ChristyTurerMDMHS
Medicine/Pediatrics • Dallas, TXAssociate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Office
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390Phone+1 214-645-7995Fax+1 214-645-7996
Summary
- I am a triple-boarded/triple-practicing pediatrician, internist, and obesity-medicine specialist, with additional training and experience in health-services research and applying clinical informatics to conduct dissemination/implementation research.
The central goal of my past and present research is to identify what primary-care providers can do to promote improvement in weight status and health outcomes in patients with overweight and obesity.
Education & Training
UT Houston School of Biomedical InformaticsMS, Applied Clinical Informatics, 2016
Duke University HospitalFellowship, 2008 - 2010- Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2004 - 2008
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2009 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2004 - 2011- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Member Society of Pediatric Research, 2014
- Member Dannone Nutrition Leadership Institute, 2011
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
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Clinical Trials
- Primary Care, Communication, and Improving Children's Health Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 14
- Primary Care Clinical Practice Elements and Improving Overweight Children's Weight Status Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- External Validation of an Electronic Phenotyping Algorithm Detecting Attention to High Body Mass Index in Pediatric Primary Care.Anya G Barron, Ada M Fenick, Kaitlin R Maciejewski, Christy B Turer, Mona Sharifi
Applied Clinical Informatics. 2024-08-01 - Electronic phenotypes to distinguish clinician attention to high body mass index, hypertension, lipid disorders, fatty liver and diabetes in pediatric primary care: Di...Christy B Turer, Jenny J Park, Olga T Gupta, Charina Ramirez, Mujeeb A Basit
Pediatric Obesity. 2023-10-01 - 2 citationsPersistent high blood pressure and renal dysfunction in preterm infants during childhood.Jessica Wickland, L Steven Brown, Valerie Blanco, Roy Heyne, Christy Turer
Pediatric Research. 2023-01-01
Press Mentions
Urgent Need for Low-Cost in-Home Diagnostics for Obstructive Sleep ApneaDecember 5th, 2017
FDA: Risk of Opioid Use in Cough Medicines Outweighs BenefitsSeptember 11th, 2017
Kids Facing Grown-up Illnesses like Eating Disorders, ObesitySeptember 5th, 2017
Grant Support
- Primary Care, Communication, and Improving Children's HealthNational Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2014–2018
- Supplement pilot award for fellow sub-study: Role of Stressful Life Events in Emotional Health of School-Age Children with Overweight and ObesityNIH/CTSA2016
- Supplement pilot award: Primary Care, Communication, and Improving Children's HealthNIH/CTSA2015
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- The Obesity SocietyMember
- Pediatric Academic SocietiesMember
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