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Mehmet, an associate professor of cardiac surgery at Columbia University, directs the cardiac assist device program and the complementary medicine program at New York Presbyterian Medical Center, a program which he co-founded. Mehmet is a highly regarded and widely recognized physician in the field of cardiology who has authored over 300 original publications, book chapters, and abstracts. He has also been featured on the ABC, NBC, and CBS evening news as well as CNN, McNeil-Lehrer, various PBS documentaries, and over two dozen other television programs. Because of his expertise in technology and the health care industry, Mehmet has been involved in the development of numerous new medical devices and was named a Forum Fellow at the annual Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland. | 