Dr. David Turok is a Cosmetic Surgeon who is fellowship trained in cosmetic and reconstructive Oculo Facial plastic surgery. He is board certified in both Ophthalmology as well as Neurology.
Dr. Turok is a graduate of the Honors six-year Accelerated B.S.-M.D. program at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Albany Medical College of Union University, having graduated with both a B.S. in Biology and M.D. degrees.
He then completed full residencies in Neurology and Ophthalmology and is board certified in both fields. It was during his Neurology residency that Dr. Turok first started using Botox for reconstructive purposes over 20 years ago.
Having completed fellowships in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Oculo Facial plastic surgery at Childs Hospital in Albany New York, and in Clinical and Research Neuro-pathology at the Albany Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dr. Turok has completed extensive post graduate training in cosmetic and laser surgery.
Dr. Turok has always had a strong interest in the use of lasers in medicine and is member of numerous laser medicine and surgery societies. Dr. Turok was the first physician in the state of Alabama to perform Ultrapulse CO2 laser resurfacing in the early nineties.
As an oculofacial plastic surgeon, Dr. Turok has long harvested fat from various locations to use in facial reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. He found that he had a natural affinity for the liposuction portion of these procedures and pursued extensive post graduate education in tumescent liposuction, training with the pioneers of this technique.
Although Dr. Turok has been performing tumescent liposuction since 1995 and has experience with numerous advanced techniques such as internal and external ultrasonic liposuction, and power assisted liposuction it was not until this year that Dr. Turok found a significant advance that improved the results of tumescent liposuction - SmartLipo.
Dr. Turok was one of the first surgeons in the country to perform SmartLipo treatments in January of this year following FDA approval and his OR is a designated SmartLipo training center.
Dr. Turok is expert in small incision minimally invasive facial surgery which reduces down time. He performs no-stitch lower eyelid surgery without a visible scar and minimal incision endoscopic browlift and facelift surgery.
As medical director of Quasar Medical a cosmetic laser rental and sales company Dr. Turok has instructed many cosmetic surgeons, dermatologists and plastic surgeons in the use of numerous lasers for treatment of aging changes, veins, wrinkles, tattoo removal and hair removal as well as Botox and Restylane.
He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery/American Society of Liposuction Surgery, International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons and the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery among numerous other medical society memberships.
Procedures performed by David Turok, MD:
Cosmetic Surgery
Laser Lipolysis
Liposuction
SmartLipo
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