Paul J. Turek, M.D
Dr. Paul Turek is an internationally known thoughtleader in male fertility treatment and research. As board-certified physician by the American Board of Urology (ABU), he has received numerous awards for his work and is an active member in professional associations worldwide. His recent lectures and book titles can be found on his curriculum vitae.
Best Doctor in America Dr. Turek
Dr. Paul Turek has been recognized as one of America's Best Doctors by three accrediting organizations (Best Doctors, Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Castel-Connolly, Inc.).
Dr. Paul Turek graduated from Yale College with highest honors (summa cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa, and then attended medical school at Stanford University, where he also took top research honors. He completed his residency in urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the nation’s first medical school, founded by Benjamin Franklin.
"The child of immigrants, I was raised to value hard work, discipline and meticulous craftsmanship, and those qualities have served me well as both a urologist and a reproductive microsurgeon."
— Dr. Paul Turek
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After completing a fellowship in male reproductive medicine and microsurgery at Baylor College of Medicine, he was recruited to the faculty of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), one of the nation’s top ten hospitals. While at UCSF, Dr. Turek served with distinction, performing incisive and widely praised research, publishing hundreds of papers and lecturing around the world. In time, he was awarded membership in the prestigious Academy of Medical Educators and became a full professor, with an Endowed Chair in Urology.
Yet despite the international acclaim and the chance to mentor the next generation of physicians, Dr. Turek realized that what he most enjoyed was being a physician and caring for patients with reproductive health problems. As Dr. Turek explains, “I’ve always believed in scientific research because it generates medical knowledge, but what matters most to me is how that translates into good, old-fashioned wisdom for patient care.” That simple but deeply felt insight gave birth to The Turek Clinic.
Dr. Turek also knows the wisdom of unwinding. His hobbies include collecting vintage cars and longboard surfing.
Health Care Practitioner Information
- Paul J Turek, MD
- Degree: M.D.
- Board certification: American Board of Urology (ABU)
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Dr. Turek's Awards and Recognition
A founder of the men's reproductive healthcare movement in the U.S., Dr. Paul Turek is also an internationally recognized master clinician and microsurgeon.
While at UCSF, he was Director of the Male Reproductive Clinical Laboratory, Program Leader of PROGENI (The Program in the Genetics of Infertility), Director of the UCSF Men's Reproductive Health Clinic and Research Program, and the director of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for training new faculty in men's reproductive health. He has authored more than 150 publications on clinical and scientific issues in reproductive health, and continues to serve as a consultant to industry and to the U.S. government on matters relating to men's reproductive health.
He is an active member of the American Urological Association, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and the Societe' Internationale d'Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (UK). He has been an Executive Council member and President of the American Society of Andrology. A highly regarded teacher, he has given over 250 lectures around the world, and has chaired numerous post-graduate courses and workshops for a wide range of professional associations, including the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, and RESOLVE.
Consistently named one of the "Best Doctors in America" Dr. Turek has been interviewed about medical and ethical issues in his field by CNN, World News Tonight, BBC, Good Morning America, 20/20, National Public Radio, Der Spiegel (Germany), Reuters News, The New York Times, The London Times, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Life, The Economist, Fitness, and People magazines. Details in our News section.
Academic Honors and Awards
Yale Club of Hartford Achievement Grant 1980
Phi Beta Kappa, Yale College 1981
Summa cum laude, Yale College 1982
Henry J. Belknap Prize in Biology (Senior thesis) 1982
Research Honors, Stanford graduation 1987
First Prize, Resident Essay Competition, Philadelphia Urological Society 1991
First Prize, Resident Essay Competition, Philadelphia Urological Society 1992
Henry Weyrauch Award, 43rd Western Urologic Forum 1994
Best Poster, Male Infertility Session, American Urological Association 1995
James L. Goebel Grand Prize, Posters, West. Section, American Urological Assoc. 1995
Best Poster, Etiology of Male Infertility, American Urological Association 1996
Second Prize, Posters, Western Section, American Urological Association 1996
UCSF Young Faculty Development Award 1996
Best Poster Prize, Etiology of Male Infertility, American Urological Association 1997
Second Prize, Clinical Research, Northern California Urological Society 1997
Best of Session, Poster, Western Section, American Urological Association 1997
Citation of Distinguished Contribution, RESOLVE 1997
AUA/EUA Academic Fellowship European Exchange 1998
Society of Male Reproduction and Urology Travelling Award 1998
Outstanding Leadership, Clinical Preceptor, UCSF Class of 2000, Teaching Award 1998
First Prize, Posters, Western Section, American Urological Association 1998
Nominee, Kaiser Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2000 2000
Life member, National Registry of Who’s Who, Year 2000
Young Surgeon Award, American College of Surgeons, N. Cal. Chapter 2000
Grand Prize, Posters, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Annual Meeting 2001
Nominee, Kaiser Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2003 2003
Election to Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators 2003
Nominee, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2006, Outstanding lecture and lecture series 2004
Faculty of Medicine 1000 (international faculty literature review organization) 2004
Second Prize Overall, & First Prize, Session I, Posters, West. Section, AUA 2004
Yamanouchi Prize Paper for Infertility, AUA Annual Meeting 2005
Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair in Medical Education 2006
Nominee, UCSF Class of 2008, Outstanding Lecture 2006
“Best Doctors in America” 2005-06 national listing 2006
NIH-NICHD Advisory Panel: Fertility Preservation 2007
3rd Place, Clinical Research Prize, AUA Annual Meeting 2007
Prize Paper, Society of Study of Male Reproduction, ASRM meeting 2007
3rd Prize, Joseph McCarthy Essay Contest, Western Section, AUA 2007
Nominee, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2010, Outstanding lecture and lecture series 2008
Nominee, UCSF Kaiser Teaching Award, Class of 2008 2008
Overseas Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England 2008
NICHD Male Reproductive Health Strategic Planning Committee 2009
NICHD Cooperative Reproductive Network, Advisory Board 2010
American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine, Advisory Board 2010
NICHD Visioning Project, Reproductive Health 2011
US News and World Report, America's Top Doctors 2011
STAR Award, Am. Soc. Reprod. Med. (ASRM) (10+ years of research presented at annual meeting) 2011
Dr. Turek's Latest Book
The Netter Green Books are a veritable medical bible that has now been revised for the first time in 55 years. Read Dr. Turek's blog article about his latest work. The book is available for purchase on Amazon.com: The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations.
