Mehmet Oz#Author

Mehmet Oz was born on June 11, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Suna and Mustafa Öz,{{Cite book |last=Gates |first=Henry Louis Jr. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/587143242 |title=Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts |publisher=NYU Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0814732649 |location=New York |pages=109 |oclc=587143242 |access-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730033534/https://www.worldcat.org/title/faces-of-america-how-12-extraordinary-people-discovered-their-pasts/oclc/587143242 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |url-status=live}} who had emigrated from Turkey.{{cite news |first=Lana |last=Zak |title=Dr. Oz on Complementary Medicine: 'Challenge the Status Quo' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=8450292 |work=Good Morning America |date=August 31, 2009 |access-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-date=October 26, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091026191932/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=8450292 |url-status=live }} His father was born in Bozkır, Konya Province, Turkey, and graduated at the top of his class at Cerrahpaşa Medical School in 1950 and moved to the United States to join the general residency program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where Mehmet was born.{{cite news |url= https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/02/10/dr-oz-mourns-death-his-father-whose-career-brought-family-delaware/2829834002/|title=Dr. Oz mourns death of his father, whose career brought the family to Delaware in the 60s|last=Bies|first=Jessica|date=February 10, 2019|access-date=July 1, 2021|publisher=Delaware Online|archive-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210701192523/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/02/10/dr-oz-mourns-death-his-father-whose-career-brought-family-delaware/2829834002/|url-status=live}} Mustafa trained in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University in the Atlanta area and was chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware for several years before moving back to Turkey. Suna ({{née}} Atabay), who comes from a wealthy Istanbul family, is the daughter of a pharmacist with Circassian (Shapsug) descent on her mother's side.{{Cite web|title=İşte Dr. Öz'ün Çerkez Güzeli|url= http://www.gazetevatan.com/iste-dr--oz-un-cerkez-guzeli-636111-dunya/|access-date=April 27, 2021|website=gazetevatan.com|date= May 9, 2014 |archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210427082839/http://www.gazetevatan.com/iste-dr--oz-un-cerkez-guzeli-636111-dunya/|url-status=live}} Suna's great grandmother was brought from the Caucasus to Istanbul as a concubine in the Ottoman Imperial Harem of Mahmud II. After Mahmud died, she married an imam.{{Cite web |title=Dr Oz, Meryl Streep related through Ottoman harem |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dr-oz-meryl-streep-related-through-ottoman-harem-24884 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |date=July 6, 2012 |language=en}} Oz has two sisters, Seval Öz and Nazlim Öz.{{cite news |title=Dr. Mehmet Öz'ün Düzce'ye uzanan soyağacı |url= http://jinepsgazetesi.com/index.php?module=news&news_id=11655&cat_id=106 |work=Jineps |date=January 1, 2011 | via= jinepsgazetesi.com |access-date=September 17, 2011 |language=tr |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131638/http://jinepsgazetesi.com/index.php?module=news&news_id=11655&cat_id=106 |url-status=live }} Oz grew up in a mixed Muslim environment where his father's family practiced more traditional Islam, while his mother's family were more secular Muslims.{{cite video |people=Dr. Oz |year=2010 |title=Islam and Identity |url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/video/islam-and-identity/140/ |format=Flash Video |website=PBS.org |access-date= April 22, 2010 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170825020613/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/video/islam-and-identity/140/ |url-status=live }}

As a child, he spent summers in Turkey and served in the Turkish Army during the 1980s for 60 days after college to maintain his dual citizenship.{{cite news |last1=Bruggeman |first1=Lucien |last2=Kim |first2=Soo Rin |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz's vote in 2018 Turkish election renews criticism |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/dr-ozs-vote-2018-turkish-election-renews-criticism/story?id=84326742 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |work=ABC News |quote=He also served in the Turkish army for 60 days in the early 1980s}}{{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tv-show-host-dr-oz-running-for-senate-in-pennsylvania|title=TV show host Dr. Oz announces Senate run in Pennsylvania|date=November 30, 2021|access-date=December 6, 2021|publisher= | website= PBS.org |last= Levy| first= Marc| archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211203151717/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tv-show-host-dr-oz-running-for-senate-in-pennsylvania|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Leung |first=Yasmine |date=May 2022 |title=Was Dr Mehmet Oz in the Turkish army? Dual citizenship explored |url=https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/dr-oz-turkish-army/ |access-date=November 5, 2022 |work=The Focus |quote=Oz retained dual nationality by serving in the Turkish army for 60 days in the early 1980s.}}

As his father was training at Emory, Oz and his family briefly moved to Atlanta where his sister Seval was born before moving to Wilmington, Delaware. Oz grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and was educated at Tower Hill School.{{cite web | url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/02/10/dr-oz-mourns-death-his-father-whose-career-brought-family-delaware/2829834002/ | title=Dr. Oz mourns death of his father, whose career brought the family to Delaware in the 60s }}{{cite web |url=http://www.phillymag.com/articles/exit-interview-dr-oz/ |title=Exit Interview: Dr. Oz |work=Philadelphia |publisher=Metrocorp |date=October 30, 2009 |access-date=March 11, 2014 |last=Rys |first=Richard |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311134022/http://www.phillymag.com/articles/exit-interview-dr-oz/ |url-status=live }} In 1982, he received his undergraduate degree in biology magna cum laude{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Chip |date=July 30, 1995 |title=The Experiments of Dr. Oz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/magazine/the-experiments-of-dr-oz.html?pagewanted=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113053751/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/magazine/the-experiments-of-dr-oz.html?pagewanted=3 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=May 12, 2010 |work=The New York Times}} at Harvard University.{{cite news |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7641721&privcapId=79086309&previousCapId=29249600&previousTitle=The%20Cue%20Ball%20Group,%20LLC |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121009080141/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7641721&privcapId=79086309&previousCapId=29249600&previousTitle=The%20Cue%20Ball%20Group,%20LLC |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |work=Business Week |title=Executive Profile: Mehmet C. Oz M.D |access-date=January 12, 2011}} He played safety on Harvard's football team{{cite news |last1=Ratner |first1=Lizzy |title=The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz |url=https://observer.com/2007/08/the-great-and-powerful-dr-oz/4/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |work=Observer |date=August 14, 2007 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529053051/https://observer.com/2007/08/the-great-and-powerful-dr-oz/4/ |url-status=live }} and was a goalkeeper on the men's varsity water polo team.{{cite news |last1=Randazzo |first1=Michael |title=Harvard Becomes an East Coast Water Polo Power, Thanks to Its West Coast Coach |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/sports/water-polo-harvard-ted-minnis.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=December 1, 2016 |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220621191149/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/sports/water-polo-harvard-ted-minnis.html |url-status=live }} In 1986, he obtained a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Penn's Wharton School, respectively.{{cite news |first=Lizzy |last=Ratner |title=The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz |url=http://www.nyobserver.com/2007/great-and-powerful-dr-oz |work=The New York Observer |date=August 14, 2007 |access-date=September 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021729/http://www.nyobserver.com/2007/great-and-powerful-dr-oz |archive-date=October 20, 2007}}{{Cite web |title=Oprah Loves This Doctor |url= https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/04/oprah-health-doctor-forbeslife-cx_hb_0804oz.html |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website= Forbes.com |language=en}} He was awarded the Captain's Athletic Award for leadership in college{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.daytonsnewssource.com/sections/entertainment/droz |year=2010 |publisher=WKEF-TV |title=Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704070306/http://abc.daytonsnewssource.com/sections/entertainment/droz/ |archive-date=July 4, 2010}} and was class president and then student body president during medical school.{{cite web |url=http://www.talkshows.about.com/od/thedrozshow/p/DrOzBio.htm |title=Dr Oz – The Dr Oz Show |work=About.com |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120093331/http://talkshows.about.com/od/thedrozshow/p/DrOzBio.htm |archive-date=January 20, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

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Oz began his medical career with a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City,{{Cite magazine |date=January 28, 2013 |title=The Operator |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/04/the-operator |access-date=November 13, 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} then affiliated with Columbia University, in 1986 after being hired by Eric Rose.{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2013/2/5/3953904/doctor-mehmet-oz-frank-torre-joe-torre|title=Oh, so it's all Frank Torre's heart's fault?|first=Rob|last=Neyer|work=SB Nation|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215190407/https://www.sbnation.com/2013/2/5/3953904/doctor-mehmet-oz-frank-torre-joe-torre|url-status=live}} In April 1995, Oz and his colleague Jerry Whitworth founded the Cardiac Complementary Care Center to provide various types of alternative medicine to heart disease patients.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Chip |date=July 30, 1995 |title=The Experiments of Dr. Oz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/magazine/the-experiments-of-dr-oz.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008051558/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/magazine/the-experiments-of-dr-oz.html |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |work=The New York Times Magazine}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/dr-oz-ranks-tv-top-operations-article-1.1336422|title=Dr. Mehmet Oz's specialty is being the top doc, with No. 4 audience in syndicated TV|first=Don|last=Kaplan|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215184904/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/dr-oz-ranks-tv-top-operations-article-1.1336422|url-status=live}} The publicity of Oz's work created tension with hospital administration, who expressed alarm at Oz's use of therapeutic touch, which he dropped in response to their objections.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/2664/|title=Recite Your Mantra and Call Me in the Morning|first=Henry|last=Dreher|work=New York|date=May 1998|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215184901/https://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/2664/|url-status=live}}

In 1996, Oz and Rose received media publicity following their work on a successful heart transplant for Frank Torre, brother of New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, during the 1996 World Series, which the Yankees won.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/10/26/frank-torre-doing-great-after-a-heart-transplant/82f68614-1130-4cda-8ce2-ffd4c2053076/|title=Frank Torre 'Doing Great' After Heart Transplant|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 26, 1996|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422173510/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/10/26/frank-torre-doing-great-after-a-heart-transplant/82f68614-1130-4cda-8ce2-ffd4c2053076/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/04/the-operator|title=The Operator|first=Michael|last=Specter|magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 4, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408233337/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/04/the-operator|url-status=live}} Rose later remarked that while he did not enjoy the media attention, Oz "loved it". Meanwhile, Oz and Whitworth's professional relationship grew strained due to the attention Oz was receiving; Whitworth later recounted in an interview with Vox that he asked Oz to "stop the media circus".{{cite web|last=Belluz|first=Julia|date=April 16, 2015|title=The making of Dr. Oz|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims|work=Vox|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194911/https://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims|url-status=live}} In 2000, Whitworth departed the Cardiac Complementary Care Center, which Oz reopened that same year as the Cardiovascular Institute and Integrative Medicine Program at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where he served as director.{{cite web|date=February 1, 2002|title=Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD, Presents The Possible Human To Worlds Most Influential Leaders|url=https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/dr-mehmet-oz-md-presents-possible-human-worlds-most-influential-leaders|publisher=Columbia University Irving Medical Center|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215184932/https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/dr-mehmet-oz-md-presents-possible-human-worlds-most-influential-leaders|url-status=live}}

Oz became a professor at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2001, a title he held until 2018 when his current title changed to professor emeritus.{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2022 |title=Columbia University Quietly Changes Dr. Oz's Position Amid Senate Run |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-columbia-university-emeritus_n_61ddde0ee4b0d637aea82fef |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203013009/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-columbia-university-emeritus_n_61ddde0ee4b0d637aea82fef |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} In May 2022, the institution dissaffiliated with Oz and removed his presence from their website.{{Cite web |last=Luscombe |first=Richard |date=May 1, 2022 |title=Dr Oz dropped by Columbia amid pro-Trump Republican Senate run – report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/01/dr-oz-dropped-by-columbia-amid-pro-trump-republican-senate-run-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709184445/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/01/dr-oz-dropped-by-columbia-amid-pro-trump-republican-senate-run-report |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Crist |first=Carolyn |title=Columbia University Medical Center Cuts Ties with Dr. Oz |url=https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220505/columbia-cuts-ties-dr-oz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607231020/https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220505/columbia-cuts-ties-dr-oz |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=WebMD |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Balevic |first=Katie |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Columbia University has almost entirely scrubbed Dr. Oz from its website after years of criticism from members of medical community |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/columbia-university-cut-ties-dr-oz-amid-gop-senate-run-2022-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709184445/https://www.businessinsider.com/columbia-university-cut-ties-dr-oz-amid-gop-senate-run-2022-4 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

He has helped develop numerous devices and procedures related to heart surgery, including the MitraClip and the left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and by 2015 held several patents related to heart surgery.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=8450292|title=Dr. Oz on Complementary Medicine: 'Challenge the Status Quo'|first=Lana|last=Zak|publisher=ABC News|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026191932/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=8450292|url-status=live}}

In 2003, Oz was scheduled to present medical research regarding heart bypass surgery and heart-lung machines to the yearly conference of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, but Oz was forced to withdraw the presentation and he was banned for two years from presentations to the association or publishing work in the association's medical journal.{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Lenny |last2=Itkowitz |first2=Colby |title=Mehmet Oz's medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/01/oz-senate-doctor-research/ |access-date=November 4, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221104091758/https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/01/oz-senate-doctor-research/ |archive-date=November 4, 2022}} Association officials said that the ban was not due to academic dishonesty, but in part due to Oz's team having changed the methodology of the study from what was agreed upon for presentation. Oz's 2022 political campaign said that the incident was due to Oz's team having extended "the scope of the work with more patients". Anonymous sources cited by The Washington Post said that another reason for the rejection was due to having data from too few test subjects to reach a strong conclusion.

