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J. Francis Turner Jr., MD, Pulmonology, Billings, MT

J. FrancisTurnerJr.MDFACP, FCCP, FCCM

Pulmonology Billings, MT

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Thoracic Oncology

Professor of Medicine Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Senior Research Fellow National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment Las Vegas, NV

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  • Office

    2900 12th ave
    Billings, MT 59101
    Phone+1 406-238-6800

Education & Training

  • Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
    Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1990 - 1992
  • Martinez Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    Martinez Veterans Affairs Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1989 - 1990
  • McLaren Health Care/Flint/MSU
    McLaren Health Care/Flint/MSUResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
  • St. George's University School of Medicine
    St. George's University School of MedicineClass of 1981
  • College of St. Thomas
    College of St. ThomasB.A., 1974 - 1977
  • St. Olaf College
    St. Olaf CollegeNo Degree, 1973 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • HI State Medical License
    HI State Medical License 2004 - 2026
  • MT State Medical License
    MT State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • UT State Medical License
    UT State Medical License 2011 - 2026
  • NM State Medical License
    NM State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • NV State Medical License
    NV State Medical License 1995 - 2025
  • WY State Medical License
    WY State Medical License 2009 - 2025
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2004 - 2023
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Department of Veterans Affairs Service Award, Ten Years of Dedicated Service 2007
  • Recognition Award for Distinguished Service on the e-Advisory Network American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), 2005
  • The Best Doctors in America Best Doctors, 2003
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Analysis of lung microbiome from patients undergoing bronchoscopy  
    Weiss GJ, Linhart M, Nader DA, Turner JF, Ross JB, Gregory C, Keim P, Harmon B, Barilla H, Pearson T, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Virtual Library, 1/1/2015
  • Efficacy and adequacy of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration of IASLC stations 4R, 4L, and 7 using endobronchial landmarks provided by the Wang nodal mapping...  
    Liu Q, Han S, Arias S, Turner JF, Lee H, Browning R, Wang KP, Thoracic Cancer, 1/1/2015
  • Transtracheal single-point stent fixation in posttracheotomy tracheomalacia under cone-beam computer tomography guidance by transmural suturing with the Berci needle-a...  
    Hohenforst-Schmidt W, Linsmeier B, Zargoulidis P, Freitag L, Darwiche K, Browning R, Turner JF, Juang H, Li Q, Vogl T, Zargoulidis K, Brachmann J, Rittiger H, Ther Clin Risk Manag, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • The Search for Cancer: Procedures in High Risk Patients; Elevated cardiac risk in patients undergoing bronchoscopy.
    Modi D, Dudney T, Turner JF, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Denver, CO, 1/1/2015
  • Upstaging of Lung Cancer – Use of endobronchial ultrasound in the prediction of T4 disease.
    Turner JF, Parrish S, Browning R, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Denver, CO, 1/1/2015
  • Stent and Freeze. Bronchoscopic spray cryotherapy (SCT) in palliative airway interventions. IP-P10-4.
    Parrish S, Carter C, Turner JF, Zarogoulidis P, Browning R, 18th World Congress for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology and World Congress for Bronchoesophagology, Kyoto, Japan, 1/13/2014
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Lectures

  • Focus on Lung Cancer 
    Beaver Creek, CO - 1/28/2016
  • Interventional Pulmonology Innovative Techniques in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Diseases of the Lung 
    Beaver Creek, CO - 1/26/2016
  • Lung Cancer. Frankly Speaking About Cancer. 
    Knoxville, TN - 1/20/2015
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