Oz was born in Clevelend, Ohio to Turkish parents. His father is Professor Dr. Mustafa Oz. He is married to author and Reiki master Lisa Oz and they have four children.He was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1982 he received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. In 1986 he obtained a joint MD and MBA degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School.
Oz is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Heart Assist Device Program and is a founder of the Complementary Medicine Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and healthcare policy. He has authored more than 350 original publications, book chapters, abstracts, and books and has received several patents.
Oz has served as a director of Siga Technologies since April 2001. Siga is a biotechnology company that designs and develops novel countermeasures to prevent and treat serious infectious diseases, with an emphasis on biological warfare defense. SIGA’s leading program is ST-246, an oral therapeutic agent active against orthopoxviruses including smallpox. Additional programs target arena viruses such as Lassa fever, filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg, flaviviruses such as Dengue fever, and other category A diseases.
He serves on the Trustees Advisory Council of the One Voice Movement, a non-profit organization that strives to empower moderate Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving the conflict.
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