Kevin Turner
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Bio
Dr. Turner is an anatomical pathologist. His areas of clinical research interest are gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and eosinophilic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Turner has authored/co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and five book chapters. He is a key opinion leader in gastritis and gastric intestinal metaplasia, eosinophilic and mast cell diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
Research Summary
Publications
Cotton CC, Jensen ET, Hoffman K, Green DJ, Tapia AL, Turner KO, Genta RM, Dellon ES. Proximity to swine farming operations as a risk factor for eosinophilic esophagitis. JPGN Rep. 2023 Nov 8;4(4):e391. doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000391.
Dellon ES, Bortey E, Chang AT, Paterson CA, Turner K, Genta RM. Determination of optimal eosinophil thresholds for diagnosis of eosinophilic gastritis and duodenitis: A pooled analysis of 4 prospective studies. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan 1;15(1):e00656. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000656.
Genta RM, Turner KO, Collins MH, Wechsler JB, Arva NC, Pletneva MA, Dellon ES, Walker MM. Quantification of mucosal mast cells in the gastrointestinal tract: A primer for practicing pathologists. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Feb 1;148(2):e25-e35. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2023-0070-OAGenta RM, Turner KO, Robiou C, Singhal A, Rugge M. Incomplete intestinal metaplasia is rare in autoimmune gastritis. Dig Dis. 2023 Feb 3. doi: 10.1159/000527479.
Saad AJ, Genta RM, Turner KO, Kamboj AP, Dellon ES, Chehade M. Do general pathologists assess gastric and duodenal eosinophilia?: A community-based study. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2022; doi: https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2022-0204-OA.
Papke DJ Jr, Yurgelun MB, Noffsinger AE, Turner KO, Genta RM, Redston M. Prevalence of mismatch-repair deficiency in rectal adenocarcinomas. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 3;387(18):1714-1716. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2210175.
Genta RM, Dellon ES, Turner KO. Non-oesophageal eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases are undersuspected clinically and underdiagnosed pathologically. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 May 12. doi: 10.1111/apt.16971.
Turner KO, Collins MH, Walker MM, Genta RM. Quantification of mucosal eosinophils for the histopathologic diagnosis of eosinophilic gastritis and duodenitis: A primer for practicing pathologists. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 Apr 1;46(4):557-566. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001843.