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Is Dr. Sanjay Gupta currently licensed to practice medicine in any U.S. state and how can I verify his license status?
Executive summary
Publicly available profiles and reporting indicate Dr. Sanjay Gupta practices as a neurosurgeon in Georgia and is described as “licensed to practice medicine in Georgia” (Wikipedia) and as practicing at Emory/Grady in Atlanta (CNN, Wikipedia) [1] [2]. The assembled directory listings in the search results show many different physicians named “Sanjay Gupta” across multiple states and specialties — those listings do not verify the CNN correspondent’s license; they illustrate name collisions and the need to check the Georgia state medical board or federation records for definite verification [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1]. Available sources do not include a direct link to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Georgia medical license record or a state board search result for his license number (not found in current reporting).
1. The central claim: which Sanjay Gupta do sources mean?
Several entries in the search results are for different physicians named “Sanjay Gupta” — radiologists, psychiatrists, general surgeons, anesthesiologists and others listed on Healthgrades, US News, Doximity and site profiles — demonstrating that online directory entries by name alone are unreliable without a specialty, location, or board ID [3] [8] [4] [5] [6] [9] [10] [7] [11] [12]. Wikipedia and CNN’s reporting, however, refer to the well‑known CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta — a neurosurgeon affiliated with Emory and Grady in Atlanta — and explicitly state he is “licensed to practice medicine in Georgia” [1] [2]. Those two sources point to the specific public figure most people mean when they ask about “Dr. Sanjay Gupta.”
2. What the authoritative reporting says about his practice and licensure
Wikipedia states Dr. Sanjay Gupta “is licensed to practice medicine in Georgia” and locates him at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine [1]. CNN’s profile/interview likewise describes him continuing to practice medicine while serving as CNN’s chief medical correspondent [2]. Those are direct statements about his status, but neither source in the provided set shows the underlying state licensing board record or license number.
3. Why directory listings are ambiguous and can mislead
The search results include many distinct profile pages for different clinicians named Sanjay Gupta in different states and specialties (examples: radiology in New City, NY; psychiatry in Cheektowaga, NY; neurosurgery in Atlanta, GA; radiology in Detroit, MI) [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. Healthsites and aggregator pages often warn that profiles may be inaccurate and advise verifying credentials with the state licensing board or the Federation of State Medical Boards [6]. The presence of numerous same‑name profiles shows why an independent check on the appropriate state board is necessary [3] [4] [6].
4. How to verify a physician license — what the sources recommend
The reporting and directory pages included here instruct readers to verify a provider directly with the applicable state medical board or the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and note that directory information is not a substitute for official board records [6]. Neither Wikipedia nor CNN provides a live license lookup; they provide context but not primary license documents [1] [2]. The practical next step, based on this guidance, is to search the Georgia Composite Medical Board (or the FSMB) using the physician’s full name and specialty to retrieve the official license status and any disciplinary history [6].
5. Limitations and gaps in current reporting
Available sources do not include the Georgia state board’s license lookup results or a license number for Dr. Sanjay Gupta (not found in current reporting). The search results therefore cannot definitively display the live license record; they only assert his licensure in secondary reporting [1] [2]. Given the many different physicians named Sanjay Gupta in public directories, relying on news or aggregator pages alone risks conflating distinct individuals [3] [4] [5] [6] [7].
6. Practical next steps you can take right now
Use the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s online license search or the Federation of State Medical Boards’ “DocInfo” search to look up “Sanjay Gupta” with his specialty (neurosurgery) and employer (Emory/Grady) to confirm an active Georgia license and view any public actions; directory sites and news profiles should be treated as secondary corroboration only [6] [1] [2]. If you need help locating the correct state board page, Healthgrades and Doximity themselves recommend contacting the provider’s office or the licensing board for confirmation [6] [7].
Summary: Secondary reporting identifies the CNN neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta as licensed in Georgia and practicing at Emory/Grady [1] [2], but the available search results here do not include the primary state‑board record. To verify license status definitively, consult the Georgia medical board or the FSMB search as the authoritative source [6].