MEHMET CENGİZ ÖZMEHMET CENGİZ ÖZ [born=june 11,1960] known as Dr. öz.,is a turkıshamerican cardiofhoracic surgeun,authar, and television personality. Öz first appeard on on the THE APRAH WİNFREY SHOW İN 2004,AND lateron larry king live and other tv programs.In 2009,winfrey’s . Harpoproductions and sony pictures launched the Dr. Öz show, a dailytelevisionprogram focusing on medical issues and persand health.

MEHMET ÖZÖz has been a professor at thedepartmant of surgery at columbiauniversity since 2001.. He directs thecardiovascular ınstitute andcomplementary medicine program at new york- presbyterian hospital. His research interets.ınclude heartreplacement surgery,minimally invasivecardiac.surgery, and health care policy. With his collaborators,he has authoredover 400 reserarch papers,bookchapters and medixal books and has received several patents. He performsaround 250 heart aperations annually.