Dr. Oz: 10 Years in and Still Leading the Way to Wellness

For his part Ozamp160says his brand is evolving to cover new groundamp160while still remaining true to its core strengthsamp160 In a recent interview with MediaVillage39s EB Moss Oz who some media reporters call quotAmerica39s doctorquot thanks to his loyal following shared insights on how his program is tackling new subjects like crime what surprises him about medicine and the valuable advice he received from TV legends Oprah Winfrey and Phil DonahueEBamp160 Mossamp160 Dr Oz congratulations on the big anniversary you just celebratedamp160 How do you sustain this Dr Mehmet Ozamp160 Thank youamp160 Yes we just did our 1500th show but I guess even bigger is that it39s the 10th year of the show coming upamp160 I remember talking to Oprah Winfrey when we first started the series and she was at season 21 when she first invited me to start my own showamp160 Ozamp160had started appearing on her show fiveamp160years earlier amp160She had already confided to us that she was going to stop at year 25 but it wasn39t public yetamp160 I said quotOprah why would you stopamp160 You39re at the top of your game everything is going wellquotamp160 She said quotJust wait until your 10th year you39ll seeamp160 You39ve got to put your heart and soul into every single show you makequotamp160amp160At a certain point you could see why you might feel like you39ve said everything that you need to sayamp160 That was Phil Donahue39s response when I asked him why he stoppedamp160 He said quotI said everythingamp160 I didn39t feel anything else needed to be saidquotamp160 I39m not quite there yet but I get both perspectivesMossamp160 But just like media we39re always learning something new about our bodies and adapting to changeamp160 So hopefully we39ll celebrate your 20th anniversary tooOzamp160 I went into medicine because I knew I would never ever understand it allamp160 No doctor canamp160 What makes the human body so special is that it is the most complex thing you39ve ever imagined and our consciousness from which much of this arose is something that39s worth exploring in your own personal lifeamp160 So at a narcissistic level studying health fulfills a lot of your innate desire and curiosity about the worldThe bigger thing about hosting a show on health is that I get taught by people every day on my setamp160 When Katie Couric came on to teach me about her documentary seriesamp160America Inside Out on National Geographicamp160I learned from every single comment she made about every single episode That39s what medicine is supposed to be aboutamp160 It39s not supposed to be dealing with the same old same old every dayamp160 It39s applying that to the individual in front of youMossamp160 Where do you and Sony see your show going Ozamp160 We39ve had a good year and we39ve been able to take our brand which is really about truth and apply it to true crime for exampleamp160 We use the medical filter as forensics for some of the problems that happen when you have criminal activities whether it39s psychiatric issues or just crime scene investigationamp160 It allows us to apply our strength and expand the brand to an area beyond what we39d normally have been known as being competent forMossamp160 Speaking of growing what have you learned or discovered that surprised you most in the last couple of yearsOzamp160 I was taught in medicine that if you give people the facts they39ll changeamp160 That39s wrongamp160 It39s not sad it39s the normal human pace not to do thatamp160amp160The most profound insight is that people don39t change based on what they know they change based on how they feelamp160 If you can get them to feel differently they39ll changeamp160 So instead of fingerwagging about how cigarettes are bad for you get people to realize that if they truly love themselves like people around them do they would never put that in their mouthamp160 That worksMossamp160 Also on that topic of growth and change way back in Season 1 the audience didn39t consume media quite the same wayamp160 Mobile video really wasn39t such a factoramp160 Now you have a huge social and digital followingamp160 How has the content evolved for multiple platformsamp160 Ozamp160 Access to multiple platforms has really helped our brand since the highest quality content can be seen by any desiring consumeramp160 You don39t have to be free in the afternoon for an hour to catch my showamp160 I can meet you anywhere you are whenever you have time to hear my message Social media is especially valuable to localize advice to youamp160 You might want my sevenminute workout on Facebook or a cauliflower dish on InstagramMossamp160 With the proliferation of health and wellness content since your show launched you39ve been able to break through the clutteramp160 What39s your formula for breaking down complex topics for mass audiencesamp160Ozamp160 Humans learn best through storiesamp160 Our ancestors lived in small villages and learned about health from their families while finding cooking and eating foodamp160 I parse information into memorable tidbits that can be consumed and applied to shopping for and preparing mealsamp160 I also want the experience to be entertaining enough that you39ll discuss it at dinner or at least around the water cooler at workamp160 The advice has to be easy to follow and joyfulamp160 But the real secret sauce is that people do not care what you know until they know that you careamp160 I39m called a talk show host but I39m really a guest in people39s homes and I need to respect their needs by bringing the best information that they need to understand into their living roomsMossamp160 On the personal discovery front I understand you39re a big traveleramp160 Where have you been traveling this summeramp160 And do you work to bring along the health message to other countries even when you39re not quotworkingquotOzamp160 My show has aired in 100 countries and we touch 20 million viewers around the world weeklyamp160 When we enter hiatus I get to travel to many of these countriesamp160 This summer I39ve already been to China Singapore Thailand the Middle East and Swedenamp160 I39m headed to the UK Turkey Greeceamp160and Italy as wellamp160 I shoot shows and do interviews with local media partners and focus on local health issues in the context of global medical advancesamp160 The biggest health concern of the world might be lonelinessamp160 People feel disconnected from each other and humans desperately need the safety net of loving each otheramp160 Computers give us knowledge but we don39t die of the darkness we crater from the coldamp160 Great media brands bring people together to celebrate lifeFor more on Dr Oz be sure to revisit his Lunch at Michael39s interviewPhoto credit Sony Pictures TelevisionClick the social buttons above or below to share this story with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do 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