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Biography
 Richard J. Turner was born on November 1, 1929 in Grenada, Mississippi, to Richard J. Turner, Jr. and Edith Pearson Turner. He graduated from Baton Rouge, La. Public High School in 1946, and received a BS degree in zoology and chemistry from Louisiana State University in 1950. Turner joined the US Air Force ROTC in 1950, was accepted to medical school and graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1954. Richard J. Turner III married Ellise Brown Weldon on August 8, 1953. They have lived in Fort Worth for over forty years, and have six children and nine grandchildren.
Military Service and Surgical Residency
Turner served as a commissioned officer with the rank of Major in the Regular Air Force. He served his internship at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas from 1954–1955; as a surgical resident at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1955-1958; as Chief Resident-Surgery in 1959; and as Chief of General Surgery, USAF Hospital, Carswell, Fort Worth, from 1959-1964.
Private Practice
Turner opened a surgical practice in 1964, and in 1995, established Surgical Oncology Associates with Dr. John W. Freese in Fort Worth, Texas. He retired from the active practice of surgery on August 31, 2002, and has started a second career in writing and quality assurance consultation.
Credentials
Academic Appointments Research Assistant, Pathology, LSU, 1953 Instructor, Surgery, LSU School of Medicine, 1955-1959 Clinical Instructor, Surgery UT Southwestern Medical School Assistant Professor of Surgery - Division of Surgical Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical School Consulting Positions US Air Force Surgery Texas, New Mexico & Arkansas, 1960-1964 US Public Health Hospital, Fort Worth, TX 1975-1995 USAF Hospital, Carswell, 1964-1970 Hospital Appointments St. Joseph Hospital, 1964-1995 Harris-Methodist Fort Worth, 1964-present All Saints Episcopal, 1964 – present Columbia Medical Plaza, 1975 – present John Peter Smith Hospital, 1964 – present Hospital Staff Administration Chief of Staff, St. Joseph Hospital, 1987-89 Chief of Surgery, St. Joseph Hospital, 1983-1985 Chief of Surgery, John Peter Smith Hospital Vice President, Medical Staff, John Peter Smith Hospital Surgical Quality Review Committee CME Committee Credentialling Review Committee Medical Executive Committee Long Range Planning & Development Committee Community Service and Professional Society Leadership President, Tarrant County Chapter, American Cancer Society President, Fort Worth Cancer Society President, North Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons President, Fort Worth Surgical Society President, Texas Surgical Society Chairman, Medical Executive Committee, UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center Medical Director, .Western Metroplex Bridge Breast Center Board Member, Board Steams and Valleys Board Member, American Cancer Society/Tarrant County Board Member, Fort Worth Cancer Society Board Member, Fort Worth Theatre Board Member, Van Cliburn Foundation |
