Dr. Turek is Director of The Turek Clinic (www.TheTurekClinic.com), a men’s health clinic in Beverly Hills and San Francisco. He is a former Professor of Urology, Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of California San Francisco and held the Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair in Urology. He is recognized as a master microsurgeon in the field of reproductive urology.
Dr. Turek attended Yale College, followed by Stanford University Medical School. Following a urology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Turek was fellowship trained at Baylor College of Medicine. His 200+ publications include clinical inventions and techniques in urologic microsurgery (varicocele repair, sperm retrieval, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal), discoveries in germ and stem cell genetics, and epidemiologic studies of men’s health issues. He is on the Advisory Board of the national Men’s Health Care Network and the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network and he is the Editor of the Reproductive Volume of Netter’s Images, 2nd Edition, published in 2012. He also maintains an active blog at www.TurekonMensHealth.com
Dr. Turek is Past-President of the American Society of Andrology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Société Internationale d’Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (London). He is President of the Society of Male Reproduction and Urology. He is consistently listed as a “best doctor” in 7 national accrediting organizations including: US News and World Report Top Doctors, Marquis Who’s Who, Best Doctors, Patient’s Choice.org, Top MD-Consumer’s Checkbook, SuperDoctors and Castle-Connolly, Inc. He also recently founded a volunteer medical clinic powered by retired physicians for the working uninsured (www.ClinicByTheBay.org). His hobbies include vintage cars and longboard surfing.
