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Mehmet Oz

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Öz in January 2012

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.

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.

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  1. "Why I'm running to be a senator from Pennsylvania". Restoring America. November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. CNN, Eric Bradner. "Dave McCormick concedes Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary to Trump-backed Mehmet Oz". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. Zak, Lana (2009-08-31). "Dr. Oz on Complementary Medicine: 'Challenge the Status Quo'". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2009-10-12.

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