Paging Dr. Gupta

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Common Sense, you're an angry, paranoiac uber-nationalist who's venting to the wrong person here. I'm far more familiar with Indian professionals in both global technology and medicine than you are, I suspect, and the only person you have yet convinced me I've been scammed by is you yourself.
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Admittedly, I get angry when Americans are scammed because they assign character, skill, intelligence, aptitude and motive based on race. Bad selection criteria. I guess you haven't seen the latest Reuters report which I'll quote for you here:

Satyam Computer Services Limited Chairman Resigns After Inflating Profit, Revenue Figures-WSJ
1/7/2009 10:36am EST

The Wall Street Journal reported that Satyam Computer Services Limited Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju resigned admitting to falsifying company accounts and inflating revenue and profit figures over several years, sending the Company's shares plunging. In a letter to the Company's Board, which was released to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Raju said that Satyam had inflated its operating profit for the three months ended Sept. 30 to 6.49 billion rupees ($136 million) from 610 million rupees reported previously, while revenue was inflated to 27 billion rupees from 21.12 billion rupees. It had reported an operating margin of 24% which was actually 3%. Raju also said Satyam's balance sheet as of Sept. 30 had a non-existent cash balance of 50.4 billion rupees; nonexistent accrued interest of 3.76 billion rupees; an understated liability of 12.3 billion rupees; and an overstated debtor position of 4.9 billion rupees compared with 26.51 billion rupees reflected in its books. This has resulted in artificial cash and bank balances going up by 5.88 billion rupees in the second quarter alone. Mr. Raju said that none of its Board members or senior executives had knowledge of the Company's falsified financial results. Managing Director B. Rama Raju also resigned his post.

"...to the person who posted ..."Who cares if he's qualified? "He's a HOTTIE!".... You voted for Obama didn't you ??? lol"

You're joking, right? Could you not read the sarcasm in my statement?

Just to clarify, no, I didn't. I'm an unBeliever. And the popcorn's really good...

The Surgeon General really doesnt do anything except advocate for nanny state influence over people's health issues.

Given the proliferation of medical information available to the general public, either through legitimate sites or health segments on CNN, the position of SG is a bit redundant.

So I'd say there is no reason why Dr. Gupta shouldnt fill this post.

Gupta was an advisor to Hillary Clinton 1197-1998
This is another Clinton administration appointment.
What next for Obama? Appoint Judge Judy to the Supreme Court.??

Here's another article from ABC News. This one is in the Business section: "Hyundai: Can't Make Your Car Payment? Just Give it Back. Hyundai Offers Deal to Let Consumers Return Cars if They Lose Their Jobs"

Kellybelle22,

"To be completely honest, my experiences with Indian professionals over the last 20 years have been a great deal more pleasant and enlightening than have the last 2 hours in your esteemed company. And not nearly as frightening, either. India is a global business force to be reckoned with, it's true. One of the reasons this is the case is because its culture displays an aptitude for learning, adapting, and excelling in matters technical and scientific--this is true of both Chinese and Japanese cultures as well--in ways our own business and educational institutions are only now beginning to grasp."

I notice you didn't mention any economists in your global experiences. And if you believe that Indians are so much more capable of learning than Americans, you've proven my point that racism must stop -- that's what the H1B system is. If you truly think that it is normal in our melting pot land that entire offices are staffed by Indians only, you're wearing blinders.

Who's going to stand up for the Americans' aptitude, btw?

Gupta is an excellent surgeon and superb communicator. Exactly who you want for the role. CNN hired him for a reason. He'll do fine with more responsibility in government (and less pay) because he has integrity and intelligence.

The writers bashing him for being of Indian descent are broken. They haven't a clue about what being American really means.

Common Sense, you're an angry, paranoiac uber-nationalist who's venting to the wrong person here. I'm far more familiar with Indian professionals in both global technology and medicine than you are, I suspect, and the only person you have yet convinced me I've been scammed by is you yourself. Keep on blathering if you like. You seem to very badly need to do that. I do need to make you aware, though, that you’re not the person who's going to change the mind of a globalistic-well-traveled-educated-Caucasian professional woman who has likely worked in far more countries and with far more cultures than you have.

