Dennis A. Turner
Experienced in Stroke

Dr. Dennis A. Turner

Neurosurgery | General Surgery
Duke Health
Duke Spine Center - Clinic 1B/1C
40 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Experienced in Stroke
Duke Health
Duke Spine Center - Clinic 1B/1C
40 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

I treat spine and movement disorders. My favorite part of my job is seeing my patients benefit from procedures that improve their quality of life. I also enjoy the integration of research into clinical practice and learning how research can benefit future generations. I spent seven years at the University of Minnesota before coming to Duke. I’ve been at Duke now for more than 25 years. Duke offers a number of things from performing ordinary, common procedures very well to successfully taking on very complex procedures all in the same day. Outside of work, I enjoy cycling and traveling with my wife.

Dr. Turner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Vagotomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 73 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 8 articles in the study of Stroke.

Specialties
Neurosurgery
General Surgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in NC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Neurophysiology, Institute for Neurophysiology and University Hospital, University of Oslo (Norway)
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Duke Spine Center - Clinic 1B/1C
40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Call: 919-613-0444

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Turner has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Deep Brain Stimulation
Parkinson's Disease

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

1 Clinical Trials

Effects of Stimulation Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation
Effects of Stimulation Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation
Enrollment Status: Enrolling_by_invitation
Publish Date: April 15, 2025
Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Phase: Not Applicable

73 Total Publications

Dysregulated microvascular reactivity in hippocampus and cortex in CVN Alzheimer's disease mouse model.
Dysregulated microvascular reactivity in hippocampus and cortex in CVN Alzheimer's disease mouse model.
Journal: Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Published: November 22, 2025
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