Mehmet Oz
In 2025, Mehmet Oz offered to take in a flock of 400 ostriches from British Columbia. The birds were set to be culled during an avian flu outbreak, and Oz proposed sending them to his ranch in Florida. It is a small and strange episode, yet it suits a man who has spent decades crossing between worlds that rarely overlap.
Oz, known to millions as Dr. Oz, has been a heart surgeon, a daytime television host, an author, a Senate candidate and a federal health official. Each role earned him devoted admirers and sharp critics, often at the same time.
How does the son of Turkish immigrants end up with a national talk show launched by Oprah Winfrey? What did fellow physicians make of the health advice he gave a mass audience? And why did voters, regulators and journalists keep arguing about what Oz actually believed?
Mehmet Oz was born on the 11th of June 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Mustafa and Suna Öz. Both parents had emigrated from Turkey. His father came from Bozkır in Konya Province and graduated at the top of his class at Cerrahpaşa Medical School in 1950.
Mustafa then crossed the Atlantic for a residency at Case Western Reserve University, which is why his son was born in Cleveland. He went on to train in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University near Atlanta, where daughter Seval was born. Later he served for several years as chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware before returning to Turkey. Oz has two sisters, Seval and Nazlim.
The family settled in Wilmington, Delaware, where Oz attended Tower Hill School. At home, religion came in two shades. His father's side practiced a more traditional Islam, while his mother's relatives were more secular. His first name is simply the Turkish form of Muhammad.
Oz graduated from Harvard in 1982 with a biology degree, magna cum laude. He played safety on the football team and goalkeeper for varsity water polo. In 1986 he finished a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania and a business degree at its Wharton School. Classmates elected him class president and later student body president, and he won the Captain's Athletic Award for leadership.
It was at Penn that Oz met his wife, Lisa, through their fathers in Philadelphia. They married in 1985. By his own account, he proposed on a city street corner using a tab from a discarded soda can as a stand-in ring. They have four children, including eldest daughter Daphne, who is also an author and television host. Together, Oz and Lisa founded HealthCorps, a nonprofit for health education and peer mentoring.
Lisa also shaped his intellectual world. She introduced him to the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century Swedish theologian, and to reiki and transcendental meditation. Oz now calls himself a secular Muslim and aligns his views with Sufism. The Associated Press reported that the spiritual side of Islam appeals to him more than its legal side. His wife and children are Christians, and he has told CBN News he opposes Sharia law in the United States.
Family ties turned litigious in November 2020, when his sister Nazlim sued him. She claimed he was withholding rental income from apartments that belonged to their late father. Oz answered that he was holding the money in escrow, because their mother and other relatives were suing Nazlim in a Turkish probate court over the estate.
Turkey stayed part of Oz's life in a very literal way. After college in the 1980s, he served 60 days in the Turkish Army to keep his dual citizenship. Decades later, that citizenship would become a weapon in the hands of political opponents.
In 1986, Eric Rose hired Oz for a surgical residency at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, which was then affiliated with Columbia University. Oz trained in general surgery and then in cardiothoracic surgery. His ambitions soon reached past the operating table.
In April 1995, Oz and colleague Jerry Whitworth founded the Cardiac Complementary Care Center. Its purpose was to offer alternative medicine to heart disease patients. Hospital administrators grew alarmed by his use of therapeutic touch, and Oz dropped the practice after they objected.
The 1996 World Series brought a different kind of attention. Oz and Rose worked on a successful heart transplant for Frank Torre, brother of Yankees manager Joe Torre, while the Yankees went on to win the title. Rose later said he did not enjoy the publicity, but Oz "loved it".
The spotlight strained Oz's partnership with Whitworth. Whitworth later told Vox that he had asked Oz to "stop the media circus". In 2000 Whitworth left. Oz reopened the program that year as the Cardiovascular Institute and Integrative Medicine Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and he served as its director.
Oz also earned credit as an inventor. He helped develop devices and procedures for heart surgery, among them the MitraClip and the left ventricular assist device, known as the LVAD. By 2015 he held several patents in the field.
A stumble came in 2003. Oz was scheduled to present research on heart bypass surgery and heart-lung machines at the yearly meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, but he had to withdraw. The association barred him from presenting or publishing in its journal for two years. Officials said the ban did not stem from academic dishonesty, but partly from his team changing the study's methodology from what had been agreed.
His 2022 campaign said the team had simply widened the scope of the work with more patients. Anonymous sources cited by The Washington Post offered another reason, saying the study had too few subjects to support a firm conclusion.
