Neurosurgeon, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta Under Consideration for Surgeon General

I think that Sanjay Gupta would make a good surgeon general. He has done a lot of positive things in his career. But, here’s the most important thing weighing on the minds of many–his wife. According to InStyle Magazine, as a neurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent who spent a month with the U.S. Navy in Iraq, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 35, has been in plenty of trying situations. But his resolve was tested anew when he proposed to Rebecca Olson, 36. “I wrote her a poem and in the last line asked her to marry me,” says Gupta. “Watching her read it, I was very nervous—it was over a page long.” Adds Olson, a family law attorney, “He was down on one knee and asking me to marry him before I even got to the end!”

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Neurosurgeon, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta Under Consideration for Surgeon General

UPDATE

Sanjay Gupta withdraws name from consideration for Surgeon General position. Money main factor in decision. He just couldn’t stand a paycut. To be fair, he told Larry King, “This is more about my family and my surgical career,” Gupta told CNN’s “Larry King Live.” He said he would likely have had to give up practicing had he taken the job as the nation’s top doctor. Personally, I think Surgeon General would stand out on any resume, but that’s just my opinion. He also said that his wife is due to have their third child any day now.

I think that Sanjay Gupta would make a good surgeon general. He has done a lot of positive things in his career. But, here’s the most important thing weighing on the minds of many–his wife. According to InStyle Magazine, as a neurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent who spent a month with the U.S. Navy in Iraq, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 35, has been in plenty of trying situations. But his resolve was tested anew when he proposed to Rebecca Olson, 36. “I wrote her a poem and in the last line asked her to marry me,” says Gupta. “Watching her read it, I was very nervous—it was over a page long.” Adds Olson, a family law attorney, “He was down on one knee and asking me to marry him before I even got to the end!”

To read more, CLICK HERE.…

Filed under: Rebecca Olson Gupta, Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General