Dr. Oz: America's Hardest-Working Doctor

Dr. Mehmet Oz is steamed. One of his two heart surgeries for the week has been slated for the wrong time, and now his whole surgery-day schedule is collapsing. Juggling phone calls in his small, standard-issue office at 30 Rockefeller Center, Oz speaks to a series of Columbia University hospital staffers, his voice at a controlled burn. Finally he tells the chief of staff at his surgical practice to manage the mess. If this isn't sorted out, he knows, he won't be able to operate at all this week—and his patients could suffer. … Back to Article