Turkish heart surgeon Mehmet Oz has been appointed as the CMS Director in the USA. Oz, who received 45 “no” votes against 53 “yes” votes in the Senate voting, was thus appointed as the Director of CMS. So, who is Mehmet Oz, appointed as the CMS Director in the USA?

The US Senate approved Turkish heart surgeon Mehmet Oz, nominated by President Donald Trump for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directorship. Oz, who will oversee the top agencies providing health services to the elderly and low-income groups in the country, became the first Turkish to be appointed to this position. CMS oversees the functioning of health insurance that covers more than 1 trillion dollars annually for 160 million Americans. WHO IS MEHMET OZ?

Mehmet Oz, appointed as the CMS Director in the USA, was born on June 11, 1960, in the city of Cleveland, in the state of Ohio in the USA. His mother, Suna Oz, and his father, Mustafa Oz, moved from Konya to the USA in 1955 for their education. He has two sisters named “Seval” and “Nazlım.” He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University. Mehmet Oz conducted research on minimally invasive heart surgery, complementary medicine, outcome analysis in heart care, and heart transplantation. He was named the 3rd most influential person of the year in 2011 by Forbes magazine. He was chosen as the “Doctor of the Year” by Hippocrates Magazine, “Healer of the Millennium” by Healthy Living Magazine, “Best Doctor of the Year” by New York Magazine, and “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum. He was also selected as the “Turkish-American of the Year” in 1996. The couple married Lisa Lemole in 1985 and they have four children named “Daphne Nur,” “Anabella Sezen,” “Zoe Yasemin,” and “Oliver Mustafa.”