Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Öz
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Born	June 11 1960 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Mehmet Öz is a Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon and author.

Öz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware, received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1982 and obtained a joint MD and MBA degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School. Öz is the Irving Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Heart Assist Device Program and is a founder of the Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Medical Center. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and healthcare policy. He has authored more than 350 original publications, book chapters, abstracts, and books and has received several patents. He is the author of the award-winning book, Healing from the Heart and his third book, written with Dr. Michael F. Roizen, is YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger was released in May 2005 and was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List. His most recent book is YOU: On A Diet, also written with Dr. Roizen.

Books and publications

• YOU: On A Diet The Owner's Manual for Waist Management , by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Öz, 2006, ISBN 0743292545.
• YOU: The Smart Patient : An Insider's Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Öz, 2006, ISBN 0743293010.
• YOU: The Owner's Manual : An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Öz, 2005, ISBN 0060765313.
• Complementary and Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine: Clinical Handbook, by Richard A. Stein (Editor), Mehmet, M.D. Öz (Editor), 2004, ISBN 1588291863.
• Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon Combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future, by Mehmet Öz, Ron Arias, Dean Ornish, 1999, ISBN 0452279550.
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, 2003
• Numerous editorials in Newsweek, O Magazine, Esquire Magazine, and The New England Journal of Medicine

Public appearances

Öz has appeared numerous times on the NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, and CBS Evening News, and on 48 Hours, Turning Point, Dateline, Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN, McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, Discovery, PBS documentaries, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more than two dozen other shows. In May 2004, Mehmet was the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony of Dwight-Englewood School. His daughter was a member of the graduating class. In addition, he gave several presentations as part of the Dwight-Englewood assembly series where, among other things, he expounded his views on the health benefits of flax seed oil.

Television shows

• "Second Opinion with Dr Öz" on Discovery Health
• "Life Line" on Discovery Health
• "Daily Rounds" on Discovery Health
• "Live Transplant" on Discovery Health
• "National Body Challenge" on Discovery Health
• "You: On a Diet" on Discovery Health

Radio

Dr. Öz joined Oprah Winfrey as a regular contributer to the 24/7 XM Satellite Radio: Oprah & Friends channel on September 25, 2006.

Channel	ET	PT	Show	Day
XM Satellite Radio: Channel 156	7 AM	4 AM	Dr. Mehmet Öz	Every Broadcast Day

Honors

• Listed in Doctors of the Year Hippocrates Magazine
• Listed in Healers of the Millennium Healthy Living Magazine
• Listed in Best Doctors of the Year New York Magazine
• Listed in Castle Connolly Guide
• Named Global Leader of Tomorrow World Economic Forum 1999
• Named Turkish American of the Year 1996
• Books, for a Better America Award (for Healing from the Heart) 1999
• Robert E. Gross Research Scholarship AATS 1994-1996
• Research Award, American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery 1991
• Blakemore Research Awards Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons 1988-1991

External links

• Mehmet Öz Chapter excerpts (Official publisher web page)
• Dr. Mehmet Öz Biography
• Columbia University Department of Surgery
• Discovery Health Dr. Öz Page