In 2010, Oz joined Jeff Arnold as co-founder of Sharecare, Inc.{{cite web |url=http://www.health2con.com/news/2010/10/18/san-francisco-2010-launch-of-sharecare/ |title=Sharecare, Inc. |work=Health 2.0 |access-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208104438/http://www.health2con.com/news/2010/10/18/san-francisco-2010-launch-of-sharecare/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |url=https://blogs.forbes.com/zinamoukheiber/2010/11/16/names-you-need-to-know-in-2011-sharecare/ |title=Names You Need To Know in 2011: Sharecare |magazine=Forbes |date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=April 1, 2011 |first=Zina |last=Moukheiber |archive-date=March 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329050106/http://blogs.forbes.com/zinamoukheiber/2010/11/16/names-you-need-to-know-in-2011-sharecare/ |url-status=dead }} In 2015, a group of 10 physicians demanded Columbia remove Oz from the faculty for his alleged "disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine".{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/health/dr-oz-columbia-letter/ |title=Physicians to Columbia University: 'Dismayed' that Dr. Oz is on faculty |publisher=CNN |first=Debra |last=Goldschmidt |date=April 18, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831205512/http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/health/dr-oz-columbia-letter |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Paula|title=Group of doctors calls on Columbia Univ. to oust Dr. Oz|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/group-of-doctors-call-for-dr-oz-to-be-ousted-from-columbia-university/|work=CBS News|date=April 16, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705193941/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/group-of-doctors-call-for-dr-oz-to-be-ousted-from-columbia-university/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Senapathy |first=Henry I. Miller, Kavin |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Dr. Oz Sows Seeds of Mistrust on Genetic Engineering |url=https://slate.com/technology/2015/04/arctic-apple-safety-dr-oz-sows-seeds-of-mistrust-on-gmos.html |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=Slate |language=en |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191054/https://slate.com/technology/2015/04/arctic-apple-safety-dr-oz-sows-seeds-of-mistrust-on-gmos.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Izadi|first=Elahe|title=Dr. Oz responds after prominent physicians call for his firing from Columbia University|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/04/16/a-bunch-of-doctors-ask-columbia-university-to-cut-its-ties-with-dr-oz/|access-date=March 23, 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203233752/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/04/16/a-bunch-of-doctors-ask-columbia-university-to-cut-its-ties-with-dr-oz/|url-status=live}} Columbia defended Oz and dismissed calls for his termination, saying that they are "committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members' freedom of expression".{{cite web |last1=Kasperkevic |first1=Jana |title=Latest Dr Oz accusations have more to do with GMOs than diet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/22/dr-oz-respond-doctors-dismissal-quack-treatments |website=The Guardian |access-date=December 15, 2021 |date=April 22, 2015 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215230646/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/22/dr-oz-respond-doctors-dismissal-quack-treatments |url-status=live }} Oz responded to the call, saying "I bring the public information that will help them on their path to be their best selves" and that his show provides "multiple points of view, including mine, which is offered without conflict of interest."{{cite news|last=Izadi|first=Elahe|title=Dr. Oz responds after prominent physicians call for his firing from Columbia University|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/04/16/a-bunch-of-doctors-ask-columbia-university-to-cut-its-ties-with-dr-oz/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 18, 2005|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203233752/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/04/16/a-bunch-of-doctors-ask-columbia-university-to-cut-its-ties-with-dr-oz/|url-status=live}}

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Oz made his television hosting debut with Second Opinion with Dr. Oz in 2003, aired through the Discovery Channel and produced by Oz's wife, Lisa.{{cite news |first=Lia |last=Beck |url=https://people.com/who-is-lisa-oz-dr-oz-wife-7966919 |title=Who Is Dr. Oz's Wife? All About Lisa Oz |date=June 16, 2024 |work=People |access-date=November 21, 2024 }} Through Second Opinion, Oz first met Oprah Winfrey, who appeared as an interviewee for an episode.{{cite news |first=Shannon |last=Power |url=https://www.newsweek.com/oprah-dr-oz-timeline-relationship-pennsylvania-1756893 |title=Oprah and Dr. Oz's TV Relationship: A Timeline |date=November 4, 2022 |work=Newsweek |access-date=November 21, 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Oprah Winfrey Says She Wrestled with Thoughts on Ozempic, Wegovy: 'If I Take the Drug, That's the Easy Way Out' |url=https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-thought-about-ozempic-wegovy-7972452 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} The show would run for only five episodes, however, Oz and Winfrey cultivated a professional relationship that would lead to Oz regularly appearing as a health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show for five seasons, making more than sixty appearances beginning in 2004.{{cite news |first=Abené |last=Clayton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/mehmet-oz-trump-administration-medicare-medicaid |title=Who is Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid? |date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Guardian |access-date=November 21, 2024 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/contributor/dr-mehmet-oz |title=Live your best Life |work=Oprah.com |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=May 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515211806/http://www.oprah.com/contributor/dr-mehmet-oz |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz Talks to Oprah About Food, Family and What It Really Means to Be Healthy |url=http://www.oprah.com/health/dr-oz-and-oprah-interview-how-to-find-balance-in-your-life/all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212131520/http://www.oprah.com/health/dr-oz-and-oprah-interview-how-to-find-balance-in-your-life/all |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=Oprah.com |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last1=Nudd |first1=Tim |date=December 7, 2011 |title=Oprah Winfrey Puts Dr. Oz on O Magazine Cover |url=https://people.com/celebrity/oprah-winfrey-puts-dr-oz-on-o-magazine-cover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203052941/https://people.com/celebrity/oprah-winfrey-puts-dr-oz-on-o-magazine-cover/ |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2021 |website=People |language=en}} In 2009, Winfrey offered to produce a syndicated series hosted by him through her company, Harpo Productions. The Dr. Oz Show debuted on September 14, 2009, distributed by Sony Pictures Television.{{cite news |first1=Anna |last1=Commander |first2=Monica |last2=Sager |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-taps-dr-oz-top-health-position-1988555 |title=Donald Trump Taps Dr. Oz for Top Health Position |date=November 19, 2024 |work=Newsweek |access-date=November 21, 2024 }}{{cite press release |title=Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television To Launch Dr. Oz |date=June 13, 2008 |url=http://www.oprah.com/article/pressroom/pressrelease/20080613_orig_drozsony |access-date=October 27, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916103635/http://www.oprah.com/article/pressroom/pressrelease/20080613_orig_drozsony |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |work=Oprah.com}}

On The Dr. Oz Show, Oz addressed issues like Type 2 diabetes{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-02-04-Oprahdiabetes04_ST_N.htm |title=Oprah Winfrey takes on a killer: type 2 diabetes |date=February 4, 2010 |work=USA Today |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305024029/http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-02-04-Oprahdiabetes04_ST_N.htm |url-status=live }} and promoted resveratrol supplements, which he claimed were anti-aging.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/06/15/mehmet-oz-oprah-business-media-resveratrol.html |first=Dirk |last=Smillie |work=Forbes |title=A Headache For Dr. Oz |date=June 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619083439/http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/15/mehmet-oz-oprah-business-media-resveratrol.html |archive-date=June 19, 2009}} His Transplant! television series won both a Freddie{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreddies.com/Awards/Results.aspx?CategoryId=17&Year=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130001108/http://www.thefreddies.com/Awards/Results.aspx?CategoryId=17&Year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 30, 2006 |title=The Freddie Awards |work=Thefreddies.com |access-date=May 22, 2010}} and a Silver Telly award.{{cite web |url=http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=L&event=7&category=1&award=S |title=The 31st Annual Telly Awards | Winners |work=TellyAwards.com |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107115751/http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=L&event=7&category=1&award=S |url-status=live }} He was a consultant on heart transplantation for Denzel Washington's John Q.{{cite news |url=https://www.nyp.org/news/hollywood-comes-knocking-dr-mehmet-oz-expert-for-film-john-q |title=Hollywood Comes Knocking: Dr. Mehmet Oz of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is Medical Expert for Denzel Washington Film John Q |date=February 15, 2002 |agency=NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital |access-date=November 21, 2024 }}

In January 2011, Oz premiered as part of a weekly advice show on OWN called "Ask Oprah's All-Stars," where he co-starred with Suze Orman and Phil McGraw to answer various questions related to their respective professions.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oprah-made-stars-shot-fame-winfrey/story?id=17236783 |title=Oprah-Made: 8 Stars Who Shot to Fame Thanks to Winfrey |date=September 14, 2012 |agency=ABC News |access-date=November 21, 2024 }} In the 2010s, he also hosted a health segment on 1010 WINS titled "Your Daily Dose".{{Cite web |url=http://rbr.com/westwood-one-brings-dr-oz-to-wins-am-new-york/ |title=Westwood One brings Dr. Oz to WINS-AM New York |first=Carl |last=Marcucci |website=Radio & Television Business Report |language=en-US |access-date=May 8, 2017 |date=November 2010 |archive-date=October 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006113326/http://www.rbr.com/westwood-one-brings-dr-oz-to-wins-am-new-york/ |url-status=live }} On October 23, 2014, Surgeon Oz, showing Oz's career as a surgeon, debuted on OWN.{{cite web |url=http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/dealing-demons-comic-book-renaissance-continues-nbc?subid=national-00001 |title=Dealing with demons: Comic book renaissance |last=Warren |first=Andrew |work=TV Media |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104847/http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/dealing-demons-comic-book-renaissance-continues-nbc?subid=national-00001 |url-status=live }}

In September 2016, during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump appeared on The Dr. Oz Show.{{cite magazine |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/donald-trump-tapes-dr-oz-physical-exam-results-1201819504/ |title=Donald Trump Plays Media With 'Surprise' Handover Of Physical Exam Rundown At 'Dr. Oz' Taping |magazine=Deadline |first1=Lisa |last1=de Moraes |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928003322/https://deadline.com/2016/09/donald-trump-tapes-dr-oz-physical-exam-results-1201819504/ |url-status=live }} In the lead-up to the show's taping, Oz promoted Trump's appearance with a claim that Oz would assess medical records submitted to the show by Trump and reveal his assessment on the show.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/dr-oz-trump-medical-records-228089 |title=Dr. Oz pledges to avoid questions Trump 'doesn't want to have answered' |work=Politico |first1=Nick |last1=Gass |date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928003336/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/dr-oz-trump-medical-records-228089 |url-status=live }} CNN speculated that Trump's appearance aimed to appeal to The Dr. Oz Show{{'}}s large female viewership.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/opinions/trump-clinton-health-war-vox-opinion/index.html |title=Trump and Oz: A match made in TV heaven |work=CNN|first1=Ford |last1=Vox |date=September 18, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927210027/https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/opinions/trump-clinton-health-war-vox-opinion/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/14/media/dr-oz-donald-trump-taping/index.html |title=Donald Trump surprises Dr. Oz with results of recent physical |work=CNN|first1=Brian |last1=Stetler |first2=MJ |last2=Lee |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927211507/https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/14/media/dr-oz-donald-trump-taping/index.html |url-status=live }} Oz would later be appointed to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition in 2018 during Trump's administration.{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Michael Gabriel|date=December 12, 2020|title=Trump selects Dr. Oz to serve on presidential council|publisher=Anadolu Agency|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-selects-dr-oz-to-serve-on-presidential-council/2074270|access-date=December 14, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212072625/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-selects-dr-oz-to-serve-on-presidential-council/2074270|url-status=live}}

