Dr Terk was born and raised in the New York area. He completed his undergraduate training at Emory University in Atlanta, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He returned to New York City to attend the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he also later completed his training in Radiation Oncology. While at Mount Sinai, he was elected Chief Resident and served as a representative to the Medical Board. He was also nominated to serve on the Executive Committee of the New York Roentgen Society. Following his Residency training he moved to Jacksonville to join his family, who had relocated here in 1993.

Dr. Terk's special area of expertise is with prostate cancer. He is the medical director of our world renowned prostate cancer program, the Florida Center for Prostate Care, and has been performing prostate seed implants since 1994. He has personally performed well over 3,500 seed implants in recent years alone, and routinely performs hundreds of seed implants a year. The Florida Center for Prostate Care is routinely one of the top three seed implant centers in the world and offers the newest IGRT technology for the treatment of prostate cancer.

He is an internationally acclaimed lecturer on prostate cancer and has presented personal research at major medical centers and a myriad of conferences. He has been involved with training physicians throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Procision™ technique of prostate seed implantation and in Intra-operative Dosimetry.

In addition to prostate cancer, Dr. Terk has also published research on breast, gynecological, and gastrointestinal cancers.

His personal interests include the arts, antique automobiles and travel. He was elected a member to the Explorers Club in 1991. He enjoys spending time with his wife, family, and his two Australian Shepherds.