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Mehmet Oz

1960 - Today

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Mehmet Cengiz Oz ( mə-MET JENG-ghiz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since 2025. The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey, Oz completed 60 days of mandatory military training in the Turkish Army during the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmet Oz is the 303rd most popular physician (up from 354th in 2019), the 2,930th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,271st in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Mehmet Oz ranks 303 out of 726. Before him are Kálmán Kalocsay, Jan Jesenius, Eva Klein, Caesarius of Nazianzus, Ennio Antonelli, and Saint Fabiola. After him are William Osler, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Antonio Maria Valsalva, John Latham, John Hunter, and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Mehmet Oz ranks 101. Before him are Yannick Noah, Cathy Moriarty, Richard Ramirez, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Saif al-Adel, and Sid Eudy. After him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Craig Mello, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Melissa Leo, Johnny Briceño, and Kevin Carter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mehmet Oz ranks 2,930 out of 20,380. Before him are Julius Erving (1950), Richard Holbrooke (1941), George Hamilton (1939), Jeffrey Jones (1946), Kevin Mitnick (1963), and Frances Harper (1825). After him are Nancy Allen (1950), Judy Chicago (1939), Walter Tevis (1928), Carol W. Greider (1961), Matt Cameron (1962), and Johns Hopkins (1795).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Mehmet Oz ranks 40. Before him are Robert Atkins (1930), John O'Keefe (1939), Joseph Erlanger (1874), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), and Henry Heimlich (1920). After him are Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Priscilla Chan (1985), and Philip Showalter Hench (1896).

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