Dr. Paul Turek

Dr. Turek is Director of The Turek Clinic (www.TheTurekClinic.com), a men’s health clinic in San Francisco. He is a former Professor of Urology, Obstetrics & Gynecology at the UCSF and held the Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair in Urology Education. He is recognized as an international authority on men’s health issues. 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 175 publications include basic research that focuses on germ and stem cell genetics, and epidemiologic studies of men’s sexual and reproductive health problems. 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, due out in 2011. He also maintains an active blog at www.TurekonMensHealth.com He is Past-President of the American Society of Andrology and the Northern California Urology Society, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Société Internationale d'Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (London). In San Francisco, he 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.