Mehmet Oz

Birth Name:

Mehmet Cengiz Oz

Birth Place:

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer

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

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