Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Oz is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon at Columbia University as well as a medical researcher, author, speaker, radio and television personality and nutritional wellness consultant.http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=mco2&DepAffil=Surgery http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30688168/ns/today-entertainment/ In September 2009, Dr. Oz began a syndicated daily television talk show produced by Harpo, Oprah Winfrey's production company. His last appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show occurred on May 12, 2009. Dr. Oz has made 55 appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show over the past five years.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WINFREY_DR_OZ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-05-11-16-06-16

In January 2011, Dr. Oz announced a weight loss program called 11 Weeks to Move It and Lose It.http://starglobaltribune.com/2011/dr-oz-launches-11-weeks-to-move-it-and-lose-it-weight-loss-program-3662 Oz is offering the program for free on his official website. The program will be designed around each individual's needs and will include food logging and weight loss tracking. The program will be administered in partnership with Nike SPARQ Training Network which will oversee the webcasts, exercise demonstrations, and Q-and-A sessions.http://starglobaltribune.com/2011/dr-oz-launches-11-weeks-to-move-it-and-lose-it-weight-loss-program-3662/ref

Dr. Oz began his career after receiving a joint medical degree and business degree from University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School of Business. He served as a general surgery intern from 1986-1990 at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was also a cardiothoracic surgery resident there from 1991-1993.http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=mco2&DepAffil=Surgery From 2001 to the present, he has been a Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and the Medical Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=mco2&DepAffil=Surgery He worked as the health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show until 2006 when he started the Dr. Oz Show.http://www.oprah.com/health/Dr-Mehmet-Oz-Video-Resources-Biography-and-Newsletter http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30688168/ns/today-entertainment/

1982: Undergraduate Degree from Harvard University

1986: Joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicinehttp://www.med.upenn.edu/ 3 and Wharton business schoolhttp://www.wharton.upenn.edu/ 4

1988-91: Received the Blakemore Prize for research from the College of Physicians and Surgeonshttp://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/ps/ 5

1991: American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery research awardhttp://www.aslms.org/ 6

1993: New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center clinical research award and granthttp://www.nyp.org/ 7

1994-96: Awarded the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Robert E. Gross Research Scholarshiphttp://www.aats.org/annualmeeting/Program-Books/1996/AATS-Scholarships-and-Fellowships-and-Awards.html 8

1996: Voted Turkish-American of the Yearhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mehmet-oz/bio/215510

1996: Selected for Doctors of the Year by Hippocrates Magazinehttp://www.hippocratesinst.com/Magazine.aspx 9]

1999: His book, Healing from the Heart, won the Books for a Better America Awardhttp://www.amazon.ca/Healing-Heart-Dean-Ornish/dp/0525944109/ref=sr_1_3/702-7415970-4973607?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193606938&sr=1-3 10

1999: Elected Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum