Mehmet Öz

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Mehmet Öz (2008)

Mehmet Cengiz Öz (born June 11, 1960 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a Turkish -born American cardiologist and television presenter . Öz initially gained national fame as a health professional on the Oprah Winfrey Show . He later became the moderator of the Dr. Oz Show , a pseudoscientific show that deals with the topic of health and nutrition and is primarily dedicated to middle-aged women.

Life

Origin and academic career

Öz was born in Cleveland in 1960 to Suna and Mustafa Öz . His parents come from Konya , a Turkish city in central Anatolia, and immigrated to the United States in 1955 .

After graduating from Tower Hill School in Wilmington , Delaware , he received his bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard University in 1982 and an American Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA ) in 1986 ) at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine and Penn's Wharton School . He celebrated some athletic successes in college sports , especially American football and water polo .

In 2001, Öz took up a chair in the department of surgery at Columbia University in New York.

Act on television

Initially, Mehmet Öz was a supporting character on the Oprah Winfrey Show and appeared for five years as a health expert at Winfrey's side . 2009 started Öz, using Sony Pictures Television , his own show called Dr. Producing Oz Show for American television .

The show fell victim to harsh criticism . The program was often viewed as not scientifically well-founded or too pseudo-scientific , as certain, unproven effects of Öz were described as real findings. This was particularly the case in the area of weight reduction , as Öz also sells some of its own products here.

Hereby established for the accused pseudoscience some renowned doctors from the United States , the Chair of Öz at the Columbia University in question. Öz was therefore awarded the Pigasus Award three times .

In April 2020, he came under fire because, in an interview on Fox News , he believed a mortality rate of 2 to 3% for reopening schools during the Covid-19 pandemic was acceptable.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Faces of America: Dr. Mehmet Oz. In: Faces of America series. 2010, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Exit Interview: Dr. Oz. In: Philadelphia Magazine. October 30, 2009, Retrieved April 6, 2019 (American English).
  3. ^ Mehmet C. Oz: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz | The New York Observer. October 20, 2007, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ WKEF ABC22 :: ABC - Dr. Oz. July 4, 2010, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Surgery Faculty Listing | Columbia University Department of Surgery. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Watch Dr. Oz Get Ready for His 1,000th Episode. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Dr. Oz and Montel Williams on Whether Marijuana Can Treat Opioid Addiction. September 22, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Senators scold Dr. Oz for weight-loss scams. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Dr. Oz gets scolded by senators over weight loss scams. March 24, 2015, Retrieved April 6, 2019 (American English).
  11. ↑ Debra Goldschmidt CNN: Doctors want Mehmet Oz to resign position at Columbia. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Dr. Oz, Fox News favorite, apologizes for coronavirus comments about schools. In: Washington Post, April 16, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Öz, Mehmet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Öz, Mehmet Cengiz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio