Bio: Patricia L. Turner, MD

Patricia L. Turner, MD

Patricia L. Turner, MD is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her fellowship training was in minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center & Weill-Cornell University School of Medicine in New York.

A graduate of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Dr. Turner continued her training as an intern and resident in surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. During her residency, she was a senior staff fellow at the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism.

Dr. Turner's clinical practice focuses on minimally invasive/laparoscopic, gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery. Her academic interests include teaching and training paradigms for medical students and residents in open and laparoscopic surgery.

In organized medicine, Dr. Turner has held the role of the resident on the general surgery RRC and was the resident member on the AMA Council on Scientific Affairs (now renamed).  In addition, she is quite active in the American College of Surgeons, serving as a member of the Committee on Informatics, the Committee on Young Surgeons, the Committee on Patient Education, and the Task Force on Practice Based Learning and Improvement.