Sanjay Gupta born October 23 1969 is an American neurosurgeon medical reporter and writer He serves as associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta Georgia associate professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine member of the National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the chief medical correspondent for CNN Gupta is known for his many TV appearances on healthrelated issues During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic he has been a frequent contributor to numerous CNN shows covering the crisis as well as hosting a weekly town hall with Anderson Cooper Gupta was the host of the CNN show Sanjay Gupta MD for which he has won multiple Emmy Awards Gupta also hosted the 6part miniseries Chasing Life He is a frequent contributor to other CNN programs such as American Morning Larry King Live CNN Tonight and Anderson Cooper 360 His reports from Charity Hospital New Orleans Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina led to his winning a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast He is also a special correspondent for CBS News Sanjay Gupta also cohosts the health conference Life Itself along with Marc Hodosh cocreator of TEDMED Gupta published a column in Time magazine and has written four books Chasing Life Cheating Death Monday Mornings A Novel and Keep Sharp Jan 2021