Beginning on March 22, 2021, Oz guest-hosted the trivia television game show Jeopardy! for two weeks. The decision to make him a guest host was met with criticism from Jeopardy! fans and former contestants.{{Cite web|date=March 23, 2021|title='Jeopardy!' alumni say guest host Dr. Oz is 'in opposition' to what show stands for|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-23/jeopardy-contestants-petition-against-guest-host-dr-oz|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|first=Christie|last=D'Zurilla|language=en-US|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323225035/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-23/jeopardy-contestants-petition-against-guest-host-dr-oz|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Dr. Oz Kicks Off Jeopardy! Guest Hosting Stint – Grade His Debut|date=March 22, 2021 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dr-oz-kicks-off-jeopardy-223153624.html|access-date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Yahoo!|language=en-US|archive-date=March 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325011328/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dr-oz-kicks-off-jeopardy-223153624.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Lottie Elizabeth |title=Dr. Oz has hosted 'Jeopardy!' for a week. A petition to remove him is still going strong |url=https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2021/3/26/22352572/jeopardy-why-is-dr-oz-hosting-how-long-will-he-host-boycott-jeopardy |work=Deseret News |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326200647/https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2021/3/26/22352572/jeopardy-why-is-dr-oz-hosting-how-long-will-he-host-boycott-jeopardy |url-status=live }}

The Dr. Oz Show aired its final episode on January 14, 2022, after over a decade on the air.{{cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Judy|title='Dr. Oz' to go off air on Jan. 14 amid Senate bid|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/585550-dr-oz-to-go-off-air-on-jan-14-amid-senate-bid/|work=The Hill|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=July 15, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715220207/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/585550-dr-oz-to-go-off-air-on-jan-14-amid-senate-bid/|url-status=live}}

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While Oz himself has not been found to be involved in medical weight loss scams, he has made statements that were exploited by scammers who have used his image and quotes to sell products falsely marketed for weight loss.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dr-oz-gets-scolded-by-senators-over-weight-loss-scams/ |title=Dr. Oz gets scolded by senators over weight loss scams |publisher=Fox News |date=December 20, 2015 |access-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218172645/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/17/dr-oz-gets-scolded-by-senators-over-weight-loss-scams/ |url-status=live }} During a 2014 Senate hearing on consumer protection, Senator Claire McCaskill said that "the scientific community is almost monolithic against you" for airing segments on weight loss products that are later cited in advertisements, concluding that Oz plays a role, intentional or not, in perpetuating these scams. McCaskill expressed concern with Oz that he was "melding medical advice, news, and entertainment in a way that harms consumers."{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/06/17/dr-oz-senate-panel-weight-scams/10701067/ |title=Senators scold Dr. Oz for weight-loss scams |last=Mutnick |first=Ally |date=June 17, 2014 |work=USA Today |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406151108/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/06/17/dr-oz-senate-panel-weight-scams/10701067/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Senate Sub-Committee for Commerce, Science, and Transportation Hearing on Protecting Consumers from False and Deceptive Advertising of Weight-Loss Products |url=http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=c1698871-3625-4f67-b0e5-a06d3bab6ca1&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=02096e14-bdcc-424b-842c-d6809f3f69c9 |date=June 17, 2014 |work=U.S. Senate |access-date=June 17, 2014 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031222728/http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=c1698871-3625-4f67-b0e5-a06d3bab6ca1&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=02096e14-bdcc-424b-842c-d6809f3f69c9 |url-status=live }} He has been a spokesman and advisor for the website RealAge.com, which The New York Times has criticized for its pharmaceutical marketing practices.{{cite news |title=Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers |first=Stephanie |last=Clifford |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/technology/internet/26privacy.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 2009 |access-date=May 20, 2012 |archive-date=April 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427025003/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/technology/internet/26privacy.html |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Oz entered into an arrangement with Usana Health Sciences, a multi-level marketing dietary supplement manufacturer, which has been accused of being a pyramid scheme.{{Cite web |last1=Slodysko |first1=Brian |last2=Levy |first2=Marc |date=2022-10-20 |title=Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman |url=https://apnews.com/article/dr-mehmet-oz-political-career-2022-midterm-f6ecd9ac9f0e95cda41193adc13c8437 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=AP News |language=en}} Oz was paid over $50 million over a five year period to promote Usana products on his show.{{Cite web |last=Brodey |first=Sam |date=2022-08-01 |title=Dr. Oz Promoted Companies He Was Quietly Invested In |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-ozs-dark-history-of-promoting-companies-he-was-quietly-invested-in/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Lippman |first1=Daniel |last2=Otterbein |first2=Holly |date=2022-02-03 |title=Dr. Oz is running as a China hawk. It's a bit of a stretch. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/03/dr-oz-campaign-china-00005561 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Politico}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz's television appearances influenced Trump's decision-making,{{Cite web |url=https://www.mic.com/p/trumps-hydroxychloroquine-fixation-is-about-a-media-narrative-not-a-medical-one-22765241 |title=Trump's hydroxychloroquine fixation is about a media narrative, not a medical one |first=Ezra |last=Marcus |date=April 6, 2020 |website=Mic |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204182929/https://www.mic.com/p/trumps-hydroxychloroquine-fixation-is-about-a-media-narrative-not-a-medical-one-22765241 |url-status=live }} and he became an informal advisor to the Trump administration.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-eyes-accused-quack-dr-oz-for-coronavirus-and-hydroxychloroquine-advice |title=Trump Eyes Accused 'Quack' Dr. Oz for Coronavirus Advice |first1=Lachlan |last1=Cartwright |first2=Asawin |last2=Suebsaeng |date=April 6, 2020 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207042308/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-eyes-accused-quack-dr-oz-for-coronavirus-and-hydroxychloroquine-advice |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/hydroxychloroquine-trump-coronavirus-drug |title=Hydroxychloroquine: how an unproven drug became Trump's coronavirus 'miracle cure' |first=Julia Carrie |last=Wong |author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |date=April 7, 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703155116/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/hydroxychloroquine-trump-coronavirus-drug |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/18/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-creates-shortage-lupus-drug/5129896002/ |title='Medication I can't live without': Lupus patients struggle to get hydroxychloroquine, in demand for COVID-19 |first=Ken |last=Alltucker |date=April 19, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426050020/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/18/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-creates-shortage-lupus-drug/5129896002/ |url-status=live }} Oz had promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug,{{Cite news|last=Gabriel|first=Trip|date=December 26, 2021|title='Magic' Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/politics/dr-oz-medical-advice.html|access-date=December 30, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226100910/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/politics/dr-oz-medical-advice.html|url-status=live}} as a cure for COVID-19 on more than 25 Fox News broadcasts in March and April 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-04-01/trump-chloroquine-coronavirus-bad-science-hiltzik-column |title=Column: The rotten science behind Trump's chloroquine obsession |first=Michael |last=Hiltzik |date=April 1, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427041420/https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-04-01/trump-chloroquine-coronavirus-bad-science-hiltzik-column |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-04-13/experts-lose-enthusiasm-chloroquine |title=Column: Experts lose enthusiasm for chloroquine coronavirus treatment promoted by Trump |first=Michael |last=Hiltzik |date=April 13, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427041442/https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-04-13/experts-lose-enthusiasm-chloroquine |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/dr-oz-s-hydroxychloroquine-advocacy-seduces-trump-coronavirus-wellness-woo-ncna1185596 |title=Dr. Oz's hydroxychloroquine advocacy seduces Trump as coronavirus wellness woo surges |author-link=Timothy Caulfield |first=Timothy |last=Caulfield |date=April 19, 2020 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730033534/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/dr-oz-s-hydroxychloroquine-advocacy-seduces-trump-coronavirus-wellness-woo-ncna1185596 |url-status=live }} Trump claimed to be taking the drug in May 2020.{{Cite web |author=Nikki Carvajal and Kevin Liptak |title=Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question its effectiveness |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/politics/donald-trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/index.html |access-date=September 9, 2020 |work=CNN|date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129131801/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/politics/donald-trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/index.html |url-status=live }} In June 2020, the Food and Drug Administration revoked emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine, saying that it was "no longer reasonable to believe" that the drug was effective against COVID-19 or that its benefits outweighed "known and potential risks".{{Cite web | last=Lovelace | first=Berkeley Jr. |date=June 15, 2020 |title=FDA revokes emergency use of hydroxychloroquine |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/fda-revokes-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine.html |access-date=September 9, 2020 |publisher=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011181425/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/fda-revokes-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/9-drug-manufacturers-report-shortages-trump-touted-std-antibiotic-coronavirus-demand-highest-1498439 |title=9 drug manufacturers report shortages of Trump-touted STD antibiotic for coronavirus, with demand highest in New York |first=Daniel |last=Villarreal |date=April 16, 2020 |website=Newsweek |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430114839/https://www.newsweek.com/9-drug-manufacturers-report-shortages-trump-touted-std-antibiotic-coronavirus-demand-highest-1498439 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/publisher-now-says-study-touting-hydroxychloroquine-as-covid-19-cure-doesnt-meet-its-standard |title=Publisher: Study Touting Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 Cure Doesn't Meet 'Standard' |first=Julia |last=Arciga |date=April 6, 2020 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422035328/https://www.thedailybeast.com/publisher-now-says-study-touting-hydroxychloroquine-as-covid-19-cure-doesnt-meet-its-standard |url-status=live }} Oz also owns at least $630,000 of stock in two companies that manufacture or distribute hydroxychloroquine, Thermo Fisher and McKesson Corporation.{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |title=Dr. Oz owns shares of companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has backed as a Covid treatment |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/dr-oz-has-ties-to-hydroxychloroquine-companies-as-he-backs-covid-treatment.html |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=CNBC |date=September 7, 2022 |language=en}}

In April 2020, Oz appeared on Fox News with Sean Hannity and said that reopening schools in the United States might be worth the increased number of deaths it would cause. Referencing an article published in the medical journal The Lancet, Oz said, "I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet [medical journal] arguing that the opening of schools may only cost us 2–3% in terms of total mortality."{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz apologizes for saying reopening schools is an "appetizing opportunity" because it would only kill 2–3% more people |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-coronavirus-apology-mortality/ |access-date=September 9, 2020 |work=CBS News |date=April 17, 2020 |first=Christina |last=Capatides |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026081353/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-coronavirus-apology-mortality/ |url-status=live }} Oz's comments provoked a backlash online, and he apologized, saying he had misspoken and that his goal was "to get our children safely back to school."{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/dr-oz-apologizes-for-fox-news-coronavirus-comments/2020/04/16/318a6d76-8012-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html |title=Dr. Oz, Fox's all-purpose coronavirus pundit, apologizes for pushing the 'trade-off' of reopening schools |last1=Paul |first1=Farhi |last2=Izadi |first2=Elahe |date=April 16, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071820/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/dr-oz-apologizes-for-fox-news-coronavirus-comments/2020/04/16/318a6d76-8012-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html |url-status=live }}

In 2007, it was reported that Oz had been active in his local chapter of the Republican Party of New Jersey for several years, and had donated to Republicans John McCain and Bill Frist.{{cite web |date=August 14, 2007 |title=The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz |url=https://observer.com/2007/08/the-great-and-powerful-dr-oz/4/ |work=Observer |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529053051/https://observer.com/2007/08/the-great-and-powerful-dr-oz/4/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania Republicans baffled by celebrity doctor's Senate bid|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/19/pennsylvania-republicans-dr-oz-senate-bid-523023|work=Politico|first1=Holly|last1=Otterbein|first2=Natalie|last2=Allison|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613010605/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/19/pennsylvania-republicans-dr-oz-senate-bid-523023|url-status=live}} He supported the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush in 2004 and the candidacy of Shmuley Boteach, a rabbi who ran for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey in 2012.{{cite web|title=The Unorthodox Candidate|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2012/06/unorthodox-candidate-noah-glyn/|work=National Review|first=Noah|last=Glyn|date=June 18, 2012|access-date=December 29, 2021|archive-date=December 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229220116/https://www.nationalreview.com/2012/06/unorthodox-candidate-noah-glyn/|url-status=live}}

