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Sanjay Gupta named WEF's Young Global Leader
March 4, 2010
Sanjay Gupta, an Indian American senior executive, has been chosen by the World Economic Forum for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders.
Gupta, a second-generation Indian American, is the senior vice president and advisor to the executive chairman of Abraxis BioScience, a leading pharmaceutical and health-care innovator based in the US with offices throughout the world.
Commenting on his selection, Gupta stated: "I am deeply honoured to be a member of the 2010 Class of Young Global Leaders (YGL) and I look forward to working with the YGL community around the world to advance a host of innovative and socially-beneficial initiatives."
"We are delighted that Sanjay has been recognised for his past and ongoing contributions to social progress through his innovative thinking, vision, and leadership," said Patrick Soon-Shiong, executive chairman of Abraxis BioScience.
"We look forward to supporting his commitment to improving society and the ideals of the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum."
The honour, bestowed each year by the forum, recognises and acknowledges between 100 and 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.
Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, tennis player Roger Federer, and the co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, are among those selected this year.
Recipients in prior years include the co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and television journalist Anderson Cooper.
Prior to joining Abraxis, Gupta served as the director of social enterprise at Intel Corporation. He has also served as the chief financial officer and director of strategy for Dossia, a social-enterprise sponsored by Intel, Wal-Mart, Pitney-Bowes, AT&T, Sanofi-Aventis, Cardinal Health, Vanguard Health, Abraxis BioScience, Applied Materials, and BP America.
Gupta was previously managing director and founder of Realstrategy, a boutique strategy consulting firm based in the US, and was also a partner at Geo Health Partners, an investment partnership which focussed on health care investments domestically and internationally.
Gupta was educated at the University of Oxford, where he earned his MBA and was a member of Merton College. He studied Philosophy at Georgetown University and also studied Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
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Gupta under consideration for surgeon general post
January 6, 2009
According to CNN, President-elect Barack Obama
has approached its medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to
be the country's next surgeon general.
The Office of the Surgeon General, under the
direction of the Surgeon General, oversees the operations
of the 6,000-member Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public
Health Service and provides support for the Surgeon General
in the accomplishment of his other duties. The Office is part
of the Office of Public Health and Science in the Office of
the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Surgeon General serves as America's chief health educator
by providing Americans the best scientific information available
on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness
and injury.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta is senior medical correspondent for the
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and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, plays an integral
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packages, the half-hour weekend show Weekend House Call and
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