7 January 2009 1:38 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
President-elect Obama has asked CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to become the next U.S. surgeon general, the Washington Post reported on its website Tuesday, citing two sources with knowledge of the situation. According to the newspaper, Gupta, who is also a neurosurgeon, a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and a frequent contributor to the CBS Evening News, has reportedly told the Obama transition team that he wants the job. In an interview with the Associated Press, CBS News President Sean McManus described Gupta as "an amazing communicator, explaining that he "has a way of breaking down the most complicated medical and health issues into language that everyone understands."
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