Oz became a professor at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2001 and took emeritus status in 2018. In May 2022, in the same year he ran for the Senate, Columbia cut ties with him and removed him from its website.
The Discovery Channel launched Second Opinion with Dr. Oz in 2003, and Lisa Oz produced it. The program lasted only five episodes. Yet one guest changed his trajectory: Oprah Winfrey appeared as an interviewee, and the two struck up a working relationship.
Beginning in 2004, Oz appeared as a regular health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Over five seasons he made more than sixty appearances. In 2009 Winfrey offered to produce a syndicated series with him as host through her company, Harpo Productions.
The Dr. Oz Show debuted on the 14th of September 2009, distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It ran for 13 seasons and 1,681 episodes before airing its last installment on the 14th of January 2022. Oz was nominated ten times for the Daytime Emmy for outstanding talk show host and won four times, in 2010, 2011-2014 and 2016.
The show reached beyond the studio. In August 2010, Oz underwent a routine colonoscopy as part of a broadcast, and doctors found a pre-cancerous polyp. He has said the procedure likely saved his life.
Other projects piled up. His series Transplant! won a Freddie and a Silver Telly. He consulted on heart transplantation for the 2002 Denzel Washington film John Q. In January 2011 he joined Suze Orman and Phil McGraw on the OWN advice show Ask Oprah's All-Stars. He hosted a health segment called Your Daily Dose on the radio station 1010 WINS. On the 23rd of October 2014, OWN premiered Surgeon Oz, which followed his work as a surgeon.
Oz was equally busy on the page. Eight of his books became New York Times bestsellers, seven of them written with Michael F. Roizen, beginning with YOU: The Owner's Manual in 2005. He wrote a regular column for Esquire and for O, The Oprah Magazine. His article "Retool, Reboot, and Rebuild" won a National Magazine Award for Personal Service in 2009. On the 4th of February 2014, he and the Hearst Corporation launched the bi-monthly magazine Dr. Oz The Good Life.
Honors followed. Time Magazine put him on its 2008 list of the 100 most influential people. The World Economic Forum named him a Global Leader of Tomorrow from 1999 to 2004. He received a People's Choice Award in 2016 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022.
Oz even stepped onto the basketball court, playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in 2010 and again in 2019 in Charlotte. That same year he joined Team Cleveland at Progressive Field for a celebrity softball game.
In September 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared on The Dr. Oz Show. Oz promoted the visit by saying he would review medical records Trump had submitted. CNN speculated that the stop was meant to reach the show's large female audience. Trump later appointed Oz to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition in 2018.
On the 22nd of March 2021, Oz began a two-week stint as guest host of the quiz show Jeopardy! Fans and former contestants criticized the choice.
A 2014 Senate hearing on consumer protection gave Oz one of his harshest public rebukes. Senator Claire McCaskill told him that "the scientific community is almost monolithic against you". Her complaint was that segments on weight loss products were later quoted in advertisements for them. She said he was "melding medical advice, news, and entertainment in a way that harms consumers".
The source notes that Oz himself was not part of weight loss scams, but that scammers exploited things he said.
Research added weight to the criticism. A 2014 British Medical Journal study examined forty early-2013 episodes each of The Dr. Oz Show and The Doctors. For Oz's program, evidence supported 46 percent of the recommendations, contradicted 15 percent, and could not be found for 39 percent. Unfounded claims included that apple juice contained unsafe levels of arsenic and that cell phones could cause breast cancer.
Skeptics also targeted alternative medicine on the show. The James Randi Educational Foundation gave Oz its 2009 Pigasus Award for promoting reiki. Oz replied that he used reiki only as moral support for patients in the operating room, and that he had been unfairly attacked. Popular Science and The New Yorker published critical pieces, and HuffPost accused him of promoting quackery. Critics also pointed to his guests, who included psychics, faith healers and anti-vaccination activists such as Joseph Mercola, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Christiane Northrup.
Money raised its own questions. In 2012, Oz made a deal with the supplement maker Usana Health Sciences, a multi-level marketing company accused of being a pyramid scheme. He was paid more than $50 million over five years to promote its products on his show. He also served as spokesman and advisor for RealAge.com, which The New York Times criticized over its pharmaceutical marketing. In 2010, he co-founded Sharecare with Jeff Arnold. In 2024, he was accused of failing to disclose a role in the supplement company iHerb, whose products he recommended.
