The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 47
OCCUPATION: Oprah regular, "America's Doctor" and professor of cardiac
surgery at Columbia
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: The Oprah regular is a champion of yoga, a scourge of belly fat, and half of a "What's Your Real Age?" brand (with Dr. Michael Roizen), which extends over several television programs and books (such as the best seller You: on a Diet).
CON: Maybe this whole "living longer" thing is overrated. But even if it isn't, the DIY approach to health care propounded by celebrity doctors like Oz might be distracting us from tough decisions we need to make about health care collectively.
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