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In 2018, Oz was appointed to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition by President Donald Trump.{{Efn|The President's Council on Sport, Fitness, and Nutrition is an advisory committee for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).}} In 2022, President Joe Biden asked him to resign from the council on the grounds that Oz's continued membership while running for the Senate would be a violation of the Hatch Act, but Oz refused; Biden subsequently removed him from the position.{{Cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/trump-appoints-incredible-hulk-and-dr-oz-to-sports-panel.html |title=Trump Appoints Incredible Hulk, Athletes, and Dr. Oz to Sports Panel |last=Raymond |first=Adam K. |date=May 4, 2018 |website=Intelligencer |language=en |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920150534/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/trump-appoints-incredible-hulk-and-dr-oz-to-sports-panel.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Passy |first=Charles |title=Biden brings onboard chef José Andrés after cutting Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker from presidential fitness council |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-president-biden-fired-herschel-walker-and-dr-mehmet-oz-from-a-federal-fitness-council-11648145113 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=MarketWatch |language=EN-US |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427200634/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-president-biden-fired-herschel-walker-and-dr-mehmet-oz-from-a-federal-fitness-council-11648145113 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Judd|first1=Donald|last2=Vazquez|first2=Maegan|title=Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/biden-requests-resignations-mehmet-oz-and-herschel-walker/index.html|work=CNN|date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324062152/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/biden-requests-resignations-mehmet-oz-and-herschel-walker/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Cox|first=Chelsey|title=Senate candidate and TV host Dr. Oz removed from presidential fitness council|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/30/biden-administration-fires-dr-mehmet-oz-presidential-council/7225526001/|work=USA Today|date=March 30, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190912/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/30/biden-administration-fires-dr-mehmet-oz-presidential-council/7225526001/|url-status=live}}

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On November 30, 2021, Oz announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022.{{cite news|last=Gabriel|first=Trip|date=November 30, 2021|title=Dr. Oz Says He's Running for Senate in Pennsylvania|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/us/politics/dr-oz-senate-run-pennsylvania.html|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201020953/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/us/politics/dr-oz-senate-run-pennsylvania.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last1=Tamari|first1=Jonathan|last2=Seidman|first2=Andrew|date=November 30, 2021|title=Dr. Oz is expected to join Pa.'s U.S. Senate race|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/dr-oz-joins-pa-senate-race-2022-20211129.html|access-date=November 30, 2021|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|language=en|archive-date=November 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130004535/https://www.inquirer.com/news/dr-oz-joins-pa-senate-race-2022-20211129.html|url-status=live}} After Oz announced his candidacy, a number of TV stations in Philadelphia, New York City, and Cleveland said that they would remove his show from the air, compelled by the FCC's equal-time rule that provide an equivalent air time to any opposing political candidates who request it.{{Cite web|title=TV stations to take 'Dr. Oz Show' off air after Mehmet Oz announces Senate run|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/12/02/tv-stations-take-down-dr-oz-show-after-dr-oz-announces-candidacy/8834987002/|access-date=December 5, 2021|website=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205144802/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/12/02/tv-stations-take-down-dr-oz-show-after-dr-oz-announces-candidacy/8834987002/|url-status=live}} In his campaign, he called for immunologist Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, to be fired and also opposed vaccine requirements.{{Cite web|last=Nuzzi|first=Olivia|date=December 28, 2021|title=The Political Life of Dr. Oz|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dr-oz-senate-pennsylvania.html|access-date=January 2, 2022|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us|archive-date=January 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102014104/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dr-oz-senate-pennsylvania.html|url-status=live}} In March 2022, Oz was fired from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition due to his candidacy for public office. Conservatives cast doubt on Oz's early candidacy due to concerns about his views and whether he was really conservative.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=Laura Ingraham Turns on Hannity and Trump for Dr. Oz Endorsement: 'I'm Not Afraid to Say It' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/laura-ingraham-hannity-trump-dr-oz-endorsement/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Otterbein |first=Holly |title='We all know he's not a conservative': Oz battles MAGA pushback |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/30/dr-oz-won-trumps-endorsement-conservatives-are-still-suspicious-00029148 |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=POLITICO |date=April 30, 2022 |language=en}}

On April 9, 2022, Oz's campaign was endorsed by former president Donald Trump.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-endorses-oz-us-senate-pennsylvania|title=Former President Trump endorses Dr. Oz for US Senate in Pennsylvania|work=Fox News|first=Adam|last=Sabes|date=April 9, 2022|access-date=April 15, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414190005/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-endorses-oz-us-senate-pennsylvania|url-status=live}} Oz's ties to Turkey, including his dual citizenship, were criticized by his Republican primary opponents.{{Cite web |title=Trump is backing Oz's Pa. Senate bid. Armenian Americans are skeptical. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/armenian-americans-rally-opposition-ozs-pennsylvania-senate-bid-rcna24084 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=NBC News|first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald |date=April 19, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729040206/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/armenian-americans-rally-opposition-ozs-pennsylvania-senate-bid-rcna24084 |url-status=live }} Oz called these issues a "distraction" and said that he would renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected, while his campaign called the attacks "pathetic and xenophobic". Senate Republicans, including Lindsey Graham and Kevin Cramer, defended Oz over the issue.{{cite news|last1=Everett|first1=Burgess|title=Senate Republicans decry 'unsavory' attacks on Oz's dual citizenship|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/10/senate-republicans-mehmet-oz-dual-citizenship-00031541|work=Politico|date=May 10, 2022}}

File:Electronic sign promoting Mehmet Oz's 2022 Senate campaign, North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania - 20220709.jpg]]

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The Republican primary was held on May 17. A day after the election, Oz narrowly led his main opponent David McCormick by a difference of just 0.1% of the vote, triggering a mandatory statewide recount. When the election was still too close to call and the mail-in ballots had not yet been counted, Trump urged Oz to declare victory.{{Cite news |last=Itkowitz |first=Colby |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Trump urges Oz to 'declare victory' before vote tally complete in Pa. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/18/oz-mccormick-trump-pennsylvania/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518153016/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/18/oz-mccormick-trump-pennsylvania/ |url-status=live }} On May 27, before the recount started, Oz prematurely declared victory, calling himself the presumptive nominee{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/27/dr-oz-gop-nominee-00035694|title=Dr. Oz jumps the gun, declares himself 'presumptive' GOP Senate nominee|website=Politico|first1=Holly|last1=Otterbein|first2=Zach|last2=Montellaro|date=May 27, 2022|access-date=June 12, 2022|archive-date=June 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609182701/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/27/dr-oz-gop-nominee-00035694|url-status=live}} and opposing counting certain mailed ballots.{{Cite web |last=Lai |first=Jonathan |title=The Oz and McCormick campaigns are already fighting over undated Pa. mail ballots as Senate primary recount looms |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/mccormick-oz-undated-mail-ballots-pa-senate-primary-20220521.html |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 21, 2022 |language=en}} On June 3, Oz became the Republican nominee after McCormick conceded that the recount would not make up the deficit in votes.{{cite web|title=David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary|work=The New York Times|first=Trip|last=Gabriel|date=June 3, 2022|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/elections/pennsylvania-senate-oz-mccormick.html|access-date=June 12, 2022|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611080649/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/elections/pennsylvania-senate-oz-mccormick.html/|url-status=live}} Oz was subsequently endorsed by three out of four major Republican candidates from the primary, including McCormick, with only Kathy Barnette initially declining to endorse him.{{cite news|last=Dale|first=Daniel|title=Fact check: Kathy Barnette rejects Oz's claim that 'all' his former rivals have endorsed him|work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/politics/fact-check-barnette-oz-endorsed-primary/index.html|date=June 22, 2022}} Barnette later stated that she would vote for Oz, while still declining to explicitly endorse him.{{cite news |last=Brennan |first=Chris |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Kathy Barnette slams GOP 'elites,' calls Mehmet Oz 'lesser of two evils,' will vote for him |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/mehmet-oz-john-fetterman-kathy-barnette-senate-josh-shapiro-doug-mastriano-governor-20221014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014114337/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/mehmet-oz-john-fetterman-kathy-barnette-senate-josh-shapiro-doug-mastriano-governor-20221014.html |archive-date=October 14, 2022}}

During the race, Oz's opponents accused him of carpetbagging, as he did not live in Pennsylvania prior to 2020.{{Cite web|title=Oz counters carpetbagger attacks from sidelined but not offline Fetterman |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/oz-counters-carpetbagger-attacks-sidelined-not-offline-fetterman-rcna39004|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=NBC News|first=Sahil |last=Kapur|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729002405/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/oz-counters-carpetbagger-attacks-sidelined-not-offline-fetterman-rcna39004|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title='Carpetbagger' accusations continue in Pa.'s GOP U.S. Senate race|url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/election-2022/carpetbagger-accusation-continue-in-pa-s-gop-u-s-senate-race/|date=April 25, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=Pennsylvania Capital-Star|first=Marley|last=Parish|language=en-US|archive-date=May 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521064324/https://www.penncapital-star.com/election-2022/carpetbagger-accusation-continue-in-pa-s-gop-u-s-senate-race/|url-status=live}} Oz denied these accusations, noting that he owns a home within the state.{{cite news|last=Kapur|first=Sahil|title=Oz counters carpetbagger attacks from sidelined but not offline Fetterman|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/oz-counters-carpetbagger-attacks-sidelined-not-offline-fetterman-rcna39004|work=NBC News|date=July 20, 2022}}{{cite magazine |last=McGarvey|first=Maddie|title=Dr. Oz Gets Defensive About Fetterman Using Snooki to Point Out His New Jersey Ties|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/dr-oz-gets-defensive-fetterman-snooki|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July 20, 2022}} A representative of Oz's campaign also pushed back on the claims, stating "Dr. Oz lives in Pennsylvania, votes in Pennsylvania, and has his medical license in Pennsylvania. Dr. Oz grew up in the Greater Philadelphia region, less than 5 miles from the PA border. He went to school in Pennsylvania, met his wife and got married in Pennsylvania, and 2 of his children were born in Pennsylvania. He currently resides in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, where his wife's family has lived for a hundred years."{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Rebecca|last2=Davis|first2=Charles R.|title=Dr. Oz – who's now running for US Senate in Pennsylvania – used his in-law's address to register to vote in the state last year|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/dr-oz-in-laws-address-to-register-to-vote-pennsylvania-2021-11|work=Business Insider|date=November 30, 2021}}

On August 15, a campaign video from April of Oz shopping in a grocery store went viral. In the video, Oz says that he is shopping for produce to make crudités (served with tequila), and says that the perceived high prices are the fault of President Joe Biden. The video was widely ridiculed on social media and became the subject of media coverage.{{Cite web |title=Sen. Candidate John Fetterman Uses Dr. Oz's Viral Supermarket Gaffe to Call Out the Celebrity's Privilege |url=https://people.com/politics/john-fetterman-calls-out-dr-oz-after-viral-crudites-wegners-video/ |date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2022 |work=People|first=Amethyst|last=Tate |language=en}} It was filmed at a Redner's Warehouse market, which Oz mistakenly identifies as a "Wegner's".{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Margaret |date=August 15, 2022 |title=11 Questions About the Dr. Oz Crudités Video |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/questions-dr-oz-crudites-video.html |access-date=August 16, 2022 |website=Intelligencer |language=en-us}} Oz responded to criticism over the video, noting that when creating it, "I was exhausted. When you're campaigning 18 hours a day, I've gotten my kids' names wrong, as well. I don't think that's a measure of someone's ability to lead the commonwealth."{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Allan|title=Oz responds to viral crudité video after Fetterman fundraises off it|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/oz-responds-viral-crudite-video-fetterman-fundraises-rcna43619|work=NBC News|date=August 17, 2022}}

Oz's rival candidate John Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022 and needed time during the campaign to recover. In late August 2022, the Oz campaign released a list of mock debate concessions it would be willing to make, saying they would "pay for any additional medical personnel [Fetterman] might need to have on standby", that Oz "promises not to intentionally hurt John's feelings",{{cite news |last1=Sweitzer |first1=Justin |title=Debate 'concession list' sparks war of words between Oz, Fetterman |url=https://www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/2022/08/debate-concession-list-sparks-war-words-between-oz-fetterman/376560/ |access-date=August 31, 2022 |work=City & State Pennsylvania |date=August 31, 2022}} and that "at any point, John Fetterman can raise his hand and say, 'Bathroom break!{{'"}}. The next day, Fetterman announced that due to his recovery, he would "not be participating in a debate the first week of September"; in response, the Oz campaign said in a statement that "if John Fetterman had ever eaten a vegetable in his life, then maybe he wouldn't have had a major stroke and wouldn't be in the position of having to lie about it constantly", adding that Fetterman's statement was "whiny". Fetterman replied, "Today's statement from Dr. Oz's team made it abundantly clear that they think it is funny to mock a stroke survivor. I chose not to participate in this farce. My recovery may be a joke to Dr. Oz and his team, but it's real for me."{{cite news |last1=Gabriel |first1=Trip |title=When Fetterman wasn't ready to debate after a stroke, Dr. Oz pounced |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/politics/fetterman-health-oz-pennsylvania.html |access-date=August 31, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=August 31, 2022}}

