Turner MD

After an internship in Surgery at The New York University Medical Center between 1970 and 1971, Dr. Turner completed the general surgery residency at New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital in 1975.

Licensure:

New York - 1971

Certification:

Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, 1976

Added Qualification in Critical Care, American Board of Surgery

Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support

Fellowship:

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Academic and Clinical Appointments:

1974-1993 - Clinical Instructor in Surgery, New York University School of Medicine

1988-1994 - Clinical Professor, Alderson-Broaddus College, Physician Assistant Program

1994- present- Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College

1972-1988- Attending Surgeon, Manhattan VA Hospital

1975-1977- Attending Surgeon, Staten Island Hospital

1975-1977- Attending Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital of Staten Island

1977-1979- Attending Surgeon, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

1979-1985 - Assistant Director of Surgery, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

1980-1994- Director of Surgical Intensive Care, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

1984-1994- Physician-In-Charge, Division of Vascular Surgery, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

1985-1994- Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

1994- present- Chairman, Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

Professional Societies:

American Medical Association

Society of Critical Care

Eastern Vascular Society

The New York Cardiovascular Society

New York Surgical Society

Dr. Turner is academically active in many areas, including surgery, intensive care medicine, and vascular surgery. Among his numerous contributions to the literature have been works on nutrition and airway management in the critical care patient, general and vascular surgical technique, and cancers of the pancreas and colon.