Crikey

Barack Obama has tapped CNN’s medical correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta to be the new Surgeon General, writes The Guardian.

“Although Gupta has not commented on the matter, the [Washington] Post claims that he wants the job and is undergoing final vetting. CNN has confirmed Gupta has been approached by the president-elect’s transition team.

“Gupta combines his TV reporting with practising neurosurgery and his duties as a professor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He is reported to have had a two-hour meeting with Obama last November.”

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