In 2015, ten physicians demanded that Columbia remove him from its faculty for his supposed "disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine". Columbia refused, citing its commitment to academic freedom. Oz said he brought the public information to help people "be their best selves", and that his show offered multiple viewpoints, including his own, "without conflict of interest".
The pandemic brought sharper stakes. In March and April 2020, Oz promoted hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, as a COVID-19 treatment on more than 25 Fox News broadcasts. In May 2020 Trump said he was taking it. In June 2020 the Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency authorization, saying it was "no longer reasonable to believe" the drug worked against the virus. Oz owns at least $630,000 of stock in two companies tied to the drug, Thermo Fisher and McKesson Corporation.
In April 2020, Oz told Sean Hannity that reopening schools might be worth the added deaths. He cited a Lancet article, saying it "may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total mortality". Online backlash followed. He apologized, saying he had misspoken and wanted "to get our children safely back to school". Oz has also promoted masks and vaccination against the virus.
On the 30th of November 2021, Oz announced he would seek the Republican nomination for a Pennsylvania seat in the U.S. Senate. The announcement had an immediate side effect. Television stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland said they would pull his show, because the FCC's equal-time rule would require equivalent airtime for opposing candidates.
His Republican ties were older than the campaign. In 2007, reports surfaced that he had been active for years in his local Republican Party chapter in New Jersey. He had donated to John McCain and Bill Frist, and he backed George W. Bush's 2004 re-election. In 2012 he supported Shmuley Boteach, a rabbi running for Congress as a Republican.
His White House appointment became a casualty. President Joe Biden asked Oz to resign from the sports and fitness council, arguing that staying on while running would violate the Hatch Act. Oz refused, and Biden removed him in March 2022. On the 9th of April 2022, Trump endorsed him.
The primary on the 17th of May was a photo finish. A day later, Oz led David McCormick by only 0.1% of the vote, which triggered a mandatory statewide recount. With mail-in ballots uncounted, Trump urged Oz to claim victory. On the 27th of May, before the recount began, Oz declared himself the presumptive nominee. McCormick conceded on the 3rd of June. Most of the other major primary candidates then endorsed Oz, though Kathy Barnette initially declined and later said only that she would vote for him.
Opponents also accused Oz of carpetbagging. He and Lisa had lived in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, for several decades. In late 2020 he moved to the Bryn Athyn home of his in-laws, where he says he pays market rent. He has since voted twice in Pennsylvania and obtained a Pennsylvania driver's license and a concealed carry permit. The couple own at least ten properties across the United States and Turkey, including a Palm Beach estate valued between $5 million and $25 million.
On the 15th of August 2022, a campaign video from April went viral. In it, Oz shops for produce to make crudités served with tequila and blames high prices on Biden. He called the store a "Wegner's", but it was a Redner's Warehouse market. Social media mocked it widely. Oz answered that after campaigning 18 hours a day, he had "gotten my kids' names wrong, as well".
The general election turned bitter. Democrat John Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022 and needed time to recover. In late August, the Oz campaign released a list of mock debate concessions, joking that Fetterman could raise his hand and ask for a bathroom break. A later campaign statement said that if Fetterman had eaten a vegetable in his life, he might not have had a major stroke. Fetterman replied that mocking a stroke survivor was a joke to Oz's team, but his recovery was real.
The two agreed to a single debate, held on the 25th of October. Oz lost by 4.9% and conceded on the 9th of November 2022, urging everyone to put down their partisan swords. He had been the first Muslim nominated for the Senate by either major party. Had he won, he would have been the first Muslim in the Senate and the first Republican Muslim in Congress.
Few politicians describe themselves in as many ways as Oz did. In 2007 he called himself a moderate Republican and named Arnold Schwarzenegger and Theodore Roosevelt as inspirations. When he entered the Senate race, he said he was a conservative Republican. After winning the primary, he described himself as a moderate leader, but not a passive one.
Abortion shows the movement most clearly. Before 2019, Oz supported abortion rights, though he disliked abortion personally. He recalled seeing in medical school the harm done to women in the days before Roe. In 2022 he said he backed overturning Roe v. Wade and opposed abortion except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest. In May he said, "I do believe life starts at conception." By October he said states should decide, and that he wanted no federal involvement.
Healthcare tells a similar story. In 2009 he said coverage should be mandatory and that those who cannot afford it should receive it. In 2010 he appeared in an ad promoting the Affordable Care Act. By 2022 he said he would vote to repeal that law, and that the uninsured have a right to access but not to health.
