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Mehmet Oz
Turkish-American cardiac surgeon, television host and Republican political candidate (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mehmet Cengiz Öz (born June 11, 1960, called Dr. Oz) is a Turkish-American doctor, writer, educator, and television personality. He has a television show, The Dr. Oz Show. He helps people with health and weight. He won two Emmy Awards, in 2010 and in 2011.
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In November 2021, Oz announced that he was running in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania as a Republican.[1] He won the nomination in June 2022, becoming the first Muslim to be nominated by either major party for U.S. Senate.[2] He was defeated in the general election by John Fetterman.
Öz was born on June 11, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio to a Turkish family.[3] He studied at Tower Hill School, at Harvard University, at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Öz married his wife Lisa Lemole in 1985. They have four children. He now lives in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.