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Ron Turker

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Ron Turker started in the ’80s as a standup comic and medical student. Through a series of nonlinear events, he became a pediatric surgeon by day and an unrelenting writer by night.

Thirty years of caring for kids at home and worldwide (from the Navajo Nation to Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, to Syrian refugees in Jordan, and most recently, kids in Ukraine) has shaped, sharpened, and ground his sensibilities into a relentless yet witty voice for healthcare change and equity here in the U.S.

You can find his writings in a wide range of journals, textbooks, and periodicals, from the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics to Open Spaces, and the New York Times.

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Ron Turker's Blog: On The Corner of Medicine and Comedy

The Medical Spotlight on Guns

Signs in public spaces advise us:
“If you see something, say something.”

U.S. doctors, as a whole, have been too quiet for too long about the epidemic of gun violence.
Time to shine our collective light on the issue.

“If you see something….”

Check out this week's blog: Shining the Medical Spotlight on Guns.

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