"This is more about my family and my surgical career," 39-year-old Gupta told CNN's 'Larry King Live'. Gupta is the chief medical correspondent of the CNN.

Some two months ago, CNN had reported that the US President Barack Obama had offered Gupta the position of US Surgeon General. Gupta was actively considering it, the CNN reported.

Gupta told the CNN that he would have had to give up his career in medicine and would also have to stay away from his family for this high-pressure government job. His wife is expecting their third child.

"I think, for me, it really came down to a sense of timing more than anything else," Gupta said, adding, "I just didn't feel I should do that now."