Guns and energy shifted too. In 2019 he co-wrote a column calling for a ban on assault rifles. In 2022 he supported red flag-style laws but opposed a national registry. On fracking, he called in 2014 for more regulation and a pause pending research, then in 2022 favored fewer rules. In 2017 he co-wrote an article on climate threats such as heat, wildfires and floods. During the campaign he said carbon dioxide is "not the problem".
He also reversed course on people. Oz praised Anthony Fauci as a "pro" during 2020 and 2021, then called him a "tyrant" once he was running. On cannabis, he said in 2014 that medical marijuana was hugely beneficial, yet in 2022 he opposed recreational legalization. On conversion therapy, he called it "dangerous" in 2012 after criticism for hosting a guest who backed it.
Turkey was the most personal issue. Oz is a dual citizen, and he has said he keeps his Turkish citizenship to care for his mother, who has Alzheimer's. He said he would renounce it before being sworn in if elected. No U.S. law forbids members of Congress from holding dual citizenship. Primary rivals attacked the ties. Oz called the issue a "distraction", and his campaign called the attacks "pathetic and xenophobic". Senators Lindsey Graham and Kevin Cramer defended him.
Critics went further, leveling "dual loyalty" charges. In December 2021 the National Review listed his contacts with people tied to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or his party. Oz said he had "never been politically involved in Turkey in any capacity".
Other foreign ties drew scrutiny. In 2013, Oz partnered with the Chinese-owned Neusoft Xikang as its chief health advisor. That mattered when he attacked McCormick's business ties to mainland China. He visited Israel in 2013, opposes the BDS movement and supports continued military aid. He called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "horrible" and "preventable".
Armenian-Americans pressed him in 2022 to formally recognize the Armenian genocide. Mark Momjian of Columbia's Armenian Center said he was convinced Oz was part of a denial campaign. In January 2026, California officials filed a civil rights complaint over a video in which Oz gestured at Armenian lettering on a Los Angeles bakery. He alleged fraud by the "Russian Armenian Mafia". The Armenian National Committee of America was among those accusing him of anti-Armenianism.
On the 19th of November 2024, President-elect Trump named Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He would work under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's nominee for health secretary, to cut waste and fraud. Trump also said Oz would "incentivize disease prevention". The previous administrator was Chiquita W. Brooks-LaSure.
Oz drew a warmer reception than Kennedy. Senator Susan Collins, who had campaigned for him in 2022, called him "well respected". Mark McClellan, a former agency head under George W. Bush, also praised the choice. Even Fetterman said that if Oz was about protecting Medicare and Medicaid, "I'm voting for the dude". In February 2025, Oz pledged to sell his healthcare stock holdings if confirmed.
On the 14th of March 2025, the Senate Finance Committee questioned him. Ranking Democrat Ron Wyden demanded a yes or no on whether Oz would fight Medicaid cuts. Oz replied, "I cherish Medicaid, and I've worked within the Medicaid environment quite extensively." Wyden then accused him of backing premium hikes for families buying coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
The Senate confirmed Oz as the 17th administrator on the 3rd of April, by a party-line vote of 53-45. He took office on the 8th of April 2025, and Trump swore him in at a ceremony on the 18th.
His first days set a tone. At his first all-staff meeting on the 10th of April, Oz praised Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again initiative and called for replacing human physicians with artificial intelligence models. The next day he announced that Medicare would not pay for gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors.
Data became the flashpoint in July. CMS gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to personal records of over 79 million Medicaid enrollees, to aid deportation efforts. Kennedy had authorized the access in June over protests from CMS staff. It contradicted an internal policy from 2013 that barred using Medicaid records for deportation enforcement. The next month, Judge Vince Chhabria blocked ICE from using the data.
In September, medicine returned to the foreground. On the 22nd, Oz co-wrote a Politico opinion piece on leucovorin as a possible treatment for autistic children. He wrote that it could help verbal communication but "is not a cure for autism", and that the FDA would soon approve it. He also urged pregnant women to use acetaminophen "judiciously", acknowledging conflicting research on its link to autism. On the 26th, he advised them to consult their doctors before taking Tylenol and follow their advice.
March 2026 brought another controversy. Oz posted a video threatening to withhold Medicaid funding from New York, citing a claim that three quarters of its Medicaid population received fraudulent homecare. In fact, only about 450,000 residents had applied for homecare, not the 5.1 million that CMS had calculated.
The error came from counting each monthly claim as a separate person. A single disabled person receiving care for a year was counted as 12 people. That miscount, passed up to Oz, produced the figure he used in his threat.
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Where was Mehmet Oz born and raised?
He was born on the 11th of June 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, by parents who had emigrated from Turkey.
How long did The Dr. Oz Show run?
It debuted on the 14th of September 2009 and aired its final episode on the 14th of January 2022, running 13 seasons.
What did the 2014 British Medical Journal study find about The Dr. Oz Show?
Of the recommendations in forty episodes from early 2013, evidence supported 46 percent, contradicted 15 percent, and was not found for 39 percent.
How did Oz fare in the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race?
He won the Republican nomination after a recount against David McCormick, then lost to Democrat John Fetterman by 4.9%.
What office does Oz hold now?
He is the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, confirmed 53-45 on the 3rd of April 2025.
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- 44Dr. Oz Sows Seeds of Mistrust on Genetic EngineeringHenry I. Miller, Kavin Senapathy — April 10, 2015
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- 78NewsOnline Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug MakersStephanie Clifford — March 25, 2009
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- 80Dr. Oz Promoted Companies He Was Quietly Invested InSam Brodey — 2022-08-01
- 81Dr. Oz is running as a China hawk. It's a bit of a stretch.Daniel Lippman et al. — 2022-02-03
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- 84NewsHydroxychloroquine: how an unproven drug became Trump's coronavirus 'miracle cure'Julia Carrie Wong — April 7, 2020
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- 95Dr. Oz apologizes for saying reopening schools is an "appetizing opportunity" because it would only kill 2–3% more peopleChristina Capatides — April 17, 2020
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- 103NewsSenate candidate and TV host Dr. Oz removed from presidential fitness councilChelsey Cox — March 30, 2022
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- 113NewsTrump urges Oz to 'declare victory' before vote tally complete in Pa.Colby Itkowitz — May 18, 2022
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- 115The Oz and McCormick campaigns are already fighting over undated Pa. mail ballots as Senate primary recount loomsJonathan Lai — May 21, 2022
- 116David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate PrimaryTrip Gabriel — June 3, 2022
- 117NewsFact check: Kathy Barnette rejects Oz's claim that 'all' his former rivals have endorsed himDaniel Dale — June 22, 2022
- 118NewsKathy Barnette slams GOP 'elites,' calls Mehmet Oz 'lesser of two evils,' will vote for himChris Brennan — October 14, 2022
- 119Oz counters carpetbagger attacks from sidelined but not offline FettermanSahil Kapur — July 20, 2022
- 120'Carpetbagger' accusations continue in Pa.'s GOP U.S. Senate raceMarley Parish — April 25, 2022
- 122MagazineDr. Oz Gets Defensive About Fetterman Using Snooki to Point Out His New Jersey TiesMaddie McGarvey — July 20, 2022
- 123NewsDr. Oz – who's now running for US Senate in Pennsylvania – used his in-law's address to register to vote in the state last yearRebecca Cohen et al. — November 30, 2021
- 124Sen. Candidate John Fetterman Uses Dr. Oz's Viral Supermarket Gaffe to Call Out the Celebrity's PrivilegeAmethyst Tate — August 16, 2022
- 12511 Questions About the Dr. Oz Crudités VideoMargaret Hartmann — August 15, 2022
- 126NewsOz responds to viral crudité video after Fetterman fundraises off itAllan Smith — August 17, 2022
- 127NewsDebate 'concession list' sparks war of words between Oz, FettermanJustin Sweitzer — August 31, 2022
- 128NewsWhen Fetterman wasn't ready to debate after a stroke, Dr. Oz pouncedTrip Gabriel — August 31, 2022
- 129NewsOz pressures Fetterman to debate him in SeptemberJulia Shapero — September 8, 2022
- 130NewsFetterman vows to debate Oz amid criticismCaroline Vakil — September 7, 2022
- 131NewsMehmet Oz, Sen. Pat Toomey call on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to debate in Pennsylvania Senate raceSiafa Lewis — September 6, 2022
- 132NewsFetterman commits to debating Oz in Pennsylvania two weeks before Election DaySeptember 15, 2022
- 133NewsDemocrat John Fetterman wins US Senate race in PennsylvaniaMarc Levy — November 9, 2022
- 134John Fetterman wins Pa. Senate race, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for DemocratsNBC News — November 9, 2022
