Jeffrey Turner, MD

Dr. Turner is a clinical educator in the section of Nephrology. His responsibilities include patient care, teaching, and research.

The patients populations that Dr. Turner's clinical cares focuses on for are primarily those with kidney disease and hypertension. Dr. Turner has clinical expertise in a wide variety of kidney related ailments including nephrotic syndromes, glomerulonephritis, kidney disease in the setting of heart failure, diabetic nephropathy, and hypertensive associated kidney disease. Additionally, he is a certified specialist in hypertension and he cares for patients with resistant hypertension as well as those requiring specialized evaluations for identifiable secondary causes of hypertension.

In terms of teaching, Dr. Turner is a course director for the Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program and has a myriad of teaching responsibilities involving trainees at all levels (interns, residents, and fellows). He participates in a number of invited lectures at Yale New Haven Hospital as well as the Yale New Haven Health affiliated hospitals. Additionally, he has been an invited speaker at local at national meetings for various Nephrology associations.

Finally, Dr. Turner participates in clinical research at Yale as well. This includes serving as a site Principal Investigator for industry sponsored trials at the Yale Nephrology Office of Clinical Research as well as collaborating with colleagues in the Section of Cardiology at Yale on cardiorenal therapies in both animal and human models.