Mehmet Cengiz Öz, professionally known as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American media personality cum celebrity doctor cum author, and Republican political candidate.
Oz and his colleague, Herchel Walker have been asked to resign from their posts at the White House.
According to a White House official, the president of America, Joe Biden, does not permit federal candidates to serve on his presidential boards.
Mehmet was appointed by Ex. President Donald Trump in December 2020.
He announced to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat in Pennsylvania, Unites States, in November 2021.
The celebrity doctor was born on June 11, 1960, to Mustafa Öz and Suna Öz in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Oz attended high school at Tower Hill Schoo in Wilmington, Delaware, and preceded to Harward University where he attained an undergraduate degree in biology in 1982
He had his MD and MBA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Penn’s Wharton School respectively.
Dr. Oz is a medical doctor who holds a medical license in Pennsylvania.
He has been married to his wife, Lisa Öz since 1985. The couple has four children namely, Daphne Öz, Oliver Mustafa Öz, Arabella Sezen Öz, and Zoe Yasemin Öz.
Mehmet Oz parents: Who are Mustafa Öz and Suna Öz?
The parents of Mehmet Oz, are Suna Oz and Mustafa Öz. The couple emigrated from the Konya Province in Turkey to the United States.
His father Mustafa was a native of a small town in southern Turkey called Boker.
In 1950 Mustafa graduated as the top student of his batch in Cerrahpasa Medical School and later emigrated to the United States to join the general residency program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
He trained as a cardiothoracic surgeon and became the chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware.
Dr. Öz’s mother, Suna hails from a wealthy Turkish family. Her mother was a Pharmacist of Circassian Descent.
Does Mehmet Oz have siblings?
Yes, Mehmet Oz has siblings. He has two sisters called Seval Öz and Nazlim Öz.
Mehmet Oz and his sister grew up in a Muslim community. Their father practiced traditional Islam and their mother was from a secular Muslim home.
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