- 135NewsMehmet Oz did something that shouldn't be remarkable after his lossChris Cillizza — November 9, 2022
- 136NewsCelebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US SenateJoseph Hammond — December 2, 2021
- 138NewsPennsylvania U.S. Senate Election ResultsNovember 8, 2022
- 139NewsDr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in PennsylvaniaJonathan Tamari — November 30, 2021
- 140Trump names Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid2024-11-19
- 141Trump picks TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid2024-11-19
- 143NewsTrump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administratorVarious — November 19, 2024
- 145Sen. Collins campaigns for Dr. Oz in closely watched Pennsylvania Senate raceTerry Stackhouse — WMTW News 8 Portland — November 6, 2022
- 146Dr. Oz getting high marks from Senate moderates — maybe even FettermanBen Leonard — November 20, 2024
- 147Why was John Fetterman so quick to say he'd support Trump's nomination of Dr. Oz?Jonathan D. Salant — November 20, 2024
- 148NewsDr. Oz, Trump's Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Sell Health Stocks19 February 2025
- 151Senate confirms Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and MedicaidDarryl Coote — April 3, 2025
- 152Dr. Oz confirmed to lead CMSEmily Olsen — April 3, 2025
- 153NewsSenate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agencyAmanda Seitz — April 3, 2025
- 154NewsSenate Confirms Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and MedicaidReed Abelson et al. — April 3, 2025
- 155NewsCMS Organizational Chart8 April 2025
- 156NewsTrump swears in Mehmet Oz as CMS administratorJoseph Choi — 18 April 2025
- 157MagazineDr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town HallLeah Feiger
- 158NewsDr Oz tells federal health workers AI could replace frontline doctorsJessica Glenza — 2025-04-09
- 159NewsDr. Oz: Medicaid won't pay for gender-affirming careKen Alltucker — 12 April 2025
- 160ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid DataLeah Feiger et al. — July 17, 2025
- 161Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officialsKimberly Kindy et al. — June 14, 2025
- 162NewsTrump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICEKimberly Kindy et al. — July 17, 2025
- 163Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officialsKimberly Kindy et al. — August 14, 2025
- 164NewsFDA to approve drug to treat autism symptomsDavid Lim — 22 September 2025
- 165NewsDr. Oz says "of course" pregnant women should take Tylenol if a doctor says soSara Moniuskzo et al. — 26 September 2025
- 166The Basic Math Error in Dr. Oz's Fraud LetterMichael Kinnucan — 30 March 2026
- 167AP report: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusationsAli Swenson — 10 April 2026
- 168Trump admin releases final rule attacking healthcare for low-income trans kidsMadison Pauly — August 11, 2026
- 170Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate raceJason Lange — November 30, 2021
- 171'Moderate' positioning could define GOP success in 2022: The NoteRick Klein et al.
- 172Dr. Oz speaks with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 ahead of Friday rally with former President TrumpJim Madalinsky — WTAE — May 6, 2022
- 173Where GOP U.S. Senate candidates stand on abortion access, COVID-19, 2020 election, immigrationMarley Parish — April 26, 2022
- 174News"We are sending women back to 1849": Swing state Dems react to abortion rulingSophia Cal — June 24, 2022
- 175NewsMehmet Oz in May audio: Abortion is 'murder' at any stage of pregnancySahil Kapur — August 31, 2022
- 176Ads Attacking Dr. OzRobert Farley — March 17, 2022
- 177Abortion takes center stage in high profile Senate GOP clash in Pennsylvania Fox Wilmington WSFX-TVPaul Steinhauser — May 5, 2022
- 178Attacks Dominate Pennsylvania's Senate GOP Primary DebateMarc Levy — May 4, 2022
- 179NewsDr. Oz's awful answer on abortionChris Cillizza — October 26, 2022
- 180NewsMehmet Oz said local politicians should have a say in abortion. Democrats see an opportunity.Julia Terruso et al. — October 26, 2022
- 181NewsOz says abortion decisions should involve women, doctors — and local politiciansStephanie Ebbert — October 28, 2022
- 182NewsPennsylvania Armenians decry Oz's failure to recognize the Armenian GenocideMassarah Mikati — October 14, 2022
- 183NewsNewsom files a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over allegations of hospice fraudJanuary 30, 2026
- 184NewsDr. Oz video alleging fraud in Van Nuys prompts response from Armenian communityTracey Leong — January 29, 2026
