gupta said "As a doctor, and parent, I would recommend the vaccine for my daughters. I feel the ability to protect them in any way, including from cancer, is my primary obligation."<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/martens07202007.html Pam Martens: Doctoring the News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == Other TV works == On [[October 14]], [[2007 in television|2007]], Gupta guest-hosted a health episode of [[CBS News Sunday Morning]] as its regular host, [[Charles Osgood]], was on vacation. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html Sanjay Gupta CNN biography] *[http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/03/man_of_medicine_makes_his_mark.php Profile of Sanjay Gupta on tvweek.com] <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Gupta, Sanjay |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[CNN]] Medical Correspondent,, [[neurosurgeon]] |DATE OF BIRTH= [[1969]] |PLACE OF BIRTH= |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Sanjay}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Americans of Indian descent]] [[Category:Neurosurgeons]] [[Category:University of Michigan alumni]] [[Category:American Hindus]] [[fr:Sanjay Gupta]]