One of the privileges of going to a school like UF is that students have access to some pretty well-known, interesting people. Yesterday our H/F Writing class was lucky enough to speak, however briefly, to television's Dr. Oz, "America's Doctor." The chat was brief since, you know, he had to go perform heart surgery. No big deal. He does it for fun, mostly. For about 20 minutes we were captivated by the grainy floating head on the projector screen--not unlike the Wizard of Oz himself.
"Surgery is like a dance. I can push, shove, nudge and move the heart where I want it to go," Oz said, describing heart surgery as being "magical," no matter how many times he does it.
Doctors are notorious for being bad interview subjects, so it was incredibly refreshing to hear him take questions from aspiring reporters with patience and thoughtfulness.
Oh, and unsurprisingly, Oz didn't hesitate when asked his favorite subject to discuss. Nope, it's not the heart.
"I really like talking about poop and urine," Oz said.
Who doesn't?
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