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Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman

FILE - Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, takes part in an event in Philadelphia, Aug. 17, 2022. Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman on daytime TV. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican candidate in a bitterly contested U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - Mehmet Oz, the former host of "The Dr. Oz Show," poses atop his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony on Feb. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman on daytime TV. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican candidate in a bitterly contested U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman