Born: Mehmet Cengiz Öz
June 11, 1960 (age 51)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nationality: Turkish-American
Occupation: Cardiac surgeon, talk show host, author
Spouse: Lisa Oz (1985–present)
Mehmet Cengiz Oz (Turkish: Öz, pronounced [ˈøz], meaning "genuine, real, pure" in Turkish.
Mehmet Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Suna and Mustafa Oz, who had emigrated from Konya Province, Turkey.[2][3] Mustafa Öz was born in Bozkır, a small town in central Turkey. Mustafa Öz earned scholarships that allowed him to emigrate to the United States as a medical resident in 1955. Suna Öz allegedly comes from a wealthy family that includes writers, civil engineers, and businessmen.
Career
Oz has been a professor at the department of Surgery at Columbia University since 2001. He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and health care policy. With his collaborators, he has authored over 400 research papers, book chapters and medical books and has received several patents. He performs around 250 heart operations annually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz
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