Overview
Joel Turtle is a Pediatric Orthopedics provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Turtle has been practicing medicine for over 7 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Pain. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Scoliosis, Spondylolisthesis, Fractured Spine, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Turtle is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Acute Pain.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- EPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
Locations
100 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Suite 4550, Salt Lake City, UT 84113
652 South Medical Center Drive, Building 6, Saint George, UT 84790
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.
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Dr. Joshua N. Speirs is a fellowship trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He has an interest in treating patients with fractures, limb deformities, clubfeet, scoliosis and other congenital spinal deformities.Dr. Speirs grew up in California and attended Brigham Young University after high school, participating as an athlete on the BYU Track and Field team. He attended medical school at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, TX. He then completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA. During his residency training, he served multiple international medical missions to Haiti. Dr. Speirs completed an additional year of training specializing in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis at Rady Children Hospital in San Diego, CA. Dr. Speirs is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Pain. His top areas of expertise are Claw Foot, Clubfoot, Scoliosis, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, and Osteotomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Acute PainDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pain.
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Fractured SpineDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Fractured Spine.
- ScoliosisDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal FusionDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Turtle isExperienced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.