In September 2022, Oz called on Fetterman to participate in a debate against him before early voting begins in Pennsylvania on September 19.{{cite news |last=Shapero |first=Julia |date=September 8, 2022 |title=Oz pressures Fetterman to debate him in September |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/3635119-oz-pressures-fetterman-to-debate-him-in-september/}} Fetterman agreed to debate Oz in "the middle to end of October" but would not commit to an exact date or to a debate in September.{{cite news |last=Vakil |first=Caroline |date=September 7, 2022 |title=Fetterman vows to debate Oz amid criticism |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3633055-fetterman-vows-to-debate-oz-amid-criticism/}} Fetterman's approach to the debate was criticized by Oz and Senator Pat Toomey.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Siafa |date=September 6, 2022 |title=Mehmet Oz, Sen. Pat Toomey call on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to debate in Pennsylvania Senate race |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/mehmet-oz-pat-toomey-john-fetterman-debate-pennsylvania-senate-race/}} On September 15, Oz and Fetterman agreed to a single debate, which was held on October 25.{{cite news |date=September 15, 2022 |title=Fetterman commits to debating Oz in Pennsylvania two weeks before Election Day |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/fetterman-oz-debate-pennsylvania-senate-election/index.html}}

Oz lost to Fetterman in the Senate election by a margin of 4.9%, conceding defeat on November 9, 2022, and further urging "everyone to put down their partisan swords and focus on getting the job done".{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Marc |title=Democrat John Fetterman wins US Senate race in Pennsylvania |url=https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-senate-race-2022-midterm-elections-93709b5b7ab4cef658f45751cd76c090 |access-date=November 10, 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=November 9, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2022 |title=John Fetterman wins Pa. Senate race, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for Democrats |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/pennsylvania-senate-midterm-2022-john-fetterman-wins-election-rcna54935 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |publisher=NBC News |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Mehmet Oz did something that shouldn't be remarkable after his loss |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/oz-concession-statement-trump-pennsylvania-senate/index.html |access-date=November 10, 2022 |work=CNN |date=November 9, 2022}} Oz was the first Muslim candidate for Senate to be nominated by either major party and,{{cite news |last=Hammond |first=Joseph |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223172242/https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |work=Religion News}}{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=June 3, 2022 |title=David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in the G.O.P. Primary for Senate in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/elections/pennsylvania-senate-oz-mccormick.html |access-date=August 14, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-us-senate.html |access-date=November 9, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} had he been elected, would have been the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate, the first Muslim to serve in the United States Congress as a Republican,{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/dr-oz-joins-pa-senate-race-20211130.html |title=Dr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in Pennsylvania |last=Tamari |first=Jonathan |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526123643/https://www.inquirer.com/news/dr-oz-joins-pa-senate-race-20211130.html |url-status=live}} and one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

On November 19, 2024, Oz was named by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in his second administration. Trump said that Oz would work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, of which the CMS is a subdivision, to cut waste and fraud. Trump also said that Oz would "incentivize disease prevention".{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Trump names Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dr-oz-cabinet-pick-medicare-b2650090.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Trump picks TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-picks-dr-oz-serve-cms-administrator-2024-11-19/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Reuters |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/11/19/trump-dr-oz-cms-cabinet|access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Axios |language=en}}{{Cite news |author=Various |date=November 19, 2024 |title=Trump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/trump-administration-transition/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241121220010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/trump-administration-transition/ |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US}} His predecessor at CMS was Chiquita W. Brooks-LaSure.{{Cite web |title=Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, resigned {{!}} The United States Senate Committee on Finance |url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-mehmet-oz-of-pennsylvania-to-be-administrator-of-the-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-vice-chiquita-brooks-lasure-resigned |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=www.finance.senate.gov |language=en}}

Unlike the reported hesitancy among Senate Republicans concerning Kennedy's nomination, Oz received a more favorable response, with Senator Susan Collins calling him "well respected." Mark McClellan, former CMS administrator under President George W. Bush, also praised his selection.{{Cite web |first=Ben |last=Leonard |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Dr. Oz getting high marks from Senate moderates — maybe even Fetterman |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/20/dr-oz-senate-reaction-fetterman-00190662|access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=Politico |language=en}} Fetterman, Oz's former opponent, would express openness in voting to confirm him; in a statement, Fetterman said so long as "Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I'm voting for the dude."{{Cite web |first=Jonathan |last=D. Salant |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Why was John Fetterman so quick to say he'd support Trump's nomination of Dr. Oz? |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2024/11/20/john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid/stories/202411200094|access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}

In February 2025, Oz pledged to sell his stock investments in healthcare companies, if confirmed for the position.{{cite news|title=Dr. Oz, Trump's Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Sell Health Stocks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/health/mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid-stocks.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 February 2025}}

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On March 14, 2025, Oz was interviewed by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee about his qualifications for becoming the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the committee, asked Oz to give a "yes" or "no" answer to whether he would fight against Medicaid cuts. In response, Oz said, "I cherish Medicaid, and I've worked within the Medicaid environment quite extensively."{{Cite web |date=2025-03-15 |title=Dr. Oz faces Senate: What he said on Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, prior authorization, and more |url=https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/dr-oz-faces-senate-what-he-said-on-medicaid-medicare-advantage-prior-authorization-and-more |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=OncLive |language=en}} Wyden then accused Oz of supporting "premium hikes for families who purchase their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act."{{Cite press release |title=Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Nomination Hearing of Dr. Mehmet Oz to Lead CMS |url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03142025_wyden_oz_statement.pdf}}

On April 3, the Senate voted 53–45 to confirm Oz as CMS administrator.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/oz-hhs-cms-kennedy-health-medicare-medicaid-ef02cafd3100a4794d8e882fdf2ad7b0 |title=Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency |date=April 3, 2025 |website=The Associated Press |first=Amanda |last=Seitz |access-date=April 3, 2025}}

Oz assumed office on April 8, 2025.{{cite news|title=CMS Organizational Chart|url=https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/agency-information/cmsleadership/downloads/cms_organizational_chart.pdf|date=8 April 2025}} He was ceremonially sworn in by President Trump on April 18, 2025.{{cite news|last=Choi|first=Joseph|title=Trump swears in Mehmet Oz as CMS administrator|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/5255977-trump-swears-in-mehmet-oz-as-cms-administrator/|work=The Hill|date=18 April 2025}}

On April 10, during his first all-staff meeting at CMS, Oz praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again initiative and called for replacing human physicians with artificial intelligence models.{{Cite news |last=Feiger |first=Leah |title=Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall |url=https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/?_sp=8e8a156d-f498-40cf-b6e5-43b5ee4037d2.1744209870285 |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite news |last=Glenza |first=Jessica |date=2025-04-09 |title=Dr Oz tells federal health workers AI could replace frontline doctors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/mehmet-oz-doctors-ai |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} On April 11, Oz announced that Medicare would not pay for "gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors".{{cite news|last=Alltucker|first=Ken|title=Dr. Oz: Medicaid won't pay for gender-affirming care|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/12/oz-medicaid-wont-pay-gender-affirming-care/83050359007/|work=USA Today|date=12 April 2025}}

File:P082912SH-0527 (8000543661) (cropped).jpg in 2012 to promote her Let's Move! initiative. He has praised Obama for her focus on health and nutrition policies.{{cite web|url=https://www.drozshow.com/press/first-lady-michelle-obama-appear-dr-oz-show-support-her-let-s-move-initiative|title=First Lady Michelle Obama to Appear on "The Dr. Oz Show" In Support of her Let's Move! Initiative |website=drozshow.com|date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711193614/https://www.drozshow.com/press/first-lady-michelle-obama-appear-dr-oz-show-support-her-let-s-move-initiative|archive-date=July 11, 2022|url-status=live}}]]

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Making his 2022 Senate campaign announcement in late 2021, Oz identified himself as a "conservative Republican".{{Cite web |last=Lange |first=Jason |title=Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race |date=November 30, 2021 |url=https://gazette.com/dr-oz-jumps-into-pennsylvania-u-s-senate-race/article_0cff3098-522c-11ec-8ba8-e325b26371be.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522174053/https://gazette.com/dr-oz-jumps-into-pennsylvania-u-s-senate-race/article_0cff3098-522c-11ec-8ba8-e325b26371be.html |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en |agency=Reuters}} In 2022, after his primary win, Oz described himself as "a moderate leader, but not passive."{{Cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Rick |last2=Harper |first2=Averi |last3=Wiersema |first3=Alisa |title='Moderate' positioning could define GOP success in 2022: The Note |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/moderate-positioning-define-gop-success-2022-note/story?id=90591788 |access-date=September 29, 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

In 2007, Oz had described himself as a "moderate Republican" and cited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Theodore Roosevelt as inspirations.

In 2022, Oz announced that he supported overturning the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision and was against abortion, except for when the mother's life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest.{{Cite web |last=Madalinsky |first=Jim |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz speaks with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 ahead of Friday rally with former President Trump |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/dr-oz-seeks-republican-nomination-in-pennsylvania-senate-race/39917976 |access-date=May 11, 2022 |publisher=WTAE |language=en |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511060029/https://www.wtae.com/article/dr-oz-seeks-republican-nomination-in-pennsylvania-senate-race/39917976 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Parish |first1=Marley |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Where GOP U.S. Senate candidates stand on abortion access, COVID-19, 2020 election, immigration |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/election-2022/where-gop-u-s-senate-candidates-stand-on-abortion-access-covid-19-2020-election-immigration/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |language=en-US |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514081329/https://www.penncapital-star.com/election-2022/where-gop-u-s-senate-candidates-stand-on-abortion-access-covid-19-2020-election-immigration/ |url-status=live }} In June 2022, he said he was "relieved" by the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.{{cite news|last=Cal|first=Sophia|title="We are sending women back to 1849": Swing state Dems react to abortion ruling|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/swing-state-dems-abortion-ruling|work=Axios|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234905/https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/swing-state-dems-abortion-ruling|url-status=live}} During a telephone town hall in May 2022, Oz said: "I do believe life starts at conception, and I've said that multiple times.{{nbsp}}... If life starts at conception, why do you care what stage our hearts starts beating at? It's, you know, it's still murder."{{cite news |last1=Kapur |first1=Sahil |title=Mehmet Oz in May audio: Abortion is 'murder' at any stage of pregnancy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/mehmet-oz-may-audio-abortion-murder-stage-pregnancy-rcna45621 |access-date=August 31, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=August 31, 2022}}

Prior to 2019, Oz had supported abortion rights, although he said that he disliked abortion on "a personal level". He said that when he was in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, he saw the results of "traumatic{{nbsp}}... coat hanger events" in which women had been "harmed for life" before Roe.{{Cite web |last=Farley |first=Robert |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Ads Attacking Dr. Oz |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/ads-attacking-dr-oz/ |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=FactCheck.org |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409182233/https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/ads-attacking-dr-oz/ |url-status=live }} He also noted at the time that he was opposed to six-week abortion bans.{{Cite web |last=Steinhauser |first=Paul |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Abortion takes center stage in high profile Senate GOP clash in Pennsylvania {{!}} Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV |url=https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/abortion-takes-center-stage-in-high-profile-senate-gop-clash-in-pennsylvania/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=foxwilmington.com |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522143105/https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/abortion-takes-center-stage-in-high-profile-senate-gop-clash-in-pennsylvania/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Attacks Dominate Pennsylvania's Senate GOP Primary Debate |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-05-04/attacks-dominate-senate-gop-debate-in-primarys-last-stretch |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=US News |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511060639/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-05-04/attacks-dominate-senate-gop-debate-in-primarys-last-stretch |url-status=live }}

In October 2022, Oz said that "women, doctors, local political leaders" should put "ideas forward so states can decide for themselves" how to regulate abortions, but also clarified that "I don't want the federal government involved with that, at all".{{Cite news|last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz's awful answer on abortion |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/politics/oz-abortion-debate-pennsylvania-senate/index.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |work=CNN}}{{cite news |last1=Terruso |first1=Julia |last2=Tamari |first2=Jonathan |title=Mehmet Oz said local politicians should have a say in abortion. Democrats see an opportunity. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221027112055/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/mehmet-oz-abortion-john-fetterman-senate-debate-pennsylvania-election-20221026.html |archive-date=October 27, 2022|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/mehmet-oz-abortion-john-fetterman-senate-debate-pennsylvania-election-20221026.html |access-date=October 29, 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=October 26, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Ebbert |first1=Stephanie |title=Oz says abortion decisions should involve women, doctors — and local politicians |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/28/metro/oz-says-abortion-decisions-should-involve-women-doctors-local-politicians/ |access-date=October 29, 2022 |work=The Boston Globe |date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221029023901/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/28/metro/oz-says-abortion-decisions-should-involve-women-doctors-local-politicians/ |archive-date=October 29, 2022}}

In March 2020, Oz suggested that hydroxychloroquine, a drug typically used to treat rheumatological conditions and as an anti-malarial, could be used to treat COVID-19 as well. Oz also owns at least $630,000 of stock in two companies that manufacture or distribute hydroxychloroquine, Thermo Fisher and McKesson Corporation.{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |title=Dr. Oz owns shares of companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has backed as a Covid treatment |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/dr-oz-has-ties-to-hydroxychloroquine-companies-as-he-backs-covid-treatment.html |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=CNBC |date=September 7, 2022 |language=en}} In April 2020, he called for the reopening of schools. Oz has however promoted the efficacy of wearing masks and of getting vaccinated against the virus.{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2022 |title=Take a Good Look at What Dr. Oz Is Selling Us Now |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/opinion/culture/dr-oz-covid-wellness-individualism.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419205548/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/opinion/culture/dr-oz-covid-wellness-individualism.html |url-status=live }}

He initially praised Anthony Fauci as a "pro" and lauded his role in combating the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Upon running for the Senate, however, Oz changed his tone on Fauci and referred to him as a "tyrant". Oz said in 2022 when running for the Senate that "it's time we get back to normal".

