Individual Details

Dr. Robert Arthur "Bob" Turkel

(11 Aug 1933 - 11 Jul 2021)

see his website http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bobturk/photo.htm
-- His Life Story:
Dr. Robert Arthur Turkel passed away on July 11, 2021.
He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1933 and moved to Tampa in 1944.
He attended college at the University of Florida, attended medical school at Tulane University graduating 6th in his class.
He did an internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and then served as a flight surgeon for 2 years in the Air Force. He returned to Miami to complete a residency and fellowship in cardiology at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Dr Turkel then returned to Tampa to form one of the first internal medicine and cardiology groups with Drs David Bauman, Edward Straub and Peter O Knight IV.
He practiced successfully for many years, served as Vice Chief of Staff at Tampa General Hospital, and was instrumental in the founding of Memorial Hospital. He started EKG Associates, initiated the fire rescue approach that still operates in Tampa today. Dr Turkel was a member of the Hillsborough Medical Society, a fellow in the American College of Internal Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. He earned a Distinguished Service Award from the latter organization. He served as president of the Tampa Chapter of the American Heart Association. In his later career he founded Florida Medical Quality Assurance which oversaw medicare contracts for hospitals and doctors in the state of Florida. Dr Turkel retired in 1997 for health issues.

https://www.segalfuneralhome.com/obituary/DrRobert-Turkel

Events

Birth11 Aug 1933Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence1950Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Marriage19 Aug 1967Hillsborough, Florida, United States - Elinor Verkauf
Residence199333606-2257 - 502 S Magnolia Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Election1998Members of the Florida Chapter ACP-ASIM
ResidenceAft Jun 200033602 - 328 Inner Harbour Circle, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Death11 Jul 2021Florida, United States
OccupationPhysician, retired
Phone813-221-5626, 813-354-9111
Emailrturkel1@tampabay.rr.com; rturkel@yahoo.com
Residence33609-4038 - 2919 W Swann Ave, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States

Families

Notes

Residence

StreetAddress: 502 S Magnolia Ave; Age: 60; StreetAddress: 860 S Daivs Bv; StreetAddress: 3302 W Azeele St; StreetAddress: 860 S Davis Blvd; PhoneNumber: 254-3476; PhoneNumber: 254-3476; PhoneNumber: 254-3476; PhoneNumber: 254-3476

Residence

StreetAddress: 328 Inner Harbour Cir; PhoneNumber: 813-221-5626

Death

Obituary: Dr. Robert Arthur passed away July 11, 2021.
Born in Waterbury, CT in 1933, he moved to Tampa in 1944. He attended college at the University of Florida and Tulane University Medical School. After an internship at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami he served as a flight surgeon in the Air Force. He returned to Miami to complete a residency and fellowship in cardiology at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Turkel then returned to Tampa to form one of the first internal medicine and Cardiology groups with Drs. David Bauman, Edward Straub, and Peter O'Knight IV. He served as Vice Chief of Staff at Tampa General Hospital and was instrumental in the founding of Memorial Hospital. He started EKG Associates and was a member of the Hillsborough County Medical Society, The American College of Medicine, The American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. In his later career he founded Florida Medical Quality Assurance which oversaw Medicare contracts for doctors snd hospitals. He retired in 1997 for health reasons. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Elinor and their daughters, Julie Turkel and Katherine Rosenfeld (her husband Doug), and his granddaughters, Anna and Elizabeth Rosenfeld and Justine and Romy Abrahamson. He will be missed by his beloved twin brother, Richard Turkel, his wife Sandy; in-laws, Barry and Arline Verkauf; nieces and nephews.
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Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019), Tampa Bay Times; Publication Date: 25 Jul 2021; Publication Place: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/751493907/?article=c822505c-341f-49e3-895a-2b617236a34c&focus=0.0091937855,0.7686152,0.33170554,0.9953009&xid=3355.

2. Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Hillsborough, Florida; Roll: 5486; Page: 80; Enumeration District: 29-40A.

3. Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Hillsborough, Florida; Roll: 5486; Page: 80; Enumeration District: 29-40A.

4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2020), The Tampa Times; Publication Date: 22/ Aug/ 1967; Publication Place: Tampa, Florida, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/328856990/?article=a8d965ef-7486-43b1-b1a6-4f43252cf752&focus=0.17604582,0,0.736724,0.5073087&xid=3398.

5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).

6. Ancestry.com, U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), City: Tampa; State: Florida; Year(s): 2002.

7. Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019), Tampa Bay Times; Publication Date: 25 Jul 2021; Publication Place: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/751493907/?article=c822505c-341f-49e3-895a-2b617236a34c&focus=0.0091937855,0.7686152,0.33170554,0.9953009&xid=3355.

8. Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).