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Pat Toomey’s decision not to seek reelection. Senate seat, which is wide open after GOP Sen. Oz joins a crowded GOP field for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Claire McCaskill told Oz at that hearing. “I don’t get why you need to say this stuff because you know it’s not true,” then U.S.

The journals and researchers who published the weight loss study were forced to retract it. The Federal Trade Commission went after the company that made the supplements, alleging they falsified the data behind their claims, and the company ultimately settled a $3.5 million lawsuit. In 2014, he got what seems to be his most relevant political experience, when he was called to testify before the chamber’s subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance in an investigation into weight loss product fraud.Īt issue was a questionable study that Oz had cited on TV that said a green coffee extract pill could help with weight loss. In particular, Oz has a long history of “miracle” supplements, often diet pills.

He received his MD and MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and Penn’s Wharton School, then departed for a residency at Columbia University.ĭuring his medical career, Oz practiced cardiothoracic surgery and is credited with several major innovations in the field, including developing the left ventricular assist device, a mechanical pump used to keep heart transplant patients alive while waiting for a donor heart. Oz’s own connection to Pennsylvania seems to be tenuous. Political operatives rumored to be involved in Oz’s campaign also didn’t return requests for comment. The Montgomery County address included in Oz’s statement of candidacy is for a Huntington Valley medical office and supply store connected to his wife’s father, Gerald Lemole, a doctor. They listed as their address a Bryn Athyn house also listed as Lisa’s parents’ residence. Cleveland’s WJW-TV said it made the decision because its signal “bleeds a little bit into Pennsylvania.In early 2020, Oz and his wife, Lisa Lemole Oz, both registered to vote as Republicans in Pennsylvania. Oz Show.” Parts of northeastern Pennsylvania get New York TV channels. The longtime New Jersey resident says he moved to Pennsylvania a year ago.Ī spokesperson for Fox Television Stations said Wednesday that its stations in New York City and Philadelphia have dropped the “Dr. This is the celebrity heart surgeon's first run for public office, but he is facing a crowded Republican primary. Oz, 61, will bring his unrivaled name recognition and wealth to a wide-open race that is expected to be among the nation’s most competitive and could determine control of the Senate in next year’s election. The stations were compelled by the Federal Communications Commission's “equal time” rules that give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time. Oz Show," now that the show's host, Mehmet Oz, has formally become a candidate for U.S. – TV stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland said Wednesday that they are taking down the "Dr.