In an October 2022 interview with NBC, Oz said that he would "potentially" support the death penalty for dealers of fentanyl.{{Citation |title=Full Oz Interview: Biden's Marijuana Decriminalization Is 'A Rational Move' | date=October 14, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamKqbqESgY |language=en |access-date=October 20, 2022}}

Oz is a supporter of school choice and charter schools.{{Cite web |work=Levittown Now |title=Senate Candidate Mehmet Oz Stops in Lower Bucks County |first=Tom |last=Sofield |url=https://levittownnow.com/2022/02/21/senate-candidate-mehmet-oz-stops-in-lower-bucks-county/ |date=February 21, 2022 |language=en-US |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510084240/https://levittownnow.com/2022/02/21/senate-candidate-mehmet-oz-stops-in-lower-bucks-county/ |url-status=live }} He has criticized the power of teachers' unions and their close relationship with the Democratic Party.

In 2017, Oz co-authored an article that highlighted the threats of climate change including extreme heat, wildfires and floods. When running for the Senate, he downplayed the risk that carbon dioxide poses when contributing to the role of the greenhouse effect in contributing to climate change.{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Chris |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Mehmet Oz Goes Full Climate Denial, Says Carbon Dioxide Isn't A Problem |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate-fracking_n_62446ecfe4b0e44de9bc3b9f |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en-US |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420094642/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate-fracking_n_62446ecfe4b0e44de9bc3b9f |url-status=live }} In a March 2022 campaign event, Oz claimed that carbon dioxide is "not the problem".{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |last2=Milman |first2=Oliver |title=Republican candidates on climate: 'fake science' to 'carbon is healthy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |newspaper=The Guardian |date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104115008/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |url-status=live }}

In 2022, Oz said that he supports the process of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and believes that natural gas can help the United States become energy independent and reduce gasoline prices.{{Cite news |last=Bense |first=Kiley |date=March 20, 2022 |title=As a Senate Candidate, Mehmet Oz Supports Fracking. But as a Celebrity Doctor, He Raised Significant Concerns |language=en-US |work=Inside Climate News |url=https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032022/dr-mehmet-oz-fracking-pennsylvania/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418010828/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032022/dr-mehmet-oz-fracking-pennsylvania/ |archive-date=April 18, 2022}} In keeping with this view, he says he supports reducing environmental regulations on fracking. However, in 2014, Oz had called for more regulations on fracking, including halting the practice until the environmental impact had been researched more, because of the possible connection between fracking and the pollution of air and waterways.

Oz has faced "dual loyalty" charges from critics, alleging he holds ties to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz's vote in 2018 Turkish election renews criticism|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/dr-ozs-vote-2018-turkish-election-renews-criticism/story?id=84326742|access-date=November 20, 2024|website=ABC News|date=May 4, 2022|first1=Lucien|last1=Bruggeman|first2=Soo Rin|last2=Kim|language=en}} During his Republican primary campaign for Senate in December 2021, the National Review published a list of instances in which Oz interacted with people or groups associated with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or his political party. Oz has denied any involvement with Erdoğan or the Turkish government, saying he had "never been politically involved in Turkey in any capacity."{{Cite web |title=Would Turkey's president have leverage over 'Senator Doctor Oz'?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/16/doctor-oz-close-ties-to-turkey-raise-concern-about-senate-candidacy/|access-date=November 20, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 16, 2022|first=Josh|last=Rogin|language=en}}

In 2013, Oz had celebrated a partnership with Neusoft Xikang, the health technology subsidiary of Chinese tech company Neusoft, serving as their chief health advisor in the process.

After declaring his Senate campaign, Oz took a "tough on China" stance similar to the Trump wing of the Republican Party. A key part of his campaign during the primaries was attacking rival David McCormick's business ties to mainland China.{{Cite web |last=Levinthal |first=Dave |title=Mehmet Oz says he'll be 'tough on China' as a senator. But a 2013 announcement from a Chinese health tech company offers a different perspective. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mehmet-oz-china-pennsylvania-senate-john-fetterman-2022-8 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz is running as a China hawk. It's a bit of a stretch. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/03/dr-oz-campaign-china-00005561 |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=POLITICO |date=February 3, 2022 |language=en}}

In 2022, Oz said that Israel is "an ally and a vibrant democracy in the world's most troubled region" and that he opposes the BDS Movement, supports keeping the US Embassy in Jerusalem and supports continued military aid to Israel.{{Cite web |title=Policy Memo |url=https://jewishinsider.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/16065019/Dr-Oz_Policy-Statement-on-Israel.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316115142/https://jewishinsider.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/16065019/Dr-Oz_Policy-Statement-on-Israel.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Jewish Insider |language=en}} Oz has long been a supporter of Israel and visited the country in 2013. When speaking about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in an interview with The Forward, Oz said "It's not black and white. The ultimate solution will be driven by financial means. Peace is an imperative for that. When people love their children so much, they'll do whatever it takes to make their future brighter."{{Cite web |last=Sales |first=Ben |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Dr. Oz Goes to Israel |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/181950/dr-oz-goes-to-israel/ |website=The Forward |language=en |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513175356/https://forward.com/schmooze/181950/dr-oz-goes-to-israel/ |url-status=live}}

Oz condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling it "horrible" and "preventable".{{cite news|last=McGoldrick|first=Gillian|title=Dr. Oz makes campaign stop in Lancaster, visits Central Market to talk about Ukraine, his residency|url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/dr-oz-makes-campaign-stop-in-lancaster-visits-central-market-to-talk-about-ukraine-his/article_29f0e476-977d-11ec-92f3-43dadeb3a847.html|work=Lancaster Online|date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227110805/https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/dr-oz-makes-campaign-stop-in-lancaster-visits-central-market-to-talk-about-ukraine-his/article_29f0e476-977d-11ec-92f3-43dadeb3a847.html |archive-date=February 27, 2022 }}

Oz has said that he supports the constitutional right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.{{Cite web |first=Tom |last=Kertscher |work=PolitiFact |title=In Pa. Senate run, Dr. Oz casts self as pro-Second Amendment, but he has backed gun-control measures |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/15/dave-mccormick/n-pa-senate-run-dr-oz-casts-self-pro-second-amendm/ |date=April 15, 2022 |language=en-US |access-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416202100/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/15/dave-mccormick/n-pa-senate-run-dr-oz-casts-self-pro-second-amendm/ |url-status=live}} At a campaign event in February 2022, Oz said that he supports red flag-style laws for those expressing dangerous behavior, but opposes a national red flag law registry. Previously, in 2017, Oz had expressed support for waiting periods before someone can acquire a gun, and in 2019 he co-wrote a column that called for the United States to ban assault rifles altogether.

In 2009, Oz said "It should be mandatory that everybody in America have healthcare coverage. If you can't afford it, we have to give it to you..." And in 2010, Oz supported a government-backed healthcare system and was featured in an advertisement that promoted the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.{{Cite news|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Bozeman Daily Chronicle|agency=Tribune News Service|first1=Jonathan|last1=Tamari|first2=Ryan W. |last2=Briggs|date=April 20, 2022|title=Is Mehmet Oz really a conservative? A look at his record |url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/politics/is-mehmet-oz-really-a-conservative-a-look-at-his-record/article_5d43d675-09f1-53aa-93f1-9a423cdfac3d.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420164307/https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/politics/is-mehmet-oz-really-a-conservative-a-look-at-his-record/article_5d43d675-09f1-53aa-93f1-9a423cdfac3d.html |archive-date=April 20, 2022|url-status=dead}} Oz has said that the healthcare systems that he thinks work the best are Germany and Switzerland, which are both universal healthcare systems.{{Cite news |work=CNN |first1=Em |last1=Steck |first2=Drew |last2=Myers |first3=Sam |last3=Woodward |title=Dr. Oz supported health insurance mandates and promoted Obamacare before Senate run |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/politics/dr-oz-health-care-policy-mandates-obamacare/index.html |date=March 13, 2022 |language=en-US |access-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427004520/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/politics/dr-oz-health-care-policy-mandates-obamacare/index.html |url-status=live}}

By contrast, in 2022, Oz said that he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act if he were elected to the Senate, and backed Medicare Advantage Plus. Regarding those without healthcare coverage, Oz said they "don't have a right to health, but they have a right to access, to get that health."{{cite web |title=Dr Oz says uninsured 'don't have right to health' but should get 15-minute checkups in 'festival-like setting' |first=Graig |last=Graziosi |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dr-oz-uninsured-health-care-senate-b2162087.html |website=The Independent |date=September 7, 2022 |access-date=September 8, 2022 }}

In 2010, Oz hosted and offered support to transgender youth and their families on his television show.{{Cite web |title=GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality |url=https://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=480 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706103513/http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=480 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality }}{{Cite web |last=O'Neil |first=Tyler |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz, now a GOP Senate candidate, had Jazz Jennings, transgender parents, transgender surgeon on his show |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dr-oz-now-a-gop-senate-candidate-had-jazz-jennings-transgender-parents-transgender-surgeon-on-his-show |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416202100/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dr-oz-now-a-gop-senate-candidate-had-jazz-jennings-transgender-parents-transgender-surgeon-on-his-show |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |work=Fox News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url-status=live |title=In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue' |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-texas-pennsylvania-campaigns-elections-5bb0f7fb8c162d9f4da5c935271bc255 |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=Associated Press |first1=Jeff |last1=McMillan |first2=Marc |last2=Levy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225201801/https://apnews.com/article/sports-texas-pennsylvania-campaigns-elections-5bb0f7fb8c162d9f4da5c935271bc255 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |language=en}} In 2012, after facing criticism for hosting a guest who supported pseudoscientific reparative or conversion therapy on his show, he announced that he is opposed to conversion therapy and called conversion therapy "dangerous".{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Ross |date=November 29, 2012 |title=Dr. Oz Agrees with National Health Organizations that 'Reparative Therapy' Is Dangerous and Not for Minors |website=GLAAD |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/dr-oz-agrees-national-health-organizations-reparative-therapy-dangerous-and-not-minors |access-date=April 9, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408085533/https://www.glaad.org/blog/dr-oz-agrees-national-health-organizations-reparative-therapy-dangerous-and-not-minors |archive-date=April 8, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2012 |title=Gay Advocacy Groups Decry Controversial 'Dr. Oz' Episode |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-reparative-ex-gay-therapy-backlash-_n_2211621 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409002714/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-reparative-ex-gay-therapy-backlash-_n_2211621 |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Oz also had guests from GLAAD on his show who spoke out against conversion therapy.{{Cite web |last=Clayton |first=Todd |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Religion News Summary: Ugandans Speak Out, and Faith Communities Stand By Marriage Equality |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/religion-news-summary-ugandans-speak-out-and-faith-communities-stand-marriage-equality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414213741/https://www.glaad.org/blog/religion-news-summary-ugandans-speak-out-and-faith-communities-stand-marriage-equality |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=GLAAD |language=en}}

