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Jeffrey Turner, MD

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Co-Director Yale Hypertension Clinic, Nephrology

Nephrology Elective Director, Nephrology

Medical Director Davita Branford, Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine

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Associate Professor Term

Co-Director Yale Hypertension Clinic, Nephrology; Nephrology Elective Director, Nephrology

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Medical Director Davita Branford, Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine

Biography

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.

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  • Nephrology

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Montefiore Medical Center (2011)
Chief Resident
Montefiore Medical Center (2009)
Residency
Montefiore Medical Center (2008)
MD
New York Medical College (2005)
BS
San Diego State University, Biology (1999)

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Frequent collaborators of Jeffrey Turner's published research.

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2024

2023

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    American Society of Nephrology

Clinical Care

Overview

Jeffrey Turner, MD, is a nephrologist and co-director of the Yale Medicine Nephrology Hypertension Clinic. He treats all forms of kidney disease, both acute and chronic, as well as electrolyte abnormalities. He is certified by the American Society of Hypertension as a hypertension specialist, and he specializes in complex hypertensive syndromes.

"I'm in the business of improving people's quality of life,” Dr. Turner says. “That means different things to different people. Sometimes, it means recommending that they go on a medication; other times, it means just the opposite—not taking a medication but doing everything they can other than that to treat their disease." Either way, he encourages patients to be open about how they feel about a given treatment that may require a level of commitment on their part. “The more forthcoming someone is about what they're willing to do and not willing to do, the easier it is for me to work with them,” he says.

Mentors met in the course of his medical training inspired Dr. Turner to care for people with kidney disease and hypertension. He says they helped him develop his own approaches to caring for his patients and earning their trust. “It really all comes down to the mentors I’ve had—little tools from different people,” he says.

An associate professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Turner has several research interests, including renal denervation for the treatment of hypertension, novel medical therapies for diabetic and non-diabetic chronic kidney disease, and new methods for addressing diuretic resistance in cardiorenal syndrome. He oversees the Nephrology Clinical Trials Office and manages a portfolio of nephrology-focused clinical trials for patients at Yale.

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Nephrology

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