Christy Turer, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Internal Medicine | Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Christy Turer, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Turer holds a bachelor's degree in natural science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she graduated with high honors. She earned her medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency program and a fellowship in health services research in primary care at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. During her fellowship, she completed a master's degree in health services research at the Duke and NIH Clinical Research training program. From 2018-2021, she obtained additional training at the University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center in applied clinical informatics. Dr. Turer joined the UT Southwestern faculty January 2010 and is Board-certified by: the American Boards of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obesity Medicine. Dr. Turer is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Medical Informatics Association. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Education Medical School Johns Hopkins University (2004) Residency Duke University Medical Center (2008), Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Fellowship Duke/Durham VA Medical Center (2010), Research Other Post Graduate Training Duke/NIH Clinical Research Training Program (2010) Graduate School Duke/NIH Clinical Research Training Program (2010) Research Interest Effective primary-care weight-management interventions Immediate and long-term health risks due to obesity Medications that impact weight as a side effect Publications External Validation of an Electronic Phenotyping Algorithm Detecting Attention to High Body Mass Index in Pediatric Primary Care Barron AG, Fenick AM, Maciejewski KR, Turer CB, Sharifi M Applied Clinical Informatics 2024 Aug 15 700-708 Electronic phenotypes to distinguish clinician attention to high body mass index, hypertension, lipid disorders, fatty liver and diabetes in pediatric primary care: Diagnostic accuracy of electronic phenotypes compared to masked comprehensive chart review Turer CB, Park JJ, Gupta OT, Ramirez C, Basit MA, Heitjan DF, Barlow SE Pediatric Obesity 2023 Oct 18 Persistent high blood pressure and renal dysfunction in preterm infants during childhood Wickland J, Steven Brown L, Blanco V, Heyne R, Turer C, Rosenfeld CR Pediatric Research 2023 Jan 93 217-225 A Longitudinal Effectiveness Study of a Child Obesity Electronic Health Record Tool Braddock A, Koopman RJ, Smith J, Lee AS, McNair SH, Hampl S, Wareg N, Clary M, Miller N, Turer CB Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2022 Jul 35 742-750 Determining pediatric hypertension criteria: Concordance between observed physician methods and guideline-recommended methods Turer CB, Doney A, Bowen ME, Menzies C, Gheen WT, Bhat D, Fish J, Barlow SE, Skinner CS, Lehmann CU Journal of hypertension 2021 Sep 39 1893-1900 Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Among Youth with Obesity and History of Elevated Blood Pressure Abdul-Raheem JN, Binka E, Roem J, Turer CB, Urbina EM, Brady TM Journal of Pediatrics 2021 Aug 235 130-137 COVID Pandemic and Childhood Obesity: A Return to Normal is Too Low a Bar Barlow SE, Gupta OT, Messiah SE, Turer CB Childhood Obesity 2021 Apr 17 151-152 Clinical Decision Support for the Diagnosis and Management of Adult and Pediatric Hypertension Vuppala S, Turer CB Current hypertension reports 2020 Sep 22 Pediatrician Communication About High Blood Pressure in Children With Overweight/Obesity During Well-Child Visits Bismar N, Barlow SE, Brady TM, Turer CB Academic Pediatrics 2020 Aug 20 776-783 Adoption of an Electronic Medical Record Tool for Childhood Obesity by Primary Care Providers Williams A, Turer C, Smith J, Nievera I, McCulloch L, Wareg N, Clary M, Rajagopalan A, Brownson RC, Koopman RJ, Hampl S Applied Clinical Informatics 2020 Mar 11 210-217 Results 1-10 of 35 1 2 3 4 Next Last Books Featured Books Obesity and Inflammation. In Keller K, ed. Encyclopedia of Obesity. Boling CL. (2008). Sage Publications. Honors & Awards UT Southwestern Pact Gold PinPACT awards recognize excellence in: problem solving; ability, attitude, and accountability; communications, contribution, and collaboration (2021) Texas Super DoctorTexas Monthly Magazine (2017) Society of Pediatric Research (2014) Special Government EmployeeFood and Drug Administration (FDA), Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (2014-2020) Dannon Nutrition Leadership Institute (2011) American Society for Nutrition (2010) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Board of Internal Medicine (2010) American Board of Obesity Medicine (2015) American Board of Pediatrics (2008) American College of Physicians The Obesity Society
