Alexandra P Turner, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery - (Clinical Series Track)

Alexandra Turner, MD, is a clinical associate professor of surgery in the University of Arizona Department of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplant Surgery.

Dr. Turner attended Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in molecular biology. She received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed general surgery residency at Emory University School of Medicine. During her clinical training, she completed a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship in transplant immunology at the Emory Transplant Center under the mentorship of Dr. Christian Larsen and Dr. Allan Kirk. Dr. Turner subsequently completed her abdominal transplant fellowship at the Emory Transplant Center. Dually trained in abdominal transplant surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery, she completed her HPB fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Turner specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation as well as pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery. Her research has focused on novel co-stimulation blockade-based immunosuppression regimens and the context-dependent role of rapamycin in determining the immune response. Her work has been published in high impact journals including Nature and Nature Medicine.

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Research Interests

Novel co-stimulation blockade-based immunosuppression regimens and the context-dependent role of rapamycin in determining the immune response

Degree(s)

  • BS, Molecular Biology: Princeton University, MD: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2004
Residency
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Junior Residency in General Surgery, 2004-2007
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Senior and Chief Residency in General Surgery, 2009-2011 
Fellowship
Emory Transplant Center, Abdominal Transplant Fellow, 2011-2013
Indiana University School of Medicine, Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery
Emory Transplant Center, Abdominal Transplant Fellow, 2007-2009
Internship
Emory Affiliated Hospitals, 2004-2007
Clinical Practice

Liver transplantation
Pancreas transplantation
Kidney transplantation
Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Surgery, 2012