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Kevin Turner, MD

Medical Resident/Fellow

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Medical Degree: Loyola University
  • Bachelor's Degree: College of the Holy Cross (Chemistry)
Contact Information

Peer Reviewed Publications

Delman, Aaron M; Whitrock, Jenna N; Turner, Kevin M; Donovan, Eileen C; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A; Patel, Sameer H; Ahmad, Syed A; Wilson, Gregory C 2024. Defining the operative time threshold for safety in patients undergoing robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 26 3, 323-332

Hariri, Hussein M; Perez, Samuel B; Turner, Kevin M; Wilson, Gregory C 2024. Minimally Invasive Pancreas Surgery: Is There a Benefit? The Surgical clinics of North America, 104 5, 1083-1093

Turner, Kevin M; Delman, Aaron M; Lim, Szu-Aun; Marasligiller, Stefan; Ammann, Allison M; Vaysburg, Dennis M; Wallen, Taylor E; Ahmad, Syed A; Wilson, Gregory C; Patel, Sameer H 2024. Contemporary Outcomes of Grade-C Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula in a Nationwide Database. The Journal of surgical research, 296 , 302-309

Turner, Kevin M; Patel, Sameer H 2024. Pancreatic Cancer Screening among High-risk Individuals. The Surgical clinics of North America, 104 5, 951-964

Turner, Kevin M; Wilson, Gregory C 2024. Improving Long-Term Care of Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis: In Reply to Bardenhagen and Izbicki. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 238 6, 1167-1168

Turner, Kevin M; Wilson, Gregory C; Patel, Sameer H; Ahmad, Syed A 2024. ASO Practice Guidelines Series: Management of Resectable, Borderline Resectable, and Locally Advanced Pancreas Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology, 31 3, 1884-1897

Turner, Kevin M; Delman, Aaron M; Griffith, Azante; Wima, Koffi; Patel, Sameer H; Wilson, Gregory C; Shah, Shimul A; Van Haren, Robert M 2023. Feeding Jejunostomy Tube in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy: Utilization and Outcomes in a Nationwide Cohort. World journal of surgery, 47 11, 2800-2808

Wilson, Gregory C; Patel, Sameer H; Wang, Jiang; Xu, Kui; Turner, Kevin M; Becker, Katrin Anne; Carpinteiro, Alexander; Szabo, Ildiko; Ahmad, Syed A; Gulbins, Erich 2023. Acid sphingomyelinase expression is associated with survival in resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 101 7, 891-903

Ammann, Allison M; Wallen, Taylor E; Delman, Aaron M; Turner, Kevin M; Salvator, Ann; Pritts, Timothy A; Makley, Amy T; Goodman, Michael D 2022. Low Volume Blood Product Transfusion Patterns And Ratios After Injury. American journal of surgery, 224 5, 1319-1323

Holm, Tammy M; Yeo, Syn; Turner, Kevin M; Guan, Jun-Lin 2022. Targeting Autophagy in Thyroid Cancer: EMT, Apoptosis, and Cancer Stem Cells. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 10 , 821855

Turner, Kevin M; Delman, Aaron M; Donovan, Eileen C; Brunner, John; Wahab, Shaun A; Dai, Yufei; Choe, Kyuran A; Smith, Milton T; Patel, Sameer H; Ahmad, Syed A; Wilson, Gregory C 2022. Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: a 10-year update on outcomes and assessment of long-term durability. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 24 11, 2013-2021

Turner, Kevin M; Delman, Aaron M; Kharofa, Jordan; Olowokure, Olugbenga; Sohal, Davendra; Quillin, R Cutler; Shah, Shimul A; Ahmad, Syed A; Patel, Sameer H; Wilson, Gregory C 2022. A National Assessment of T2 Staging for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and the Poor Prognosis Associated with Multifocality. Annals of surgical oncology, 29 8, 5094-5102

Turner, Kevin M; Morris, Mackenzie C; Sohal, Davendra; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Wilson, Gregory C; Ahmad, Syed A; Patel, Sameer H 2022. Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A Summary of Key Clinical Trials. Journal of clinical medicine, 11 12,

