Prof. Dan Turner
Vice President of Research and Development and Innovation | Director of the Juliet Kiden Institute for Gastroenterology, Liver and Pediatric Nutrition | Director of the Anne and Joe Turner Children's Crohn's and Colitis Center
- Expertise: Pediatrics
- Sub Expertise: Pediatric gastroenterology
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Additional Fields:
- Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's and ulcerative colitis)
- Endoscopy
- General gastroenterology in children
Professional Experience
- 1999-2004 - Residency in Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
- 2004-2007 - Subspecialty in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, Children's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- 2007-2008 - Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
- 2008-2014 - Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Clalit Health Fund, Jerusalem
- 2009 onwards - Director, Juliet Kiden Institute of Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition in Children, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
- 2013 onwards - chairman of Madadit Ltd. (the research and development company of Shaare Tzedek)
- 2019 onwards - Vice President of Research and Development and Innovation
Public and academic positions
- 2003 - Supervisor, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2008-2013 - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2009 - Member of the Medical Advisory Committee, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Support Foundation, California
- 2010 - Member of the Admissions Committee for the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2013-2017 - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2016 - Member, National Council for Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Ministry of Health
- 2017 - Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2020 - Member, the advisory committee to the Ministry of Health on the use of artificial sweeteners in children
- 2020- the representative of the Medical Association for the Ethics of Confining Prisoners and Detainees in Hospitals
Memberships
- 2004 - North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
- 2007 onwards - The Israeli Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SPGHAN)
- 2007 onwards - the Israeli Pediatrics Association2008 ואילך - האיגוד האירופי לגסטרואנטרולוגיה, כבד ותזונה בילדים (ESPGHAN)
- 2008 onwards - European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
- 2008 onwards - European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO)
- 2008 onwards - Israeli Association of Gastroenterologists
- 2009 onwards - Working Group on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, European Society of Gastroenterology, Liver and Nutrition in Children
- 2013 onwards - International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD)
- 2014 onwards - the international network for inflammatory bowel disease in children
- 2019 onwards - the Israeli Academy of Scientific Medicine, the Israel Medical Association
Training
- 1992-1995- Bachelor's Degree in Medical Sciences, (BMedSc) Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University
- 1995-1999 - Medical studies (MD), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University
- 2005-2008 - PhD in Clinical Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Research Areas and Articles
- Innovative treatments for Crohn's and ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel diseases) including nutrition and microbiome
- Assessment of response to treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases
- Development of a monitoring tool to assess disease activity
- Detection of risk factors and prevention of inflammatory bowel diseases
- Utilization of big data and artificial intelligence tools to improve inflammatory bowel disease treatment processes
Awards
- 2003 - Outstanding Resident Award, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2003 - Honors in the certification exams in pediatrics
- 2005-Boston Scientific Travel Award, as part of the World Congress of Gastroenterology, Montreal, Canada
- American Physician Fellowship Award - 2006
- 2006 - The Joseph West Family Memorial Fund Award and the Chisholm Memorial Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research
- 2006 - Levy/Thompson Award for an outstanding presentation, as part of Gastrointestinal Diseases Week, Canada
- 2006-2007- Ulcerative Colitis in Children fellowship award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Canadian Gastroenterology Association and the Canadian Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, for research on assessing the activity and predicting responses to ulcerative colitis in children
- 2007 - American Gastroenterology Association Award for an abstract, as part of Gastrointestinal Diseases Week, Washington
- 2007 - CanMeds Excellence Award (Education, Clinical, Collaboration and Research), Children's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
- 2007 - Awards for postdoctoral research: the Chisholm Memorial Scholarship, the Neville Farthing Grant, the William Fenwick Grant, the Miriam Navarn Memorial Award and the Joseph West Family Memorial Fund
- 2008 - Award as part of the Second International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Children, Virginia, USA
- 2009 - Outstanding Research Award, within the Falk Symposium: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Any Age, Spain
- 2009 - Thomas and Edna Naylor Award for Outstanding PhD in Health Services and Health Research, Health Policy and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
- 2010 - Rising Star Award in Gastroenterology by the European Association of Gastroenterology
- 2010 - The Samuel Dimson Medical Research Faculty Award in the field of Pediatrics, The Hebrew University
- 2011 - Outstanding Lecturer, Hebrew University
- 2012 - Outstanding Research Award of the Israeli Association of Gastroenterologists
- 2017 - Outstanding Abstract Award, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference, Barcelona, Spain
- 2018 - Honorary Professor, Fudan University Children's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- 2022 - Outstanding Research Award at the European Organization for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Conference, Vienna
Additional lnfo
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Languages
Hebrew | English
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Private Medical Service
yes
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Doctor's Legal Opinion
no