Lance Turkish

Background

Turkish, Lance was born on August 6, 1949 in Jersey City. Son of Solomon and Rosalyn (Lieb) Turkish.

Education

AB, Case Western Reserve U., 1970; Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve U., 1973.

Career

Intern, Charity Hospital-Tulane University, New Orleans, 1973-1974; resident in ophthalmology, Flower and Fifth Ave Hospital-New York Medical College, 1974-1977; fellow in diseases and surgery of the vitreous and retina, Vitreoretinal Research Foundation, Memphis, 1977; private practice, New Orleans, since 1978. Co-investigator Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, Northern Engineering Industries-National Institutes of Health, 1983-1989.

Achievements

• Lance Turkish has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman board Communal Hebrew School, New Orleans, 1993-1996. Member board directors Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Louisiana, since 1985, American Diabetes Association, New Orleans, 1980-1993, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, New Orleans, 1990-1996. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, softball.

Connections

Married Karen Rose Stern, March 10, 1984;children: Hallie Greer, Lainie Brett, Evan Spencer.

Father:

Solomon Turkish

Mother:

Rosalyn (Lieb) Turkish

Spouse:

Karen Rose Stern

child:

Evan Spencer Turkish

child:

Lainie Brett Turkish

child:

Hallie Greer Turkish