As a Senate candidate, Oz endorsed enacting federal protections of same-sex marriage.{{cite news|last=Mueller|first=Julia|title=Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Oz backs same-sex marriage bill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3575561-pennsylvania-gop-senate-candidate-oz-backs-same-sex-marriage-bill/|work=The Hill|date=June 26, 2022|access-date=July 27, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727020209/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3575561-pennsylvania-gop-senate-candidate-oz-backs-same-sex-marriage-bill/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Terruso |first=Julia |title=Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz indicates he'd vote yes on same-sex marriage bill |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/oz-pennsylvania-same-sex-marriage-act-senate-race-20220726.html |date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=Inquirer |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726194706/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/oz-pennsylvania-same-sex-marriage-act-senate-race-20220726.html |url-status=live |archive-date=July 26, 2022}} In April 2022, Oz supported legislation to prohibit transgender people from participating in sports that are divided by gender-based categories rather than sex-based categories. In May 2022, he said that a transgender youth movement is based on "false science", while not supporting a ban on hormone blockers, adding that the doctor and family should decide, rather than politicians.{{Cite news |last=Sollenberger |first=Roger |date=June 17, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz Reverses Himself on Science for GOP Votes |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-oz-reverses-himself-on-science-for-gop-votes |access-date=November 6, 2022}}

In 2014, Oz said on Larry King Live that "marijuana is hugely beneficial when used correctly for medicinal purposes" and in 2017 criticized the federal government for classifying marijuana as a Schedule I drug, which prevents more scientific research on marijuana.{{cite web|title=Dr. Oz Says Medical Marijuana Could Help Solve Opioid Addiction|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2017/09/19/dr-oz-says-medical-marijuana-could-help-solve-opioid-addiction/?sh=58debe5f4219|website=Forbes|first=Tom|last=Angell|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=June 12, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419201425/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2017/09/19/dr-oz-says-medical-marijuana-could-help-solve-opioid-addiction/?sh=58debe5f4219|url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Ferner |title=Dr. Oz Backs Medical Marijuana, Says It's 'Hugely Beneficial' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-medical-marijuana_n_5324393 |website=HuffPost |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419201436/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-medical-marijuana_n_5324393 |url-status=live }}

While running for the Senate in 2022, Oz said he opposes the legalization of recreational cannabis, but was not against it for medical purposes.{{cite web |title=Dr. Oz Talks About Trump's Endorsement, Marijuana, and Transgender Issues |first=Linda |last=Stein |url=https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/dr-oz-talks-about-trumps-endorsement-marijuana-and-transgender-issues/ |website=DV Journal |date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414124737/https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/dr-oz-talks-about-trumps-endorsement-marijuana-and-transgender-issues/ |url-status=live }} In an interview with NBC News, Oz expressed support for President Joe Biden's effort to pardon those convicted of simple marijuana possession at the federal level.{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Dasha |last2=Allen |first2=Jonathan |title=Oz says he supports Biden on marijuana pardons and opposes federal mandatory minimum prison sentences |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/oz-says-supports-biden-marijuana-pardons-opposes-federal-mandatory-min-rcna52177 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=October 14, 2022}}

Oz is fluent in English and Turkish.{{cite web |url=http://www.talkturkey.us/2009/07/the-wizard-of-dr-oz.html |title=The Wizard of Dr Oz |work=Talkturkey.us |date=July 19, 2009 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520011523/http://www.talkturkey.us/2009/07/the-wizard-of-dr-oz.html |archive-date=May 20, 2010}} His net worth is between $100 million and $300 million.{{Cite web |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |date=April 7, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz's Senate Run Provides a Glimpse into the Lucrative Economics of TV Talk Shows |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/dr-oz-net-worth-talk-show-salary-revealed-1235126719/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171650/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/dr-oz-net-worth-talk-show-salary-revealed-1235126719/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Trip|first=Gabriel|title=Wawa Stock and $500,000 in Cattle: Dr. Oz's Senate Bid Reveals His Wealth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/us/politics/dr-oz-pennsylvania-senate.html|work=The New York Times|date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616065038/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/us/politics/dr-oz-pennsylvania-senate.html|archive-date=June 16, 2022}}

In August 2010, Oz was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous polyp in the colon during a routine colonoscopy{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/09/dr-oz-high-risk-after-cancer-scare/1 |work=USA Today |title=Dr. Oz 'high risk' after cancer scare |first=Ann |last=Oldenburg |date=September 1, 2010 |access-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204190317/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/09/dr-oz-high-risk-after-cancer-scare/1 |url-status=live }} which was performed as part of his show. Oz said that the procedure likely saved his life.{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20417551,00.html |work=People |title=Dr. Oz Has Colon Cancer Scare |first=Charlotte |last=Triggs |date=September 1, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108073604/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20417551,00.html |url-status=dead }}

In 2019, Oz played for the Home roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The roster was made up of celebrities with Carolina roots.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.nba.com/article/2019/02/06/2019-celebrity-game-participants-official-release |title=ESPN and NBA announce celebrity rosters and coaches for 2019 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles exclusively on ESPN |date=February 6, 2019 |publisher=National Basketball Association |language=en |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206211407/http://www.nba.com/article/2019/02/06/2019-celebrity-game-participants-official-release |url-status=live }} He previously played in the 2010 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.{{cite news |last1=Janes |first1=Theoden |title=He'll be the oldest player in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Why is Dr. Oz doing this? |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/living-story/9178180-he-ll-be-the-oldest-player-in-the-nba-all-star-celebrity-game-why-is-dr-oz-doing-this-/ |access-date=May 20, 2022 |work=Brampton Guardian |date=February 15, 2019 |language=en-CA |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730033539/https://www.bramptonguardian.com/living-story/9178180-he-ll-be-the-oldest-player-in-the-nba-all-star-celebrity-game-why-is-dr-oz-doing-this-/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2019, Oz played for Team Cleveland in Major League Baseball's All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Progressive Field in Cleveland.{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Dan |title=MLB All-Star celebrity softball game 2019: Roster boasts famous names, former athletes, J.R. Smith |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-celebrity-softball-game-2019-full-roster-boasts-famous-names-former-athletes-jr-smith/86olgiinxyhz1rhb1ji30yupe |access-date=July 10, 2019 |work=Sporting News |date=July 8, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710232437/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-celebrity-softball-game-2019-full-roster-boasts-famous-names-former-athletes-jr-smith/86olgiinxyhz1rhb1ji30yupe |url-status=live }}

Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He lived with his wife, Lisa, in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, for several decades,{{cite news |last=Bruni |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Bruni |date=April 16, 2010 |title=Dr. Does-It-All |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18Oz-t.html |access-date=March 22, 2011 |quote=That is his base line, to which he adds more yoga, short runs and basketball games with friends near his home in Cliffside Park, N.J., when he can. |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210020201/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18Oz-t.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=November 30, 2021 |title=Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania |work=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/sources-dr-oz-plans-run-senate-seat-pennsylvania-81472847 |access-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130200557/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/sources-dr-oz-plans-run-senate-seat-pennsylvania-81472847 |url-status=live }} and holds his medical license within Pennsylvania.{{cite news|last1=Tamari|first1=Jonathan|last2=Briggs|first2=Ryan W.|last3=Lai|first3=Jonatahan|title=Senate candidate Mehmet Oz says he's a Pennsylvania resident now. So why's he still hanging out in his New Jersey mansion?|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html|work=Inquirer|date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426055331/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html|archive-date=April 26, 2022}}

In late 2020, Oz moved to Pennsylvania and changed his voter registration to his in-laws' home in Bryn Athyn, where he says he pays market price rent.{{cite news |last1=Tamari |first1=Jonathan |last2=Briggs |first2=Ryan W. |last3=Lai |first3=Jonathan |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Senate candidate Mehmet Oz says he's a Pennsylvania resident now. So why's he still hanging out in his New Jersey mansion? |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html |access-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223122221/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html |url-status=live }} He has since voted twice in Pennsylvania and acquired a Pennsylvanian driver's license and a Pennsylvania concealed carry permit.

Oz and his wife own at least ten properties throughout the United States and Turkey, including an estate in Palm Beach, Florida valued between $5 million and $25 million, and a cattle farm in Okeechobee, Florida.{{cite magazine |last=Bouza |first=Kat |date=August 18, 2022|title=Those 10 Houses Dr. Oz Owns? They're Actually 'Properties' |magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/those-10-houses-dr-oz-053231751.html|access-date=August 18, 2022}} In 2025, Oz offered to relocate a flock of 400 ostriches in British Columbia, set to be culled amid an Avian flu outbreak, to his ranch in Florida.{{Cite news |last=Isai |first=Vjosa |date=2025-05-28 |title=RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/world/canada/ostriches-avian-flu-rfk-jr-dr-oz.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Oz is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey. He has said that he maintains his Turkish citizenship to care for his ailing mother with Alzheimer's, but Oz expressed he would renounce it before being sworn in if he was ultimately elected to the Senate. There is no U.S. law which forbids members of Congress from being dual citizens.{{cite news |last=Brewster |first=Adam |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz says he will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to Senate |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-mehmet-oz-will-renounce-turkish-citizenship-if-elected-to-senate/ |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715071917/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-mehmet-oz-will-renounce-turkish-citizenship-if-elected-to-senate/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Jon |date=December 3, 2021 |title=Dr. Oz holds dual citizenship with Turkey. That's no bar to a Senate bid |work=PolitiFact |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/dec/03/dr-oz-holds-dual-citizenship-turkey-s-no-bar-senat/ |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715203145/https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/dec/03/dr-oz-holds-dual-citizenship-turkey-s-no-bar-senat/ |url-status=live }}

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Oz married his wife, Lisa Oz, an author and television personality, in 1985.Married on July 29, 1985, in Bryn Athyn, PA – New Church Life, 1985, p. 430. The two met in Philadelphia through their fathers, while Oz was attending the University of Pennsylvania. According to Oz, he proposed to her on a city street corner, using a tab from a discarded soda can as a makeshift ring. The couple have four children together:{{Cite magazine |url=https://people.com/parents/daphne-oz-welcomes-daughter-giovanna-ines-exclusive/ |title=Baby Makes Six! Daphne Oz Welcomes Daughter Giovanna Ines |first1=Helen |last1=Murphy |first2=Anya |last2=Leon |date=August 15, 2019 |magazine=People |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816153400/https://people.com/parents/daphne-oz-welcomes-daughter-giovanna-ines-exclusive/ |url-status=live }} including eldest daughter Daphne, who is also an author and television host. Oz and his wife founded HealthCorps, a non-profit organization for health education and peer mentoring.{{Cite web |url=https://www.success.com/how-dr-oz-healthcorps-is-creating-young-leaders/ |title=How Dr. Oz's HealthCorps Is Creating Young Leaders |date=October 5, 2018 |website=Success |language=en-US |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212131215/https://www.success.com/how-dr-oz-healthcorps-is-creating-young-leaders/ |url-status=live }}

In November 2020, Oz was sued by his sister Nazlim Öz. Nazlim alleged that he was withholding her rental income from apartments owned by their late father Mustafa Öz. Oz said that he was forced to hold payments from the apartments in escrow, as their mother and other relatives were suing Nazlim in Turkish probate court over the distribution of Mustafa Öz's estate.{{Cite web|date=November 16, 2020|title=Dr. Oz cuts off sister from thousands in Manhattan rental income, lawsuit says|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/dr-oz-cuts-sister-thousands-manhattan-rental-income-lawsuit-says|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=Crain's New York Business|language=en|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202005133/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/dr-oz-cuts-sister-thousands-manhattan-rental-income-lawsuit-says|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=November 17, 2020|title=Dr. Oz Sued by Sister for Cutting off Funds from Father's Estate|url=https://therealdeal.com/2020/11/17/sister-of-dr-oz-pulls-back-curtain-on-family-dispute/|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204010135/https://therealdeal.com/2020/11/17/sister-of-dr-oz-pulls-back-curtain-on-family-dispute/|url-status=live}}

