Trump’s pick for Chief of Medicaid and Medicare in HHS
Dr.Mehmet
Cengiz Öz, also known as Dr. Oz, is an American television presenter,
physician, author, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia
University, and former political candidate. Wikipedia
Born: 1960
(age 64 years), Cleveland,
OH
Spouse: Lisa
Oz (m.
1985)
Party: Republican
Party
Education: Perelman
School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.
A dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey, Oz served in the Turkish Army during the 1980s for 60 days of mandatory training, specifically for citizens who reside in foreign countries, to maintain his Turkish citizenship. He subsequently began his residency in surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 1986. In 2001, Oz became a professor of surgery at Columbia University, and later retired to professor emeritus in 2018.
He has helped develop numerous devices and procedures related to heart surgery, including the MitraClip and the left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and by 2015 held a number of patents related to heart surgery.[
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea
Party Leader
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