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Mehmet Oz
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Background
Mehmet Oz is the 17th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
He is a physician, television presenter and author.
Key facts
- Current title
- 17th Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicessource
- Appointment
- Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2025 to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; confirmed by the Senate along party linessource
- Education
- Undergraduate degree from Harvard Universitysource
- Education
- Joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business Schoolsource
- Nonprofit
- In 2003, founded a national non-profit that puts recent college graduates into high schools to teach diet, fitness and mental resiliencesource
WYDE coverage of Mehmet Oz
Healthcare
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Sources
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