Award-winning urologist - and pioneer in Men’s Health - Dr. Paul Turek blogs weekly about issues such as infertility, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal, sexual and hormonal dysfunction and more. Keep up with latest in this fascinating field of medicine.
Paul Turek, MD
Patient Cared For at Clinic By the Bay

The Dream of Free Medical Care

  This is not your average 1-year old. No, the Clinic by the Bay was conceived by a few individuals and gestated over a 4-year period before coming to life. As a living,…

Follow the road signs for male fertility

How to Avoid Male Infertility

Some day, you may want kids…or you may not. It’s not on the top of your mind now as it’s still early in the relationship and you are in that wonderful phase of…

Dr. Turek's research has shown that hot tubs affect male fertility

Toxic Tubbing

  Quiet. Warm. Relaxing. Soothing. How can a hot tub or a steaming hot bath possibly be bad for your health? Well they are…for men. They reduce male fertility. Big time. The History…

Woody, Mascot of The Turek Clinic

Who is Woody?

I’ve been asked in the office. I’ve been asked in the street. Who’s that guy on your website? What’s his name, is it Pete?

I am referring to character on the landing page of my website: The Turek Clinic.com. This line-drawing of a man is captured in various real life scenarios and, like most men, goes with the flow.

Dr. Turek catches a wave at Waikiki

Timing (And Position) Are Everything

Missionary? Doggie? Cowgirl? Kneeling Lotus? Quarter moon? Full moon? No moon? Is there really a best lovemaking time or position to have a girl or boy? History of Designing Sex for a Boy…

A surfing mentor in Panama: Victor Martinez

A Teaching Moment

They stood on their boards in waist high waves within a couple minutes of my surf lesson. It was magic to see the look on their faces as their arms were wildly gesticulating…

Male Fertility - A to Z

The A through Z of Male Fertility in One Hour

As promised, I offer for your perusal the review lecture that I gave on male infertility at the annual American Urological Association Review Course this past weekend. For those of you who are…

Dieting is like emptying the piggy bank when you were a kid.

A Bank Account to Empty

“You tell me I need to lose weight. How do I do it, Doc?” “My dear patient, it’s simple: treat your body like a bank account, but one that you should empty. Put…

30,000 Foot (Cloud) Thoughts

Do you find it hard to think at 30,000 feet if you are not on an airplane? “Think broadly and ambitiously and leave your pet projects at the door.” That was our charge…

Through the Looking-Glass

They called again and want to talk. Similar to a strict parent who gives you little clue as to where they stand, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to have a conversation….

About Dr. Turek

A founder of the male fertility and male sexual healthcare movement, Dr. Paul Turek is also an internationally recognized master microsurgeon who specializes in vasectomy and vasectomy reversal, FNA testicular mapping, sperm retrieval and male erectile and sexual dysfunction.

He is a former Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair Professor of Urology, Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCSF and while there, directed a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for training new leaders in men's reproductive health. He has authored more than 175 publications on genetic, urological and epidemiological issues in men's reproductive health and regularly consults for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the NIH and other branches of the US government and industry on matters relating to men's reproductive health. He currently holds an NIH grant to create a human artificial testicle to make sperm.

He 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). Dr Turek is also Editor of the Reproductive Volume of Netter's Images, 2nd Edition. His hobbies include vintage cars and long board surfing.

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