Delman, Aaron M; Ammann, Allison M; Turner, Kevin M; Vaysburg, Dennis M; Van Haren, Robert M 2021. A narrative review of socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Journal of thoracic disease, 13 6, 3801-3808

Gnerlich, Jennifer L; Ding, Xianzhong; Joyce, Cara; Turner, Kevin; Johnson, Christopher D; Chen, Haiyan; Abood, Gerard J; Pappas, Samuel G; Aranha, Gerard V 2019. Increased SOX9 Expression in Premalignant and Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasms. Annals of surgical oncology, 26 2, 628-634

Turner, Kevin; Gnerlich, Jennifer L 2019. ASO Author Reflections: Role of SOX9 Transcription Factor in Pancreatic Neoplasms. Annals of surgical oncology, 26 Suppl 3, 567-568

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Millar D.A.; Goodman M.D.; Janowak C.F. 12-01-2022. A method for identifying the learning curve for the surgical stabilization of rib fractures Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 93 6, 743-749

Turner K.M.; Morris M.C.; Delman A.M.; Hanseman D.; Johnston F.M.; Greer J.; Walle K.V.; Abbott D.E.; Raoof M.; Grotz T.E.; Fournier K.; Dineen S.; Veerapong J.; Maduekwe U.; Kothari A.; Staley C.A.; Maithel S.K.; Lambert L.A.; Kim A.C.; Cloyd J.M.; Wilson G.C.; Sussman J.J.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H. 12-01-2022. Do Lymph Node Metastases Matter in Appendiceal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis? A US HIPEC Col Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 26 12, 2569-2578

Vaysburg D.M.; Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Salvator A.; Frasier L.L. 12-01-2022. Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Cholecystectomy Timing Predicts Hand-Offs but Not Miscounts Journal of Surgical Research, 280 , 55-62

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Griffith A.; Schepers E.; Ammann A.M.; Holm T.M. 11-01-2022. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Resectable Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Nationwide Analysis Journal of Surgical Research, 279 , 200-207

Wallen T.E.; Youngs J.; Baucom M.R.; Turner K.; Schuster R.; England L.; Pritts T.A.; Goodman M.D. 11-01-2022. Aspirin Administration Mitigates Platelet Hyperaggregability After Splenectomy in a Murine Model Journal of Surgical Research, 279 , 548-556

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Safdar K.; Anwar N.; Silski L.S.; Lee T.C.; Luckett K.; Cuffy M.C.; Quillin R.C.; Schoech M.; Kaiser T.E.; Govil A.; Bari K.; Shah S.A. 10-01-2021. Expanding the Donor Pool: First Use of Hepatitis B Virus Nat Positive Solid Organ Allografts Into Se Annals of surgery, 274 4, 556-564

Ammann A.M.; Delman A.M.; Bethi M.; Turner K.M.; Sedaghat A.R.; Holm T.M. 09-01-2022. Gender Disparities in Academic Productivity and Promotion Among Endocrine Surgery Faculty Journal of Surgical Research, 277 , 335-341

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Ahmad M.; Silski L.A.S.; Hanseman D.; Tang A.; Steward D.; Shah S.A.; Holm T.M. 09-01-2022. Surgery is Underutilized in the Management of Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism Journal of Surgical Research, 277 , 261-268

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Silski L.S.; Quillin R.C.; Estrada M.; Lemon K.; Cuffy M.C.; Shah S.A. 09-01-2022. The Kidney Transplant Equity Index: Improving Racial and Ethnic Minority Access to Transplantation Annals of Surgery, 276 3, 420-429

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Wima K.; Simon V.E.; Starnes S.L.; Shah S.A.; Van Haren R.M. 08-01-2022. Offering lung resection to current smokers: An opportunity for more equitable care Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 164 2, 400-408.e1

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Kharofa J.; Olowokure O.; Sohal D.; Cutler Quillin R.; Shah S.A.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H.; Wilson G.C. 08-01-2022. ASO Visual Abstract: A National Assessment of T2 Staging for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and the Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 8, 5105-5106

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Kharofa J.; Olowokure O.; Sohal D.; Quillin R.C.; Shah S.A.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H.; Wilson G.C. 08-01-2022. A National Assessment of T2 Staging for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and the Poor Prognosis Assoc Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 8, 5094-5102

Turner K.M.; Wilson G.C. 08-01-2022. ASO Author Reflections: Disparate Outcomes in Stage II Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case for U Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 8, 5103-5104

Turner K.M.; Yeo S.K.; Holm T.M.; Shaughnessy E.; Guan J.L. 08-01-2021. Heterogeneity within molecular subtypes of breast cancer American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 321 2, C343-C354

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Ammann A.M.; Sohal D.; Olowokure O.; Choe K.A.; Smith M.T.; Kharofa J.R.; Ahmad S.A.; Wilson G.C.; Patel S.H. 07-01-2022. Is There a Benefit to Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected, Early Stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinom Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 7, 4610-4619

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Johnston M.E.; Hanseman D.; Wilson G.C.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H. 07-01-2022. Is endocrine and exocrine function improved following duodenal preserving pancreatic head resection HPB, 24 7, 1194-1200

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Kharofa J.R.; Smith M.T.; Choe K.A.; Olowokure O.; Wilson G.C.; Patel S.H.; Sohal D.; Ahmad S.A. 07-01-2022. Radiation therapy in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A review Surgery (United States), 172 1, 284-290

Turner K.M.; Patel S.H. 07-01-2022. ASO Author Reflections: The Survival Advantage Persists: Benefit of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resecte Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 7, 4620-4621

Holm T.M.; Yeo S.; Turner K.M.; Guan J.L. 06-29-2022. Targeting Autophagy in Thyroid Cancer: EMT, Apoptosis, and Cancer Stem Cells Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10 ,

Vaysburg D.M.; Delman A.M.; Sisak S.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Cortez A.R.; Shah S.A.; Quillin R.C. 06-01-2023. Biophysiological stress and sleep deprivation among abdominal transplant surgery fellows: A prospect American Journal of Surgery, 225 6, 962-966

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Schepers E.; Vaysburg D.M.; Cortez A.R.; Van Haren R.M.; Wilson G.C.; Shah S.A.; Quillin R.C. 06-01-2022. The volume-outcomes relationship in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation Clinical Transplantation, 36 6,

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Vaysburg D.M.; Kharofa J.R.; Smith M.T.; Choe K.A.; Olowokure O.; Sohal D.; Wilson G.C.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H. 06-01-2022. ASO Visual Abstract: Systemic Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma-How Much Is Enough? Annals of surgical oncology, 29 6, 3475-3476

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Vaysburg D.M.; Kharofa J.R.; Smith M.T.; Choe K.A.; Olowokure O.; Sohal D.; Wilson G.C.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H. 06-01-2022. Systemic Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: How Much is Enough? Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 6, 3463-3472

Turner K.M.; Morris M.C.; Sohal D.; Sussman J.J.; Wilson G.C.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H. 06-01-2022. Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Colorectal Peritoneal Metast Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 12,

Turner K.M.; Patel S.H. 06-01-2022. ASO Author Reflections: An Underappreciated Metric: Systemic Chemotherapy Dose Density in Pancreatic Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 6, 3473-3474

Delman A.M.; Ammann A.M.; Turner K.M.; Vaysburg D.M.; van Haren R.M. 06-01-2021. A narrative review of socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of esophageal cancer Journal of Thoracic Disease, 13 6, 3801-3808

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Jones C.R.; Vaysburg D.M.; Silski L.S.; King C.; Luckett K.; Safdar K.; Quillin R.C.; Shah S.A. 06-01-2021. Keeping the lights on: Telehealth, testing, and 6-month outcomes for orthotopic liver transplantatio Surgery (United States), 169 6, 1519-1524

Delman A.M.; Kassam A.F.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Lynch C.; Morris M.C.; Vaysburg D.M.; Cortez A.R.; Quillin R.C. 05-01-2023. Incidence of attrition among early-career abdominal transplant surgeons Surgery (United States), 173 5, 1113-1119

