LIFE ITSELF

Dr Sanjay Gupta is Founder and Co-Host of LIFE ITSELF.

Best known as the Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, Sanjay is also an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and practices at Emory University Hospital.

Sanjay has won multiple national Emmy, Peabody and DuPont Awards, some of the highest honors in broadcast television. For the last twenty years, he has covered the biggest medical and health stories in the world, and has hosted dozens of groundbreaking documentaries on topics such as concussions, medical marijuana, opioids and brain science. Gupta has also distinguished himself as a war zone and natural disaster reporter, having traveled to 153 countries, covering world events, such as the earthquake in Haiti, the tsunami in South Asia and Japan, the hurricanes in Puerto Rico, as well as the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. On several occasions, Dr Gupta has performed surgical procedures in the field, including five emergent brain operations in the middle of a desert tent during the war in Iraq.

Since early 2020, he has led CNN's worldwide coverage on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Sanjay is the host of the CNN Original Series, Chasing Life, which follows his world travels in search of living longer, healthier and happier. He is also the host, executive producer and writer of the HBO Original Documentary "One Nation Under Stress", which offered a revealing look at the declining life expectancy in the United States.

Gupta has been named one of People Magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive", a pop culture icon by USA Today and one of the "Ten Most Influential Celebrities" by Forbes Magazine. He has been awarded several awards for his humanitarian work.

As a practicing neurosurgeon, Gupta is a member of the American Board of Neurosurgery, the American Association of Neurosurgeons, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 2020, he was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine, considered one of the highest honors in the field.

He is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, Chasing Life, Cheating Death and Monday Mornings. His fourth book, Keep Sharp: Building a Better Brain will be published in 2021.

Marc Hodosh is Founder and Co-Host of LIFE ITSELF.

Previously, Marc co-created and hosted TEDMED, the health and medical version of the TED Conference. After selling TEDMED he continued to focus on the intersection of health innovations and media, with a particular focus on human aging and longevity.

Prior, Marc led the X PRIZE for Genomics, a $10 million competition to inspire rapid and cost effective genome sequencing technology, which followed the successful $10 million Ansari Space X PRIZE.

He has been a consultant to inventor Dean Kamen at DEKA Research & Development and also chaired Dean's FIRST Robotics competition within the Boston region — a non-profit foundation which inspires high school students to pursue careers in science and technology.

Additionally, Marc founded and sold ID One, specializing in facial recognition technology for the U.S. military and intelligence communities. Earlier he led business development at Viisage Technology, a biometric and secure ID company.

Marc became interested in health and medicine during high school and college, while volunteering as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) with the local ambulance services, as well as through his experiences working in a hospital emergency room. After a year at Boston University Medical School, he decided to pursue business and entrepreneurial endeavors by inventing and patenting consumer products, which were distributed through Bed Bath & Beyond, QVC television, Toys-R-Us, and others.