To be completely honest, my experiences with Indian professionals over the last 20 years have been a great deal more pleasant and enlightening than have the last 2 hours in your esteemed company. And not nearly as frightening, either. India is a global business force to be reckoned with, it's true. One of the reasons this is the case is because its culture displays an aptitude for learning, adapting, and excelling in matters technical and scientific--this is true of both Chinese and Japanese cultures as well--in ways our own business and educational institutions are only now beginning to grasp. Point your fingers at the South-Asian takeover and H1B visas all you want. Culturally, scientifically, mathematically, and academi-socially, America has some catching up to do, as you must surely know. (And not just in lowering our billing costs so we're not undersold, although that is a factor, too.)

I wish you'd channel some of your angry societal-victimization energy into teaching/training so you might help the very American engineers and professionals you're so convinced are being robbed professionally blind by Indian scams. That way they can reskill themselves to complete in a global 21st century environment and outwit those crafty Asian upstarts with the enlightenment you instill in them. Maybe in the process of doing so, you can set everyone straight on just how badly they're being taken advantage of, too, and bring everyone onto the nationalistic bandwagon you're driving with such vehemence through this discussion.

I agree with Dave and Belle Starr - CNN's biased adulation of President elect Obama is paying off handsomely. Recall the other individuals who provided their early allegance to Obama's run for the presidency - Caroline Kennedy (have her run and get ELECTED for the seat then!) and Oprah Winfrey (she's buying a home in DC....could an ambassadorship be next for her?). Back on topic, I don't believe Dr. Gupta will be the only one rewarded from CNN. Candy must get something for her gushing reports on Obama. Ah, yes - a far cry from when CNN offered live feed of Obama in Nevada during a rally prior to their primary there; after 5 minutes of Obama recalling how he's embarrased to be related to Cheney and other irrevelant details, CNN cut the broadcast SHORT. With all of the TV time Obama's had (the most ever for a President-elect), he should be ready. And let Biden loose- he should not have to be 'muzzled' (as the press calls it). Thanks for the opportunity to post.

Dr Gupta is far too good a person to associate himself with such a corrupt government in Washington. Obama has convicted thugs who were his close political allies and look at the horrible US Congress-Senators who lie, cheat and have airport sex, Congressmen who lie cheat and have sex with boys who are their pages and of course, comedic Senators who steal elections. Please Dr Gupta, do not soil yourself by associating with this contemptable Washington crowd!!!!

Kellybelle22,

"They're working 14- to 16-hour days to care for the ever-dwindling number of increasingly sicker patients whose health insurance and financial circumstances allow them to access health care at all and more often than not losing money as they do so."

Based on my experience of Indian scams, they work 2-4 hours daily and BILL 14-16 hours. Your mileage may vary if you're in charge of 'watching' them, contracting with them, paying them or accounting for their absurd time and billing systems. The billable 'facts' presented to our Government are so far from 'factual' that it ain't funny. If we paid for actual hours worked, the healthcare affordability crisis would be solved within 1 month.

Posted by: Kellybelle22

"Some of the best physicians I have had the honor of knowing, being cared for by, and working with have been Indian-Americans. I invite you to come to Texas at your earliest convenience and watch Indian-American physicians interact with patients. Even your mind would be changed by their tenderness, courtesy, compassion and humor. I’ll help you overcome any stereotypes you may be carrying about Chinese-American or South-African-American, Latino-American, or Pakistani-American physicians, too. The Dallas area is a veritable medical melting pot."

Me thinks you need a different God than the Indian doctors OR you need to leave TX for a while.

Your experiences are similar to mine, except I work side-by-side with Indians daily. Ask Dr. Gupta to void out your next bill when you can't pay because an H1B contractor holds your job. Instead of compassion or care for your well-being, you will find that your Dr. Gupta has an Indian-run billing office with an automated system to report your non-payment to the credit bureaus which then sells your reputation enmasse to another Indian owned information distributor to prevent you from doing American business. No stereotyping required when Indian-based technology (and lack of Common Sense) is uber-hyped for the American 'buck'.

Basically, you're accepting people that smile in your face while knifing you and yours. Gupta may be fine, however, he's probably not the best or the brightest aside from the reputation they themselves have promoted and degreed.

