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Re: Dr. Gupta, I Presume!
Yet another Clinton link. He once was an advisor to Hillary Clinton. I wonder if she reccomended him for the job. Some interesting crticism as well
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However, a surgeon general would "need to demonstrate skills that are too often missing in medical news on TV: skepticism about the science and a careful analysis of both the benefits and harms of medical care," said Drs. Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
The pair raised questions about drug-company sponsorship of some programs Gupta hosted in a broader critique of medical media coverage last fall, and on Tuesday they urged careful examination of any potential conflicts of interest.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/...urgeon_general
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A key Democratic House member is rallying opposition to Dr. Sanjay Gupta becoming the next surgeon general, contending the 39-year-old CNN correspondent lacks experience.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., urged Democrats to sign onto a letter to President-elect Barack Obama urging him not to nominate Gupta, who is CNN's chief medical correspondent.
"It is not in the best interests of the nation to have someone like this who lacks the requisite experience needed to oversee the federal agency that provides crucial health care assistance to some of the poorest and most underserved communities in America," Conyers wrote in a letter released Thursday.
Obama has approached Gupta to become the next surgeon general, the cable network has said. Obama has not yet announced his choice for the position, which typically disseminates public health information.
Gupta hosts "House Call" on CNN, contributes reports to CBS News, and writes a column for Time magazine. He is a neurosurgeon and on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. During the Clinton administration, he was a White House fellow and special adviser to then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Gupta is a native of Novi, Mich., which is near Conyers' Detroit-area congressional district.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...b2LdAD95J61H80
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And of course its telling that Obama chose another celebrity to join him.
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-Thomas Jefferson
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