I just recently learned about the passing of Dr. Turok's.
I am still alive today because of Dr. Turok.  Two years ago, I had a coil embolization procedure for a brain aneurysm, but the headaches and the blurry vision never disappeared. But nothing else would show on the MRIs at the local hospital...
Dr. Turok examined me for 3 hours, and he was humble enough to say that the problem was from some area deep in my brain, but he did not think we had machines around this area sophisticated enough to map my brain and see what was causing the problem, and he would rather send a referral to Mayo Clinic.
 And it has now been 1 1/2 years that I had an open brain surgery at Mayo Clinic to clip multiple brain aneurysms 
Dr. Turok was an angel that passed thru my life.... 
Sandra Nogueira


I am so saddened of Dr.Turok’s  passing. I was about to see him tomorrow for my 3 months eye injection and just found out when the clinic i thought was calling to confirm my appointment and found out . I have been seeing him for the last 4.5 years and he is always a nice doctor to talk to and you can always talk to him just like a friend. He always ask me  before he administer the shot, “ What is the first thing you remember ?” I said “Don’t hit the Doctor”. Dr. Turok will be miss! Praying for his family. 

I was so saddened to hear about Dr. Turok. When my father passed. my favorite stories were the ones I didn’t know and that’s what I’m hoping to do for the Turok family.  Dr. Turok was an Amazing Doctor Who actually found a cyst on the back of our daughter’s brain that we never knew existed (based on her eye exam).   He helped us figure out what to do and did find out that it was fine and not affecting her in anyway. He was always concerned,  he was always cautious and he always looked out for her. I have to admit I was not surprised he had his own daughters by the way he treated mine. She was very young when she started seeing him six years old and had seen him up until recently and she is now ten. He always made her laugh by making silly jokes and asking her silly questions every time we were there even when she had to have her eyes dilated and we were there for three hours. We enjoyed talking to him every time and actually owe him for helping us so much. When I heard the news I did cry and when I told my daughter she too cried because he was such an amazing man and had such a profound impact on our lives. Thank you for sharing him with us he will be missed.
Sincerely, 
Laurie, Madalaena’s mom-Konkey

PS
We learned that Dr. Turok lived in BG which is where my husband and I are from and then we looked it up and my husband did plow for your family. What a small world. We did not ever discuss that with him as we didn’t know we had so many connections to him. 

So devasted to hear of David's passing. He was a good man with a lot of warmth in his personality. He will be missed and remembered.

David will be missed by all of us, I spent a lot of sabbaths with him and his family.  
                                                    Nina Dubman

David was one of the most brilliant men I've ever known and he had a great sense of humor. I knew him from his years practicing ophthalmology in Dothan,  AL. I visited him in Buffalo Grove in 2005 for Sukkot & to attend Rebecca's bat mitzvah.  

We are so saddened to hear of Davids passing. We have amazing memories of great times years ago in his home in buffalo grove.  BDE 💔 

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David Turok

Passed away on DECEMBER 21, 2021

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