Robert Turer, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

Biography

Robert Turer, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Turer earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Michigan, where he served as a chief resident, and then returned to Vanderbilt for advanced fellowship training in clinical informatics.

In addition, he holds a Master of Science in applied clinical informatics from Vanderbilt and a Master of Science in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.

Dr. Turer is a member of the UT Southwestern Clinical Informatics Center and focuses on the integration of user-centered design and risk-communication principles into clinical decision support and real-time predictive modeling.

His research focuses on clinical informatics, risk communication in predictive analytics, and data-driven, user-centered design. He has delivered numerous lectures and presentations and published several academic articles.

Personal Note

Dr. Turer’s interests outside of medicine include rock and jazz guitar, cooking, barbecuing, and baking.

Education & Training

Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2019-2021), Clinical Informatics
Chief Resident - University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (2018-2019), Emergency Medicine
Residency - University of Michigan Medical Center (2015-2019), Emergency Medicine
Medical School - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2011-2015)

Honors & Awards

Student Citizenship and Service Award 2020-2021
SAEM SimWars National Championship Team 2019, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Scholarship and Mini-Fellowship in Wellness Leadership 2018, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

Books & Publications

Publications
- Incidence and Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With COVID-19.
  Ho M, Most ZM, Perl TM, Diaz MI, Casazza JA, Saleh S, Pickering M, Radunsky AP, Hanna JJ, Thakur B, Lehmann CU, Medford RJ, Turer RW, Hospital pediatrics 2023 May 13 5 450-462
- Perspectives of Patients About Immediate Access to Test Results Through an Online Patient Portal.
  Steitz BD, Turer RW, Lin CT, MacDonald S, Salmi L, Wright A, Lehmann CU, Langford K, McDonald SA, Reese TJ, Sternberg P, Chen Q, Rosenbloom ST, DesRoches CM, JAMA network open 2023 Mar 6 3 e233572
- Is there an association between peri-diagnostic vaccination and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients?
  Casazza JA, Thakur B, Perl TM, Hanna JJ, Diaz MI, Ho M, Lanier H, Pickering M, Saleh SN, Shah P, Shah D, Navar AM, Lehmann CU, Medford RJ, Turer RW, Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 2023 3 1 e150
- Real-Time Patient Portal Use Among Emergency Department Patients Since Implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act: An Open Results Study.
  Turer RW, Martin KR, Courtney DM, Diercks DB, Chu L, Willett DL, Thakur B, Hughes AE, Lehmann CU, McDonald S, Applied clinical informatics 2022 Sep
- Decision Support to Improve Critical Care Services Documentation in an Academic Emergency Department.
  Turer RW, Champion JC, Rothman B, Dunn H, Jenkins KM, Evernham O, Barrett TW, Jones ID, Ward M, Miller N, Applied clinical informatics 2022 Sep
- An Open Letter Arguing for Closure of the Practice Pathway for Clinical Informatics Medical Subspecialty Certification.
  Turer RW, Levy BP, Hron JD, Pageler NM, Mize DE, Kim E, Lehmann CU, Applied clinical informatics 2022 Jan 13 1 301-303
- Patient Perceptions of Receiving COVID-19 Test Results via an Online Patient Portal: An Open Results Survey.
  Turer RW, DesRoches CM, Salmi L, Helmer T, Rosenbloom ST, Applied clinical informatics 2021 08 12 4 954-959
- Clinical Informatics Training During Emergency Medicine Residency: The University of Michigan Experience.
  Turer RW, Arribas M, Balgord SM, Brooks S, Hopson LR, Bassin BS, Medlin R, AEM education and training 2021 Jul 5 3 e10518
- Improved Testing and Design of Intubation Boxes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Turer DM, Good CH, Schilling BK, Turer RW, Karlowsky NR, Dvoracek LA, Ban H, Chang JS, Rubin JP, Annals of emergency medicine 2021 01 77 1 1-10
- Tracking the Volume of Neurosurgical Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
  Patel PD, Kelly KA, Reynolds RA, Turer RW, Salwi S, Rosenbloom ST, Bonfield CM, Naftel RP, World neurosurgery 2020 10 142 e183-e194
- Rapid development of telehealth capabilities within pediatric patient portal infrastructure for COVID-19 care: barriers, solutions, results.
  Patel PD, Cobb J, Wright D, Turer RW, Jordan T, Humphrey A, Kepner AL, Smith G, Rosenbloom ST, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020 07 27 7 1116-1120
- Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19.
  Turer RW, Jones I, Rosenbloom ST, Slovis C, Ward MJ, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020 06 27 6 967-971
- ICD-10-CM Crosswalks in the primary care setting: assessing reliability of the GEMs and reimbursement mappings.
  Turer RW, Zuckowsky TD, Causey HJ, Rosenbloom ST, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2015 Mar 22 2 417-25

Research

Clinical informatics
Risk communication in predictive analytics
Data-driven, user-centered design