Mehmet Cengiz Oz, known professionally as Dr Oz, is a Turkish–American television presenter, author, politician, professor emeritus, and retired cardiothoracic surgeon.
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23 Facts About Dr Oz
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Dr Oz is the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania and is the first Muslim candidate to be nominated by either major party for U S Senate.
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Dr Oz subsequently began his residency in surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 1986.
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In 2003, Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on the Discovery Channel series Second Opinion with Dr Oz, and he was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, making more than sixty appearances.
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In 2009, The Dr Oz Show, a daily television program about medical matters and health, was launched by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television, running for 13 seasons.
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Dr Oz trained in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University in Atlanta and was chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware for several years before moving back to Turkey.
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Dr Oz played safety on Harvard's football team and was a goalie of the men's varsity water polo team.
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Dr Oz was awarded the Captain's Athletic Award for leadership in college and was class president and then student body president during medical school.
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Dr Oz has helped develop numerous devices and procedures related to heart surgery, including the MitraClip and the left ventricular assist device, and by 2015 held a number of patents related to heart surgery.
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Dr Oz now holds the title "professor emeritus" and does not see patients.
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Oz has been criticized for the guests he has invited onto The Dr Oz Show, including psychics, faith healers, peddlers of unproven or disproven medical treatments, and anti-vaccination activists, including Joseph Mercola, Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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Dr Oz supported the re-election campaign of President George W Bush in 2004 and the candidacy of Shmuley Boteach, a rabbi who ran for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey in 2012.
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Dr Oz grew up in the Greater Philadelphia region, less than 5 miles from the PA border.
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Dr Oz went to school in Pennsylvania, met his wife and got married in Pennsylvania, and 2 of his children were born in Pennsylvania.
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Dr Oz said that he saw the effects of unsafe and illegal abortions prior to the Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
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Dr Oz noted at the time that he was opposed to six-week abortion bans.
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Dr Oz initially praised Anthony Fauci as a "pro" and lauded his role in combating the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
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Dr Oz has criticized the power of teachers' unions and their close relationship with the Democratic Party.
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Dr Oz lived with his wife, Lisa, in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, for several decades, and holds his medical license within Pennsylvania.
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Dr Oz has since voted twice in Pennsylvania, acquired a Pennsylvanian driver's license, and a Pennsylvania concealed carry permit.
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Dr Oz has said that he maintains his Turkish citizenship to care for his ailing mother with Alzheimer's, but if elected to the Senate, will renounce it before being sworn in.
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Dr Oz has a regular column in Esquire magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine and his article "Retool, Reboot, and Rebuild" was awarded the 2009 National Magazine Award for Personal Service.
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