- 185NewsDr. Oz's anti-Armenian smear in L.A. fits a patternStephan Pechdimaldji — January 30, 2026
- 186Take a Good Look at What Dr. Oz Is Selling Us NowApril 19, 2022
- 187Full Oz Interview: Biden's Marijuana Decriminalization Is 'A Rational Move'October 14, 2022
- 188Senate Candidate Mehmet Oz Stops in Lower Bucks CountyTom Sofield — February 21, 2022
- 189Mehmet Oz Goes Full Climate Denial, Says Carbon Dioxide Isn't A ProblemChris D'Angelo — March 30, 2022
- 190NewsRepublican candidates on climate: 'fake science' to 'carbon is healthy'Nina Lakhani et al. — November 4, 2022
- 191NewsAs a Senate Candidate, Mehmet Oz Supports Fracking. But as a Celebrity Doctor, He Raised Significant ConcernsKiley Bense — March 20, 2022
- 193Would Turkey's president have leverage over 'Senator Doctor Oz'?Josh Rogin — February 16, 2022
- 196Policy Memo
- 197Dr. Oz Goes to IsraelBen Sales — August 7, 2013
- 198NewsDr. Oz makes campaign stop in Lancaster, visits Central Market to talk about Ukraine, his residencyGillian McGoldrick — February 27, 2022
- 199In Pa. Senate run, Dr. Oz casts self as pro-Second Amendment. He has backed gun-control measuresTom Kertscher — April 15, 2022
- 200NewsIs Mehmet Oz really a conservative? A look at his recordJonathan Tamari et al. — April 20, 2022
- 201NewsDr. Oz supported health insurance mandates and promoted Obamacare before Senate runEm Steck et al. — March 13, 2022
- 202Dr Oz says uninsured 'don't have right to health' but should get 15-minute checkups in 'festival-like setting'Graig Graziosi — September 7, 2022
- 204Dr. Oz, now a GOP Senate candidate, had Jazz Jennings, transgender parents, transgender surgeon on his showTyler O'Neil — March 14, 2022
- 205NewsIn trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'Jeff McMillan et al. — February 25, 2022
- 206Dr. Oz Agrees with National Health Organizations that 'Reparative Therapy' Is Dangerous and Not for MinorsRoss Murray — November 29, 2012
- 207Gay Advocacy Groups Decry Controversial 'Dr. Oz' EpisodeNovember 29, 2012
- 208Religion News Summary: Ugandans Speak Out, and Faith Communities Stand By Marriage EqualityTodd Clayton — December 3, 2012
- 209NewsPennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Oz backs same-sex marriage billJulia Mueller — June 26, 2022
- 210Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz indicates he'd vote yes on same-sex marriage billJulia Terruso — July 27, 2022
- 211NewsDr. Oz Reverses Himself on Science for GOP VotesRoger Sollenberger — June 17, 2022
- 212Dr. Oz Says Medical Marijuana Could Help Solve Opioid AddictionTom Angell — September 19, 2017
- 213NewsDr. Oz Backs Medical Marijuana, Says It's 'Hugely Beneficial'Matt Ferner — May 14, 2014
- 214Dr. Oz Talks About Trump's Endorsement, Marijuana, and Transgender IssuesLinda Stein — April 14, 2022
- 215NewsOz says he supports Biden on marijuana pardons and opposes federal mandatory minimum prison sentencesDasha Burns et al. — October 14, 2022
- 216The Wizard of Dr OzJuly 19, 2009
- 217Dr. Oz's Senate Run Provides a Glimpse into the Lucrative Economics of TV Talk ShowsAlex Weprin — April 7, 2022
- 218NewsWawa Stock and $500,000 in Cattle: Dr. Oz's Senate Bid Reveals His WealthGabriel Trip — April 7, 2022
- 219NewsDr. Oz 'high risk' after cancer scareAnn Oldenburg — September 1, 2010
- 220NewsDr. Oz Has Colon Cancer ScareCharlotte Triggs — September 1, 2010
- 221Press releaseESPN and NBA announce celebrity rosters and coaches for 2019 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles exclusively on ESPNNational Basketball Association — February 6, 2019
- 222NewsHe'll be the oldest player in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Why is Dr. Oz doing this?Theoden Janes — February 15, 2019
- 223NewsMLB All-Star celebrity softball game 2019: Roster boasts famous names, former athletes, J.R. SmithDan Bernstein — July 8, 2019
- 224NewsDr. Does-It-AllFrank Bruni — April 16, 2010
- 225NewsSources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in PennsylvaniaMarc Levy — November 30, 2021
- 226NewsSenate candidate Mehmet Oz says he's a Pennsylvania resident now. So why's he still hanging out in his New Jersey mansion?Jonathan Tamari et al. — December 2, 2021
- 228MagazineThose 10 Houses Dr. Oz Owns? They're Actually 'Properties'Kat Bouza — August 18, 2022
- 229NewsRFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian FluVjosa Isai — 2025-05-28
- 230NewsDr. Oz says he will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to SenateAdam Brewster — March 16, 2022
- 231NewsDr. Oz holds dual citizenship with Turkey. That's no bar to a Senate bidJon Greenberg — December 3, 2021
- 232Married on July 29, 1985, in Bryn Athyn, PA – New Church Life, 1985, p. 430.
