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Mehmet Oz
Oz in 2016
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentDonald Trump (elect)
DeputyTBD
SucceedingChiquita Brooks-LaSure
Personal details
Born
Mehmet Cengiz Öz

(1960-06-11) June 11, 1960 (age 64)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Turkey
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1985)​
Children4, including Daphne
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MD, MBA)
Years active1986–present
Organization(s)HealthCorps, Sharecare
TelevisionThe Dr. Oz Show
Occupation
  • Television personality
  • author
AwardsFull list
Websitedoctoroz.com
AllegianceTurkey
Service/branchTurkish Land Forces[1]
Years of serviceEarly 1980s for 60 days

Mehmet Cengiz Öz[a] (born June 11, 1960),[2] also known as Dr. Oz (/ɒz/), is an American doctor, politician, writer, educator, and television personality. He has a television show, The Dr. Oz Show. He helps people with health and weight. He won two Emmy Awards, in 2010 and in 2011. He also has Turkish citizenship.

A Republican, Oz unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2022. In November 2024, he was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.[3]

Television career

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In 2003, Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on the Discovery Channel series Second Opinion with Dr. Oz,[4] and he was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[5][6] In 2009, The Dr. Oz Show first aired. It ran for 13 seasons.[7] Oz was a supporter of pseudoscience and often showed false medical claims.[8][9][10]

Political career

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U.S. Senate campaign

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In November 2021, Oz announced that he was running in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania as a Republican.[11] He won the nomination in June 2022, becoming the first Muslim to be nominated by either major party for U.S. Senate.[12] He was defeated in the general election by John Fetterman.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

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On November 19, 2024, Oz was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.[3]

Personal life

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Öz was born on June 11, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio to a Turkish family.[13] He studied at Tower Hill School, at Harvard University, at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Oz served in the Turkish Army during the 1980s for 60 days of mandatory training.[14][15]

Öz married his wife Lisa Lemole in 1985. They have four children. He now lives in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.

Notes

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  1. ↑ Öz is the Turkish spelling of his surname. It is typically spelled without the umlaut over the O in English.

References

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  1. ↑ Akman, Terri (December 2011). "Dr. Oz: On A Mission". SJ Magazine. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2010). Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts. New York: NYU Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0814732649. OCLC 587143242. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator". Washington Post. November 19, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Oprah Winfrey Says She Wrestled with Thoughts on Ozempic, Wegovy: 'If I Take the Drug, That's the Easy Way Out'". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Oz Talks to Oprah About Food, Family and What It Really Means to Be Healthy". Oprah.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Nudd, Tim (December 7, 2011). "Oprah Winfrey Puts Dr. Oz on O Magazine Cover". People. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television To Launch Dr. Oz". Oprah.com (Press release). June 13, 2008. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  8. ↑ Panetta, Grace. "Dr. Oz is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania. Here are 8 times he's made false or baseless medical claims". Business Insider. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Gantz, Sarah (December 2, 2021). "Mehmet Oz has peddled 'fat burners' and other pseudoscience. Now he's running for Senate in Pa". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ Gabriel, Trip (December 26, 2021). "'Magic' Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Why I'm running to be a senator from Pennsylvania". Restoring America. November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  12. ↑ CNN, Eric Bradner. "Dave McCormick concedes Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary to Trump-backed Mehmet Oz". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ↑ Zak, Lana (2009-08-31). "Dr. Oz on Complementary Medicine: 'Challenge the Status Quo'". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  14. ↑ Bruggeman, Lucien; Kim, Soo Rin (May 4, 2022). "Dr. Oz's vote in 2018 Turkish election renews criticism". ABC News. Retrieved November 5, 2022. He also served in the Turkish army for 60 days in the early 1980s
  15. ↑ Leung, Yasmine (May 2022). "Was Dr Mehmet Oz in the Turkish army? Dual citizenship explored". The Focus. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022. Oz retained dual nationality by serving in the Turkish army for 60 days in the early 1980s.

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