Joined Oculus Pathology: 2026

Primary Service Location:

  • Doctors Regional Medical Center, Corpus Christi, TX

Medical Directorship:

  • Laboratory Medical Director – HCA Corpus Christi Medical Center

Board Certifications:

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2002)

Areas of Interest:

  • Surgical Pathology
  • Breast Pathology and biomarker analysis
  • Infectious Disease Pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology

Fellowships:

  • Baylor College of Medicine

Residency:

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Medical School:

  • University of Texas Health Science Center, Medical School at San Antonio, TX

Undergraduate Education:

  • University of Texas at Austin

Publications & Presentations:

  • Sanwal C, Voorhees G, Moon A, Turner TM, Gates SL. A Rare Case of Human Papillomavirus-Associated High-Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx. Cureus. 2019;11(2):e4138.
  • Korty TDO, Voorhees GJ, Turner TM, Wilson D, Burke M, Creamean T, Gates S. Esthesioneuroblastoma: Case Report of a Rare Malignant Neoplasm. Coastal Bend Medicine. October 2017.
  • Fan X, Turner JE, Turner TM, et al. Carcinoid Tumor in a Spinal Intramedullary Teratoma. American Journal of Neuroradiology. Accepted for publication April 2001.
  • Kirkpatrick WR, Turner TM, Fothergill AW, McCarthy DI, Redding SW, Rinaldi MG, and Patterson TF. Fluconazole Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing in Candida Species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol. 36:3429-3432, November 1998.
  • Turner TM, Kirkpatrick WR, Rinaldi MG, and Patterson TF. Fluconazole Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing in Candida Species. Abstracts of the 97th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Washington, DC, 1997.