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Sanjay Gupta Bows Out As Surgeon General Candidate

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Mar 5, 2009 5:42 pm US/Eastern

Sanjay Gupta Bows Out As Surgeon General Candidate

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: CNN said in January that it had kept Gupta from reporting on health care policy and other matters involving the Obama administration since learning he was under consideration for the post. (File)
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent, has withdrawn his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States, according to a new release from the cable news network.

CNN U.S. President Jon Klein released the information Thursday afternoon.

Gupta made his decision "in order to continue devoting time to his medical career and of course his work at CNN," Klein said.

The cable news network said in January that it had kept Gupta from reporting on health care policy and other matters involving the Obama administration since learning he was under consideration for the post.

Gupta hosts "House Call" on CNN and also is a correspondent for CBS.

The surgeon general typically isn't heavily involved in shaping an administration's policy, but it can be a very effective bully pulpit. Past surgeons general have proved instrumental in battling tobacco and AIDS.