- 233MagazineBaby Makes Six! Daphne Oz Welcomes Daughter Giovanna InesHelen Murphy et al. — August 15, 2019
- 234How Dr. Oz's HealthCorps Is Creating Young LeadersOctober 5, 2018
- 235Dr. Oz cuts off sister from thousands in Manhattan rental income, lawsuit saysNovember 16, 2020
- 236Dr. Oz Sued by Sister for Cutting off Funds from Father's EstateNovember 17, 2020
- 239Oz's Senate bid could be a Muslim first but is 'complicated'Marc Levy — August 25, 2022
- 240Dr. Oz could make history as a Muslim senator, but his faith isn't a big part of his campaignWill McDuffie — October 14, 2022
- 242NewsBecome a wizard of multitasking!Daneen Skube — September 12, 2010
- 243JournalSwedenborg and Dr. Oz.Martin Gardner — 2010
- 244Mehmet Oz Finds His TeacherDecember 2007
- 246JournalWhat's Wrong With Dr. Oz?Steven J Dell — 2015
- 247Homeopathy Starter Kit, Pt 1January 28, 2013
- 248Is Dr. Oz Bad For Science?Colin Lecher — January 30, 2013
- 249MagazineThe OperatorMichael Specter — February 4, 2013
- 250NewsDr. Oz Has A Long History Of Promoting Quack TreatmentsLiz Skalka — BuzzFeed, Inc. — December 2, 2021
- 251JournalTelevised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational studyChristina Korownyk — December 17, 2014
- 252Pigasus AwardsJeff Wagg — October 31, 2008
- 253Pigasus AwardsApril 2, 2010
- 254NewsDr. Oz, Andrew Wakefield and others, um, 'honored' by James RandiRosie Mestel — April 1, 2011
- 255JREF's Pigasus Awards "Honors" Dubious Peddlers of "Woo"James Randi — April 1, 2013
- 257NewsBook raises alarms about alternative medicineLiz Szabo — June 18, 2013
- 258Robert Kennedy Jr. and Mark Hyman to Appear on Dr. Oz ShowKeith Kloor — August 20, 2014
- 259NewsMeet Christiane Northrup, doctor of disinformationColin Woodard — May 2, 2021
- 260Dr. Mehmet OzPBS — January 4, 2010
- 261MagazineThe 2008 TIME 100Eric Ripert — May 12, 2008
- 262News'General Hospital,' 'Live with Kelly & Michael' win big at the Daytime Emmy AwardsKaren Butler — May 2, 2016
- 263Daytime Emmys: Y&R Dominates Soap Pack; AMC and OLTL Get 3 Wins EachMatt Webb Mitovich — June 23, 2014
- 2642011 Daytime Emmy Award WinnersJune 20, 2011
- 266Dr. Oz receives star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in heat of Senate campaignMisty Severi — February 11, 2022
- 268Dr. Oz magazine launch set for Feb. 4Keith J. Kelly — January 26, 2014
- 269Mehmet OzIMDb
- 270Dr. Oz Kicks Off Jeopardy! Guest Hosting Stint — Grade His DebutMichael Ausiello — March 22, 2021
- 272NewsPennsylvania Primary Election ResultsMay 17, 2022
- 273News2022 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Election ResultsNovember 8, 2022
- 274BookFood Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way HealthyMehmet Oz — Scribner — 2017
- 275BookYOU(R) Teen: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Management at Any AgeMichael F. Roizen et al. — Free Press — 2013
- 276BookYOU: The Owner's Manual for Teens: A Guide to a Healthy Body and Happy LifeMichael F. Roizen et al. — Free Press — 2011