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Trump named Dr. Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Heres a look at Ozs net worth and how he made his money.

Also here are other changes that Trumps administration may bring.

He graduated from Harvard in 1982 with a degree in biology and healthcare runs in the family.

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Oz said he got his love of medicine from his father who was also a physician.

Oz received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School and earned his MD from Penn in 1986.

Oz has had anextensive health and medicine career.

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In 1994, he launched the Cardiovascular Institute and Integrative Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian.

He and his colleagues at Columbia University patented the MitraClip gadget in 1997.

He and WebMD founder Jeff Arnold created Sharecare Inc., a health and wellness company.

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It was soon after this that TV opportunities came his way.

Researchers found case studies or other evidence that supported only 46% of 80 recommendations.

The government position Oz seeks requires Senate confirmation.

For the first time, the agency is negotiating drug prices for some of the costliest medicines under Medicare.

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