{{As of|2022}}, Oz identifies as "secular Muslim" and, according to the Associated Press, "has said that the spiritual side of Islam resonates with him more than the religious law side of it." Oz aligns his personal Muslim religious views with Sufism.{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223172242/https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz hopes to be first Muslim in US Senate |url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/people/dr-oz-hopes-be-first-muslim-us-senate |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=The Christian Century |language=en |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425232933/https://www.christiancentury.org/article/people/dr-oz-hopes-be-first-muslim-us-senate |url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Levy |first=Marc | url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-campaigns-islam-mehmet-oz-8d7d0c28032a8aa3e97129c012e883fd | title=Oz's Senate bid could be a Muslim first but is 'complicated' | website=Associated Press | date=August 25, 2022 }} Oz has expressed to CBN News his opposition to Sharia law in the US. Noting that his wife and children are Christians, Oz told CBN that he believes that the U.S. was founded on Judeo-Christian values.{{Cite web |last=McDuffie |first=Will |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Dr. Oz could make history as a Muslim senator, but his faith isn't a big part of his campaign |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dr-oz-make-history-muslim-senator-faith-big/story?id=90541966 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}} His wife Lisa introduced Oz to the teachings of the 18th-century Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg{{cite web | url=https://newchurch.org/get-answers/connection-magazine/science-and-religion/mehmet-oz-finds-his-teacher/ | title=Mehmet Oz finds his teacher | New Church | access-date=October 2, 2022 | archive-date=October 3, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003015548/https://newchurch.org/get-answers/connection-magazine/science-and-religion/mehmet-oz-finds-his-teacher/ | url-status=dead }} as well as to alternative medicines or Eastern mysticisms such as reiki and transcendental meditation.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18Oz-t.html | title=Dr. Does-It-All | newspaper=The New York Times | date=April 16, 2010 | last1=Bruni | first1=Frank }}{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-skube-multitasking,0,5213589.column |title=Become a wizard of multitasking! |first=Daneen |last=Skube |date=September 12, 2010 |work=Chicago Tribune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913170057/https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-skube-multitasking,0,5213589.column |archive-date=September 13, 2010}}{{cite journal |author-link=Martin Gardner |last=Gardner |first=Martin |year=2010 |title=Swedenborg and Dr. Oz. |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |volume=34 |number=5 |url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/swedenborg_and_dr._oz/ |access-date=March 15, 2011 |archive-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217092815/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/swedenborg_and_dr._oz/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.spirituality-health.com/NMagazine/articles.php?id=1768 |title=Mehmet Oz Finds His Teacher |work=Spirituality & Health |date=December 2007 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716120247/http://www.spirituality-health.com/NMagazine/articles.php?id=1768 |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}

In a 2012 interview with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Oz said that his father strictly followed Islam, while his mother was a secular Kemalist.Joseph Hammond, [https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223172242/https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/celebrity-surgeon-dr-oz-seeks-to-be-first-muslim-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/ |date=December 23, 2021 }}, Religion News Service (December 2, 2021).

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Oz has faced criticism for his promotion of pseudoscience, including homeopathy,{{Cite journal|title=What's Wrong With Dr. Oz?|journal=Mo Med|last=Dell|first=Steven J|year=2015|volume=112|pages=332–333|issue=5|pmid=26606807|pmc=6167233}}{{cite web |url=http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/homeopathy-starter-kit-pt-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206235835/https://www.doctoroz.com/videos/homeopathy-starter-kit-pt-1 |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |title=Homeopathy Starter Kit, Pt 1 |work=The Dr. Oz Show |date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=May 22, 2014}} and alternative medicine. Popular Science{{cite web |url=http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/dr-oz-bad-science |title=Is Dr. Oz Bad For Science? |work=Popular Science |date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2014 |last=Lecher |first=Colin |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223927/http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/dr-oz-bad-science |url-status=live }} and The New Yorker{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/02/04/130204fa_fact_specter |title=The Operator |magazine=The New Yorker |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2014 |last=Specter |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Specter |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218004057/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/02/04/130204fa_fact_specter |url-status=live }} have published critical articles on Oz for giving non-scientific advice. HuffPost has accused Oz of promoting quackery.{{cite news|last=Skalka|first=Liz|date=December 2, 2021|title=Dr. Oz Has A Long History Of Promoting Quack Treatments|work=HuffPost|publisher=BuzzFeed, Inc.|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-pennsylvania-senate-medical-cures_n_61a79347e4b07fe20121485a|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202165030/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-oz-pennsylvania-senate-medical-cures_n_61a79347e4b07fe20121485a|url-status=live}}

A 2014 study published in the British Medical Journal found that medical talk shows such as The Dr. Oz Show and The Doctors often lack adequate information on the specific benefits or evidence of their claims. Forty episodes of each program from early 2013 were evaluated, determining that evidence supported 46 percent, contradicted 15 percent, and was not found for 39 percent of the recommendations on The Dr Oz Show.{{cite journal |last1=Korownyk |first1=Christina |title=Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=349 |pages=g7346 |doi=10.1136/bmj.g7346 |pmid=25520234 |date=December 17, 2014|pmc=4269523}} Unfounded claims included saying apple juice had unsafe levels of arsenic and cell phones could cause breast cancer.

Oz was awarded the James Randi Educational Foundation's Pigasus Award 2009 for his promotion of reiki.{{cite web |url=http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/37-static/256-pigasus-awards.html |title=Pigasus Awards |first=Jeff |last=Wagg |work=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=October 31, 2008 |access-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727160742/http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/37-static/256-pigasus-awards.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Pigasus Awards |url=http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/928-the-2009-pigasus-awards.html |work=James Randi Education Foundation |date=April 2, 2010 |access-date=October 14, 2014 |archive-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830001159/http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/928-the-2009-pigasus-awards.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-dr-oz-andrew-wakefield-james-randi-awards-20110401,0,3573991.story |title=Dr. Oz, Andrew Wakefield and others, um, 'honored' by James Randi |access-date=April 2, 2011 |last=Mestel |first=Rosie |date=April 1, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730033540/https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-apr-01-la-heb-dr-oz-andrew-wakefield-james-randi-awards-20110401-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Randi |first1=James |author-link=James Randi |title=JREF's Pigasus Awards "Honors" Dubious Peddlers of "Woo" |url=http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/2074-jrefs-pigasus-awards-honors-dubious-peddlers-of-woo.html |work=James Randi Education Foundation |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=October 14, 2014 |archive-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925082724/http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/2074-jrefs-pigasus-awards-honors-dubious-peddlers-of-woo.html |url-status=live }} However, he used reiki for moral support to patients in the operating room, and claimed that he was unfairly attacked.{{Cite web|title=The making of Dr. Oz|date=April 16, 2015 |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8412427/dr-oz-health-claims}}

Oz has been criticized for the guests he has invited onto The Dr. Oz Show, including psychics, faith healers, peddlers of unproven or disproven medical treatments, and anti-vaccination activists, including Joseph Mercola, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Christiane Northrup.{{cite news |last1=Szabo |first1=Liz |title=Book raises alarms about alternative medicine |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/18/book-raises-alarms-about-alternative-medicine/2429385/ |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=USA Today |date=June 18, 2013 |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618204646/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/18/book-raises-alarms-about-alternative-medicine/2429385/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kloor |first1=Keith |title=Robert Kennedy Jr. and Mark Hyman to Appear on Dr. Oz Show |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/robert-kennedy-jr-and-mark-hyman-to-appear-on-dr-oz-show |website=Discover Magazine |access-date=December 1, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201014946/https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/robert-kennedy-jr-and-mark-hyman-to-appear-on-dr-oz-show |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=Meet Christiane Northrup, doctor of disinformation |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/02/meet-christiane-northrup-doctor-of-disinformation/ |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=Press Herald |date=May 2, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201014946/https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/02/meet-christiane-northrup-doctor-of-disinformation/ |url-status=live }}

From 1999 to 2004, Oz was named a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/dr-mehmet-oz/4/ |title=Dr. Mehmet Oz |work=Faces of America |publisher=PBS |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209015215/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/dr-mehmet-oz/4/ |url-status=live }} and was listed on Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" of 2008.{{Cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735329,00.html |title=The 2008 TIME 100 |magazine=Time |first=Eric |last=Ripert |date=May 12, 2008 |access-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510120717/http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735329,00.html |url-status=live }} He was nominated for ten Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host with The Dr. Oz Show which aired from 2009 to 2022, and won the award four times (in 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2016).{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2016/05/02/General-Hospital-Live-with-Kelly-Michael-win-big-at-the-Daytime-Emmy-Awards/2271462123287/ |date=May 2, 2016 |title='General Hospital,' 'Live with Kelly & Michael' win big at the Daytime Emmy Awards |last=Butler |first=Karen |work=United Press International |access-date=May 2, 2016 |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503115920/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2016/05/02/General-Hospital-Live-with-Kelly-Michael-win-big-at-the-Daytime-Emmy-Awards/2271462123287/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2014/06/22/daytime-emmys-2014-winners/ |title=Daytime Emmys: Y&R Dominates Soap Pack; AMC and OLTL Get 3 Wins Each |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=June 23, 2014 |website=TVLine |language=en |access-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611105720/http://tvline.com/2014/06/22/daytime-emmys-2014-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/2011-daytime-emmy-award-winners-141381/ |title=2011 Daytime Emmy Award Winners |date=June 20, 2011 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411005437/https://deadline.com/2011/06/2011-daytime-emmy-award-winners-141381/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/2010-daytime-emmy-winners-as-the-world-turns-bold-beautiful-cash-cab-and-dr-oz-49888/ |title=2010 Daytime Emmy Winners: 'As The World Turns', 'Bold & Beautiful', 'Young & Restless', 'General Hospital', 'Cash Cab', 'Ellen', 'Dr Oz', And 'The Doctors' |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=June 28, 2010 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004827/https://deadline.com/2010/06/2010-daytime-emmy-winners-as-the-world-turns-bold-beautiful-cash-cab-and-dr-oz-49888/ |url-status=live }}

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Eight of Oz's books have been New York Times bestsellers; seven were written with Michael F. Roizen. He has a regular column in Esquire magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine and his article "Retool, Reboot, and Rebuild" was awarded the 2009 National Magazine Award for Personal Service.{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine_awards/nma_winners |title=American Society of Magazine Editors – 2010 National Magazine Awards Winners Announced! |work=Magazine.org |date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109010249/http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine_awards/nma_winners/ |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}} Oz and the Hearst Corporation launched the bi-monthly magazine Dr. Oz The Good Life on February 4, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2014/01/26/dr-oz-magazine-launch-set-for-feb-4/ |title=Dr. Oz magazine launch set for Feb. 4 |work=New York Post |first=Keith J. |last=Kelly |date=January 26, 2014 |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423222453/http://nypost.com/2014/01/26/dr-oz-magazine-launch-set-for-feb-4/ |url-status=live }}

• Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon Combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future, by Mehmet Oz, Ron Arias, Dean Ornish, 1999, {{ISBN|0452279550}}.
• Complementary and Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine: Clinical Handbook, by Richard A. Stein (Editor), Mehmet, M.D. Oz (Editor), 2004, {{ISBN|1588291863}}.
• YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2005, {{ISBN|0060765313}}.
• YOU: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2006, {{ISBN|0743292545}}.
• YOU: The Smart Patient: An Insider's Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2006, {{ISBN|0743293010}}.
• YOU: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2007, {{ISBN|0743292561}}.
• YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2008, {{ISBN|1416572341}}.
• YOU: Breathing Easy: Meditation and Breathing Techniques to Help You Relax, Refresh, and Revitalize, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2008.
• YOU: Having a Baby: The Owner's Manual from Conception to Delivery and More, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, 2009.
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, by Mehmet C. Oz, 2010, {{ISBN|1617374008}}.
• {{Cite book |title=Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy |last=Oz |first=Mehmet |isbn=978-1501158155 |location=New York |date=2017}}
• {{Cite book |title=YOU(R) Teen: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Management at Any Age |last1=Roizen |first1=Michael F. |last2=Oz |first2=Mehmet |date=2013 |publisher=Free Press |isbn=978-1476713571 |edition=1st Free Press trade paperback |location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/yourteenlosingwe0000roiz}}
• {{Cite book |title=YOU: The Owner's Manual for Teens: A Guide to a Healthy Body and Happy Life |last1=Roizen |first1=Michael F. |last2=Oz |first2=Mehmet |date=2011 |publisher=Free Press |isbn=978-0743292580 |edition=1st Free Press hardcover |location=New York}}

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• {{cite news |last=Gladstone |first=Brooke |author-link=Brooke Gladstone |title=Dr. Oz Fights for Credibility |url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/dr-oz-fights-credibility/ |work=On the Media |publisher=NPR |date=April 24, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2015}} Discussion with Michael Specter about his profile of Oz.

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