Tolga Turker

Biography

Dr. Turker earned his MD from the Istanbul University of Medicine in 1999. He then attended
the Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine with the Department of Orthopedic
and Traumatology receiving his creditation in Orthopaedic Specialty in 2005. He completed a
Junior Fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery in Louisville,
Kentucky in 2009 and then went on to complete Senior Fellowships at that same institute
in 2011. He joined the University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery in
July 2011 as a Research Associate with the Division of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery,
later that same year he was appointed Assistant Professor. In 2014 he was appointed
Assistant Professor with the Department of Orthopaedics and as of April of 2016, he now
holds joint appointments with the Department of Surgery and the Department of Orthopaedics.
Dr. Turker is an active member of such organizations as the American Society for Surgery of
the Hand and the Kleinert Society. He is also a member of the Dean’s Research Council here
at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine. He is co-author to a few book chapters and
also is a Translator of Chapters in Monographs from English to Turkish for the Hayat Medical
Publisher Group in Turkey. He has numerous peer reviewed publications and abstracts and
has been an invited speaker to many Orthopaedics Federations and Congress’ both in the
local and international circuit. Dr. Turker is actively involved in the teaching of our Medical
Students and Residents and has also held formal educational sessions for Medical Network
Professionals locally.

Awards

• Educator of the Year - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• The University of Arizona Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tucson, AZ. Voted on by the graduating residents class of 2024, Summer 2024
• Glass Hands Award - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Selected by the Department Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Summer 2024
• Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery Hands Off Award
• UA Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery Chief Residents, Summer 2018