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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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Best book I've read in years. Years! Some of the truest gems hide in plain sight and come from small presses. I came to Aegolius Creek with some hesitation. Not my typical kind of read, I had little in common with the characters, and I didn't think I ...more
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Just loved this book. The rhythm, the flow, and all the intricate details. Like poetry for the non-poet and natural philosophy for science geeks like me. Thanks, Robin Wall Kimmerer
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A riveting read. Though I don't typically read memoir, this book about gun control advocacy and child abuse, ticked off a couple of my life-experience boxes. As a surgeon for kids I wanted to learn more from the perspective of the author's lived expe ...more
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