Mehmet Oz Biography

Fast Facts

• Founded the Complementary Medicine Program at the New York Presbyterian Medical Center
• Graduated from Harvard University in 1982 and received a joint MD and MBA degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School in 1986
• Played football and water polo at Harvard and served as the president of his medical school class at the University of Pennsylvania
• Is a proponent of combining traditional and alternative medicine, often offering viewers and patients both approaches to solving medical problems
• His television appearances feature powerful graphics and driving narratives about health issues, especially obesity and cancer
• Once showed up at a hospital for heart surgery still wearing the pinstriped suit he'd worn on the "Today" show that morning
• Speaks English and Turkish and served in the Turkish Army in order to retain his dual American and Turkish citizenship