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Healthy living and
anti-aging tips from Dr. Oz
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By Michelle Talsma Everson
he name Mehmet Cengiz Öz may not sound
familiar but chances are that “Dr. Oz” rings a
bell. In 2004, Dr. Oz appeared on The Oprah
Winfrey Show and has been a household name
ever since.
In 2009, after multiple appearances on the popu-
lar talk show and other shows like Larry King Live,
Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures
launched The Dr. Oz Show, a daily TV program that
explores popular health topics. For nearly a decade,
Dr. Oz’s show has been topping the charts.
In addition to his gigs as a TV host and author, the
58-year-old Dr. Oz is really a doctor—specifically a
cardiothoracic surgeon (specializing in surgery of the
heart, lungs, esophagus, and other chest organs) and
Columbia University professor.
“Mehmet Oz, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon. He
has won nine Daytime Emmy Awards for The Dr. Oz
Show,” according to his official bio. “A professor of
surgery at Columbia University, he directs the Comple-
mentary Medicine Program at New York—Presbyteri-
an Hospital and performs more than 50 heart opera-
tions a year. Dr. Oz has written eight New York Times
bestselling books, including Food Can Fix It, YOU: The
Owner’s Manual, YOU: The Smart Patient, YOU: On
a Diet, YOU: Staying Young, and the award-winning
Healing from the Heart.”
“I’m in love with being able to help people,” Dr. Oz
recently told Boca Magazine. “My whole passion,
throughout my whole career, is built as a medical
doctor, and I still practice once a week. My whole life
has been about empowering people. I spend most
of my time thinking about how to marry those two
disciplines. But you can’t actually practice medicine on
television. You have to entertain people and give them
advice…the way you would at a cocktail party.”
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