Lance Turkish, M.D.
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Lance Turkish, M.D. grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey. He received his undergraduate degree (AB Chemistry) from Case Western Reserve University, graduated magna cum laude, and received the Charles Thwing Outstanding Senior Award. Dr. Turkish received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. After completing his surgical internship in the Tulane Division at the Charity Hospital of Louisiana, Dr. Turkish completed his residency in ophthalmology at New York Medical College/Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York, New York.
Following the completion of his residency, Dr. Turkish was the 18th Roland Horace Myers Memorial Fellow at the Vitreoretinal Research Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee where he completed his fellowship in diseases and surgery of the vitreous and retina. Dr. Turkish has been practicing in New Orleans since 1978. He was a co-investigator in the National Eye Institutes Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study which published numerous articles on the treatment of diabetic eye disease. He also served as the State Coordinator for Louisiana for the Diabetes 2000 program from its inception until its completion in 2000. Dr. Turkish is married to Karen Turkish, RN and has three children, Evan, Lainie and Hallie. |
