Michael J. Turley, PA-C, CWO4 USCG (Ret), aged 55, passed away surrounded by friends and family on Tuesday evening, July 30, 2002 from complications of a lengthy illness in Orange Park, Florida.
Born in Staten Island, New York, Mike served as a highly decorated combat Hospital Corpsman with the first Marine Division in Viet Nam. Utilizing his specialized training, Mike became one of the first in a newly created field of health care practitioners, a Physician Assistant. After graduating from PA School in Staten Island, New York, Mike relocated to Orange Park in 1974 where he spent his professional career providing health care to his patients initially in private practice in Orange Park and then in several Jacksonville area Emergency Departments.
Mike served as a clinical instructor for PAs and medical students training at the University of Florida. Until his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in 1998, he served as the Senior Medical Officer for the local reserve unit.
Love and respected by his students, patients, colleagues and friends, Mike touched many lives. He worked tirelessly on behalf of other Viet Nam veterans and was a spokesman for their cause.
A father, son, comrade, colleague, friend and teacher, Mike was many things to many people. His mother Ann Turley and a devoted son, Brian Turley, survive him. "Together Then, Together Again."
Born in Staten Island, New York, Mike served as a highly decorated combat Hospital Corpsman with the first Marine Division in Viet Nam. Utilizing his specialized training, Mike became one of the first in a newly created field of health care practitioners, a Physician Assistant. After graduating from PA School in Staten Island, New York, Mike relocated to Orange Park in 1974 where he spent his professional career providing health care to his patients initially in private practice in Orange Park and then in several Jacksonville area Emergency Departments.
Mike served as a clinical instructor for PAs and medical students training at the University of Florida. Until his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in 1998, he served as the Senior Medical Officer for the local reserve unit.
Love and respected by his students, patients, colleagues and friends, Mike touched many lives. He worked tirelessly on behalf of other Viet Nam veterans and was a spokesman for their cause.
A father, son, comrade, colleague, friend and teacher, Mike was many things to many people. His mother Ann Turley and a devoted son, Brian Turley, survive him. "Together Then, Together Again."
Michael J. Turley, PA-C, CWO4 USCG (Ret), aged 55, passed away surrounded by friends and family on Tuesday evening, July 30, 2002 from complications of a lengthy illness in Orange Park, Florida.
Born in Staten Island, New York, Mike served as a highly decorated combat Hospital Corpsman with the first Marine Division in Viet Nam. Utilizing his specialized training, Mike became one of the first in a newly created field of health care practitioners, a Physician Assistant. After graduating from PA School in Staten Island, New York, Mike relocated to Orange Park in 1974 where he spent his professional career providing health care to his patients initially in private practice in Orange Park and then in several Jacksonville area Emergency Departments.
Mike served as a clinical instructor for PAs and medical students training at the University of Florida. Until his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in 1998, he served as the Senior Medical Officer for the local reserve unit.
Love and respected by his students, patients, colleagues and friends, Mike touched many lives. He worked tirelessly on behalf of other Viet Nam veterans and was a spokesman for their cause.
A father, son, comrade, colleague, friend and teacher, Mike was many things to many people. His mother Ann Turley and a devoted son, Brian Turley, survive him. "Together Then, Together Again."
Born in Staten Island, New York, Mike served as a highly decorated combat Hospital Corpsman with the first Marine Division in Viet Nam. Utilizing his specialized training, Mike became one of the first in a newly created field of health care practitioners, a Physician Assistant. After graduating from PA School in Staten Island, New York, Mike relocated to Orange Park in 1974 where he spent his professional career providing health care to his patients initially in private practice in Orange Park and then in several Jacksonville area Emergency Departments.
Mike served as a clinical instructor for PAs and medical students training at the University of Florida. Until his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in 1998, he served as the Senior Medical Officer for the local reserve unit.
Love and respected by his students, patients, colleagues and friends, Mike touched many lives. He worked tirelessly on behalf of other Viet Nam veterans and was a spokesman for their cause.
A father, son, comrade, colleague, friend and teacher, Mike was many things to many people. His mother Ann Turley and a devoted son, Brian Turley, survive him. "Together Then, Together Again."
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