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Though born in the US and a US citizen, Oz also acquired Turkish citizenship after fulfilling the mandatory military service required for all healthy Turkish men at age 19. Until he turned 41 in 2001, he could have been drafted in the event of a war.
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He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard University in 1982.
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Oz holds the title of Irving Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University.
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He identifies as Turkish-American.
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In 1986, Oz received both an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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His surgical specialty is thoracic surgery.
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He holds several medical patents and has authored over 350 publications, including journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and books.
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Oz became a grandfather for the fourth time on December 4, 2017, when his daughter Daphne gave birth to Domenica Celine Jovanovic.
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He served as Director of the Heart Assist Device program at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center.
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On October 21, 2015, Oz’s second grandchild, Jovan Jovanovic Jr., was born to daughter Daphne.
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His first grandchild, Philomena Bijou Jovanovic, was born to Daphne on February 26, 2014.
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He is an alumnus of Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware.
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In 2022, Oz won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, becoming the first Muslim to be nominated for the Senate by a major party.
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On February 11, 2022, Oz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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He founded the Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center.
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Oz’s third grandchild, Giovanna Ines Jovanovic, was born to Daphne on August 14, 2019.
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He currently resides in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
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Oz attended the funeral of comedian Joan Rivers after her death on September 7, 2014.
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His daughter Daphne Oz graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in 2004.
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He is the son-in-law of Dr. Gerald Lemole.