Probably good of their culture to stand up for each other. Can't say that Americans are ever going to be ready to do that.

wel atleast he isnt some odl out of touch religous right kook that believes in fantasy.

Kellybelle22,

"My goodness, "Common Sense." You certainly got shorted when it comes to "common decency" and "common knowledge" about both physicians and medical culture. "

Not at all. Common Sense includes common decency towards Americans. Common knowledge is what you find in the rest of American that can Google. See Sicko by Michael Moore. Moore was not motivated by ME, but rather, a growing American voice about the issues that plague Americans that he got whiff of.

My goodness, "Common Sense." You certainly got shorted when it comes to "common decency" and "common knowledge" about both physicians and medical culture. Your haste in declaring your skepticism about Indians as ready to profit-scam Americans or lower the standards of American medicine is not in keeping with my experience of exceptional Indian-American medical professionals, either socially or professionally. Some of the best physicians I have had the honor of knowing, being cared for by, and working with have been Indian-Americans. I invite you to come to Texas at your earliest convenience and watch Indian-American physicians interact with patients. Even your mind would be changed by their tenderness, courtesy, compassion and humor. I’ll help you overcome any stereotypes you may be carrying about Chinese-American or South-African-American, Latino-American, or Pakistani-American physicians, too. The Dallas area is a veritable medical melting pot.

You may think whatever stereotypical profit-motivated thoughts you want about physicians. The people who are first to do that are inevitably the ones who've had the least exposure to medical professionals and the least acquaintance with just how tight the profit margins, assuming they exist at all, have come to be in insurance-dictated modern American medicine. The physicians I know, love, am descended from, and am cared for by are not adding to their boat funds. Not a one of them even owns a boat. They're working 14- to 16-hour days to care for the ever-dwindling number of increasingly sicker patients whose health insurance and financial circumstances allow them to access health care at all and more often than not losing money as they do so. Criticize physicians all you want, but you darn well better have your facts straight before you do. Right now, you’re so far off base, you’re on another planet of medical reality. (And as the physician I love best just pointed out, that planet looks an awful lot like Uranus.)

Canadians do pay for less for prescribtions...which we could in the US easily accomplish and for practically nothing...if our good for nothing congress would outlaw price gauging americans with higher prescribtion costs simply because we are Americans. Let us buy easier from overseas and outlaw big pharma from their unfair business practices.

I was going to say Canadian Health care might be free, but it isn't worth anything but this would be a lie. I know several people in Canada---and they all pay for their health care both in taxes and then when they actually see a doctor. I say WHEN because it is hard to even see a doctor, and many die in the long long long waits to see a doctor............and atlast, many Canadians come to the states to get decent health care which often not available in the supposedly free healthcare system. If you want free substandard care...join the military. We get this supposed free health care that we actually have to pay for too....and it sucks and is very dangerous at times as our MANAGED CARE manages to avoid giving good medical care.

Eleonora27,

"Dr. Gupta is a highly trained neurosurgeon (out of Ann Arbor, an excellent school), who has published serious work in peer-reviewed medical journals. He even performed surgery in Iraq while embedded with the military there."

I am always highly suspect of degrees held by those who hold the degree keys. Look up H1Bs if you don't know what I mean. H1Bs hired by the universities are the professors that fail Americans to advance the Indian people.

First it was medicine, next it was franchises, after that it was gas stations, next it was technology, continued into banking and accounting sectors, then we got foreign customer service reps, and the list will go on until this racism stops. The result is no healthcare, fewer American-owned businesses, tech industry bust, banking collapses, Indian call centers -- and NOW we have no good jobs Americans are "qualified" to do that would qualify Americans for home ownership.

And the foreclosure crisis continues until the H1B racism stops.

I don't have much confidence in some of Obama's appointments but Gupta is extremely brilliant and likeable. He also has superior communicative skills and probably will be much more mature than eg. Koop who tried to turn smokers into the "hated race" while he woofed down all the calories pretending to be sooooo perfect. Gupta is above all that. Quite a loss for Emory though.

The country is in a mess and there's no time to be cynical. Sanjay Gupta is a doctor and he doesn't play one on TV.