MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Disparities Grand Round

About the Speaker:

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS is the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, immediate past director of its Division of Member Services, and a clinical associate professor at The University of Chicago Medicine. Prior to joining the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Turner spent eight years in full-time academic practice on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she was the surgery residency program director. Roles in national professional organizations or institutions include her appointment to the Board of Directors of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and OceanFirst Bank (OCFC), chair of the American College of Surgeons’ Delegation to the AMA House of Delegates, chair of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons Foundation Fund, past chair of the AMA Council on Medical Education, past chair of the Surgical Section of the NMA, and past president of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Dr. Turner continued her training as an intern and resident in surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. Her fellowship training in minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Weill-Cornell University School of Medicine, and Columbia University School of Medicine in New York City. Her MBA was completed at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dr. Turner is board-certified in surgery, is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and member of the American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Society of University Surgeons, Association of Women Surgeons, Latino Surgical Society, and honorary member of the Asociación Colombiana de Cirugia.