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Dr. Oz and Dr. Linder Deliver a Great TV Segment To A National Audience
By admin | November 6, 2009
Dr. Oz and Dr. Linder Deliver a Great TV Segment To A National Audience
Mehmet Oz, MD, has created an excellent television program that focuses exclusively on medical consumerism. Dr. Oz who is a heart surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical School in New York, has been a long-time favorite of Oprah. He appeared with Oprah on 55 programs before launching his own television program which incidentally is co-produced by Harpo Productions, Oprah’s production company.
The Dr. Oz Show, on air for only six weeks, has already become the third most-watched television talk show.
I have been impressed by Dr. Oz’s ability to clearly and graphically explain often complex medical issues to his audience. He knows how to speak in words that all can understand, not medical-ese. He is covering interesting and often controversial topics such as hysterectomy. But with every program, there are always several “walk-away” conclusions and bits of salient advice for the viewer.
On November 3, Dr. Oz aired an excellent segment that told a story of Becky Keenan. Becky, a traveling carnival owner, had always been obese and lost 140 pounds via a gastric bypass operation performed in Houston. Following that, Becky saw that she required some reconstructive plastic surgery because her breasts had, following the operation and subject to gravity, become very “hangy” and unattractive. In addition, she had the typical “apron” of excess tummy skin literally hanging over her belt line.
Stuart Linder, MD, FACS, provided the answer to her sagging and hanging skin. Using a standard breast reduction and uplift technique, Dr. Linder refashioned Becky’s breasts. At the same time, a tummy tuck procedure erased the tummy overhang.
On the program, Becky recounted her history and showed a number of photographs as an always obese young person. The program tastefully showed her postoperative results in one week which looked terrific.
On the program, Dr. Oz and Dr. Linder clearly explained the technique involved with excellent graphics and animation. It was very tastefully done and the viewer clearly understood the benefits of weight loss and the need and propriety for the reconstructive plastic surgery that followed.
Whichever producer at the Dr. Oz Show produced the segment really hit a home run!
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