CNN's TV doctor bows out of surgeon general bidCNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta
Sanjay Gupta (Hindi: संजय गुप्ता), born 23 October 1969, is a second-generation Indian-American physician and a said he has withdrawn his name from consideration to be President Barack Obama's surgeon general The U.S. Surgeon General is charged with the protection and advancement of health in the United States. Since the 1960s the surgeon general has become a highly visible federal public health official, speaking out against known health risks such as tobacco use, and promoting disease and serve as chief overseer of Americans' health. "I was flattered," Gupta said on CNN of the consideration he was given by the White House for the high-profile post. But it was "really more about my family and my surgical career," he added. "I've always been drawn to public service," Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. and CNN correspondent, told talk show host Larry King Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American writer, journalist and broadcaster. He currently hosts a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live, one of the longest running talk shows on American air. . The imminent arrival of his third child, however and his work at a county hospital in Atlanta prompted Gupta to decline, he said. "I'd probably be away for the first several years ... and I just didn't feel like I should do that now," he said. Earlier, the news network cited an administration official confirming Gupta had bowed out. "Sanjay Gupta was under serious consideration for the job of surgeon general," the unnamed official was quoted as saying via email to CNN. "He has removed himself from consideration to focus more on his medical career and his family. We know he will continue to serve and educate the public through his work with media and in the medical arena." CNN first announced that Gupta was in the running for the position two months ago. Gupta, who is well known from his television and print reporting on medical matters, was said to have caught the administration's eye with his communications skills and his past experience in government as a White House adviser during the 1990s. As head of the 6,000-member Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) had its humble beginnings with the creation of the Marine Hospital Fund, which later was reorganized in 1871 as the Marine Hospital , the surgeon general acts as the government's chief spokesperson to educate the public on health issues, but has little direct role in policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: . The position is perhaps best known to Americans through the surgeon general's health warnings printed on all cigarette packets sold in the country. 
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