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• Dr. Turek's Biography
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    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.

    

    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 vasectomy reversal 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. Learn more about Dr. Turek in his blog.

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• Dr. Turek's Awards and Recognition
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    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 175 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 on the center's main site 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

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