Professional Memberships
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
American Urological Association
Societe Internationale d'Urologie
Chair, Infertility Postgraduate course 2004-2007
Chair, Sexual Medicine Postgruadueate course 2012-present
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Association of Clinical Urologists
Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
Society for Male Reproduction and Urology
Pacific Coast Fertility Society
Program Committee 2008-present
Northern California Urologic Society
Vice President 2001-2003
President 2008-present
Western Section, American Urological Association
1995-present
Board of Directors 2010-2012
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
Member, Local Committee on Applicants 2001-2005
Honorary Member, Al-Azhar University Center for Research and
Management of Impotence and Infertility, Cairo, Egypt
Scientific Advisor, Egyptian Afro-Asian Assisted Fertilization and Conception Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (AVSC International).
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center 2004-2008
Graduate Group, Global Health Services (Director, Haile Debas MD) 2006-2008
California Medical Society 2007-present
San Francisco Medical Society 2007-present
Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK 2008-present
American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine 2010-present
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Current Opinions in Urology (Andrology) 1994–present
International Journal of Men’s Health 2001-present
International Brazilian Journal of Urology 2006-present
Archives of Andrology 2006-2007
Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine (SBiRM) 2007-present
Asian Journal of Andrology 2011-present
Dr. Turek's Recent Lectures
| The American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Society of Male Reproduction and Urology Postgraduate Course Orlando, FL, October 16, 2011 Lectures: Cancer After Male Infertility: What are the Links? and Fertility Restoration after Cancer: Current and Future Therapies. |
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| Google, Inc Mountain View, California. June 15, 2011 Lecture: Guy's Guide to Maintaining Sexual Health. |
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| Society for the Study of Male Reproduction Annual Meeting Washington, DC. May 17, 2011 Lecture: How Will the New WHO Semen Analysis Reference Values Affect our Practice? |
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| Pacific Coast Reproductive Society 59th Annual Meeting Palm Desert, California. April 13-17, 2011 Lecture: What male infertility can tell us about a man's overall health. |
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| Stanford University Cystic Fibrosis Discovery Series Education Day Stanford University, Stanford, California. March 5, 2011 Lecture: The Birds and the Bees: CF and Fertility |
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| 18th International Molecular Med Tri-Conference Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, February 23-25, 2011 Lecture: Using Testicular Germline Stem Cells for an In vitro Human Reproductive Toxicology Assay |
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| 56th Annual Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 29-October 2, 2010 Lecture: Clinical Assessment of the Male in the Era of ICSI |
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| Advancing Men’s Reproductive Health in the US U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta, Georgia, September 12-13th, 2010 Informing Consumers of Advances in Science |
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| Sherman House (Getty) Salon San Francisco, CA June 24, 2010 Lecture: Stem Cells, Erections, and Men's Health |
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| Endocrinology Grand Rounds Stanford School of Medicine Stanford, CA, November 11, 2009 Lecture: Novel Treatments for Male Infertility |
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| The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for Child Health and Disease National Institutes of Health Washington, DC, November 9, 2009 Lecture: Strategic Planning for Men's Reproductive Health |
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| Diabetes Update and Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism UCSF Department of Medicine, Post Graduate Course Marines Memorial Hotel San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2009 Lecture: Novel Treatments for Male Infertility |
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The American Society of Reproductive Medicine
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| The American Urological Association, Western Section Urology Postgraduate Review Course Monterey, CA, October 27, 2008 Chair: Paul Turek MD Lecture: Male Infertility: Diagnosis Male Infertility: Medical and Surgical Treatment |
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| California Pacific Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds Lecture San Francisco, CA, October 7, 2008 Lecture: Are Varicoceles Related At All to Male Infertility? |
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| The 4th Midwest Reproductive Symposium Chicago, IL, June 6, 2008 Chairs: Behr, Stearns, Farrar, Beltsos Lecture: How to Manage Azoospermic and Virtually Azoospermic Men for IVF-ICSI |
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| 9th International Congress of Andrology Barcelona, Spain, March 2009 Program Committee: Paul Turek MD Lecture: Debate on Male Infertility: Classic Treatment vs ART |
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| Annual AUA Board Review Course Dallas, TX, June 5-8, 2008 Chairs: Morey and Shoskes Lecture: Male Infertility |
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| American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting Albuquerque, NM, April 12-15, 2008 Program Co-Chair: Paul Turek MD |
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| UCSF Urology Annual Course San Francisco, CA, February 8-9, 2008 Lecture: Vasectomy Reversal vs ART Finding Sperm in Azoospermic Men |
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| UCSF Urology Annual Course An Evidence-Based Approach to Common Problems in Urology San Francisco, CA, February 3-4, 2006 Program Co-Chair: Paul Turek MD |
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| UCSF-Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Summit San Francisco, CA, January 28-30, 2007 Lecture: Can the Male Infertility Evaluate Detect Reproductive Toxins? |
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