Wilson G.C.; Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Wahab S.; Ofosu A.; Smith M.T.; Choe K.A.; Patel S.H.; Ahmad S.A. 04-01-2023. Long-Term Survival Outcomes after Operative Management of Chronic Pancreatitis: Two Decades of Exper Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 236 4, 601-610

Turner K.M.; Patel S.H. 04-01-2022. Low-Risk Non-mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix: When Is an Appendectomy Enough? Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29 4, 2144-2145

Van Haren R.M.; Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Waits B.; Hemingway M.; Shah S.A.; Starnes S.L. 04-01-2021. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Screening Program and Subsequent Lung Cancer Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 232 4, 600-605

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Sisak S.; Farooqui Z.; Holm T.M. 03-01-2023. The national rate of malignancy among Bethesda III, IV, and V thyroid nodules is higher than expecte Surgery (United States), 173 3, 645-652

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Johnson K.; Patel S.H.; Wilson G.C.; Shah S.A.; Van Haren R.M. 03-01-2023. Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Postoperative Outcomes in a Nationwide Cohort Journal of Surgical Research, 283 , 152-160

Turner K.M.; Wahab S.A.; Delman A.M.; Brunner J.; Smith M.T.; Choe K.A.; Patel S.H.; Ahmad S.A.; Wilson G.C. 03-01-2023. Predicting endocrine function after total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: A novel Surgery (United States), 173 3, 567-573

Vaysburg D.M.; Delman A.M.; Ammann A.M.; Turner K.M.; Winer L.K.; Sussman J.J.; Makley A.T.; Goodman M.D.; Quillin R.C.; Van Haren R.M. 03-01-2023. General Surgery Residency Virtual Recruitment During the Pandemic: An Analysis of Applicant Surveys Journal of Surgical Research, 283 , 33-41

Hao M.; Yeo S.K.; Turner K.; Harold A.; Yang Y.; Zhang X.; Guan J.L. 02-08-2021. Autophagy Blockade Limits HER2+ Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis by Perturbing HER2 Trafficking and Promo Developmental Cell, 56 3, 341-355.e5

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Wima K.; Quillin R.C.; Shah S.A.; Ahmad S.A.; Patel S.H.; Wilson G.C. 02-01-2023. Microsatellite instability is associated with worse overall survival in resectable colorectal liver American Journal of Surgery, 225 2, 322-327

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Griffith A.; Wima K.; Wallen T.E.; Starnes S.L.; Budde B.M.; Van Haren R.M. 01-01-2023. The Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Persistent Opioid Use Following Pulmonary Resection Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 115 1, 249-255

Turner K.M.; Van Haren R.M. 01-01-2023. Long-term Opioid Use Reduced With Enhanced Recovery Pathways, But the Job Is Not Done Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 115 1, 247-248

Wilson G.C.; Patel S.H.; Wang J.; Xu K.; Turner K.M.; Becker K.A.; Carpinteiro A.; Szabo I.; Ahmad S.A.; Gulbins E. 01-01-2023. Acid sphingomyelinase expression is associated with survival in resectable pancreatic ductal adenoca Journal of Molecular Medicine, ,

Ammann A.M.; Wallen T.E.; Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Salvator A.; Pritts T.A.; Makley A.T.; Goodman M.D. 01-01-2022. Low Volume Blood Product Transfusion Patterns And Ratios After Injury American Journal of Surgery, ,

Delman A.M.; Turner K.M.; Ammann A.M.; Tang A.; Steward D.; Holm T.M. 01-01-2022. Avoiding delays in time to renal transplantation: Pretransplant thyroid malignancy does not affect p Surgery (United States), 171 1, 220-226

Turner K.M.; Delman A.M.; Donovan E.C.; Brunner J.; Wahab S.A.; Dai Y.; Choe K.A.; Smith M.T.; Patel S.H.; Ahmad S.A.; Wilson G.C. 01-01-2022. Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: a 10-year update on outcomes and assessment HPB, ,