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Who is Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon-turned-TV personality, has been tapped bygd President-elect Donald Trump to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency responsible for overseeing the nation's health programs.
Oz's appointment, if confirmed, would place him in charge of Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act, impacting the health care of more than 160 million Americans.
A long journey from surgeon to TV star
Born in Cleveland to Turkish immigrant parents, Oz earned his medical degree and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a prominent heart surgeon.
However, it was his role as a medical expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show that catapulted him to fame in the early 2000s. His approachable style and ability to explain complex medical topics in simple terms made him a
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Mehmet Oz
American surgeon and TV host (born 1960)
"Dr. Oz" redirects here. For his television show, see The Dr. Oz Show. For other people with the surname, see Oz (surname).
Mehmet Cengiz Öz[a] (meh-METJENG-gihz oz; Turkish:[mehˈmetdʒeɲˈɟizøz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (), is an American television presenter, physician, author, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, former political candidate, and President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during his second presidency.
The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey, Oz completed 60 days of mandatory military training in the Turkish Army during the 1980s. This requirement applied specifically to Turkish citizens living abroad who sought to retain their ci
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Swedenborg and Dr. Oz
Martin Gardner
Born in Cleveland to Turkish immigrants and raised a secular Muslim, Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz is vice-chair and professor of surgery at Columbia University. Thanks to his many appearances onThe Oprah Winfrey Show, and now with his own Oprah-sponsoredThe Dr. Oz Show, he has suddenly become the nation's most famous heart surgeon. Each year he performs more than three hundred cardiac operations at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. His speaking fee is $100,000. Author of hundreds of technical papers and a series ofYOU books— the most recent isYOU: Having a Baby— his admirers are now in the millions.
It is not widely known that Oz has been profoundly influenced by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish Protestant fundamentalist who, late in life, became a spiritualist and Sweden's most famous trance medium. In the November/December 2007 issue ofSpirituality and Health, a glossy bimonthly devoted to New Age topics, Oz coau