Who is Mehmet Oz?
A: Mehmet Cengiz Öz known professionally as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American
television personality, author, Republican political candidate, and retired
physician.
When was Oz born?
A: In 1960.
Where was he born?
A: In Cleveland, Ohio.
Who are his parents?
A: Suna and Mustafa Öz.
Where did they emigrate?
A: From Konya Province, Turkey.
Oz has how many sisters?
A: Two, Seval Öz and Nazlim Öz.
Oz grew up in a mixed Muslim environment where his
father's family practiced what?
A: More traditional Islam.
His mother's family were more what?
A: Secular Muslims.
As a child where did he spend summers?
A: In Turkey.
Why did he spend two years in the Turkish army after
college?
A: To maintain his dual citizenship.
Where was Oz educated?
A: At Tower Hill School in Wilmington,
Delaware.
In 1982, he received his undergraduate degree in
biology at what university?
A: Harvard University.
He played safety on Harvard's football team and won
what?
A: An intramural college championship playing water polo.
In 1986, he obtained MD and MBA degrees from where?
A: The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Penn's Wharton
School.
Oz began his medical career with a residency where?
A: At the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, then affiliated with
Columbia University, in 1986 after being hired by Eric Rose.
During his residency, Oz earned what award?
A: The Blakemore research award.
In April 1995, Oz and his colleague Jerry Whitworth
founded what?
A: The Cardiac Complementary Care Center to provide various types of
alternative medicine to heart
disease patients.
The publicity of Oz's work created tension with
hospital administration, who expressed alarm at Oz's use of what?
A: Therapeutic touch, which he dropped following backlash.
Oz became a professor at the Columbia University
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in what year?
A: 2001, a title he held until 2022.
He has helped develop numerous what?
A: Devices and procedures related to heart surgery.
Oz appeared as a health expert on The Oprah Winfrey
Show for how many seasons?
A: Five seasons.
In 2009, Winfrey offered to produce a what?
A: A syndicated series hosted by him through her company, Harpo Productions.
When did the Dr. Oz Show debut?
A: On September 14, 2009, distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
On the show, Oz addressed issues like what?
A: Type 2 diabetes and promoted resveratrol supplements, which he claimed
were anti-aging.
His Transplant! television series won both a Freddie
and a what?
A: Silver Telly award.
Beginning on March 22, 2021, Oz guest-hosted what TV
show?
A: The trivia television game show Jeopardy! for two weeks.