Dr. Mehmet C. Oz is Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and obtained a joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School. He is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Oz is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, American College of Cardiology, and American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.
His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and health care policy. He has authored over 400 original publications, book chapters, and medical books and has received several patents. He performs over 350 heart operations annually.
Dr. Oz authored the award-winning book, Healing from the Heart (Dutton Penguin Putnam 1998), as well as numerous pieces in Newsweek, Oprah magazine, and The New England Journal of Medicine. He has a bi-monthly column in Esquire magazine and his new book, You: The Owner's Manual, was released in April 2005 by Harper Collins and is a #1, New York Times bestseller.
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