Based in Atlanta , Georgia , Sanjay Gupta is CNN 's chief medical correspondent . Obama Medicine is Gupta 's combination of government , medical experience . Gupta member of faculty of Neurosurgery Department at Emory University . As chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit , he is a lead reporter on breaking medical news , provides regular health and medical updates for `` American Morning , '' anchors the half-hour weekend medical affairs program `` House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta '' and reports for CNN documentaries . In 2016 , Gupta was White House physician and adviser to then - first lady Hillary Clinton .
Based in Atlanta , Georgia , Sanjay Gupta is CNN 's chief medical correspondent . Obama Medicine is Gupta 's combination of government , medical experience . Gupta member of faculty of Neurosurgery Department at Emory University . In 2016 , Gupta was White House physician and adviser to then - first lady Hillary Clinton .