Joseph Turek

Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD, MBA

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Duke University; Duke University Hospital

Northwestern University (BA Biochemistry 1994)
University of Illinois (Chicago) (MD, PhD 2002)
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (MBA 2020)
Duke University General Surgery Residency (2002-2007)
Duke University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2007-2010)
Texas Children’s Hospital Visiting Congenital Heart Surgery Resident (2010)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Congenital Heart Surgery Fellowship (2010-2011)
University of Iowa, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2011-2012)
University of Iowa, Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2012-2017)
Duke University, Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2017-Present)

Neonatal heart surgery
STAR perfusion Norwood operation
Minimally invasive congenital heart surgery
Novel pediatric transplantation techniques: Thymus-heart co-transplantation; partial heart transplantation; DCD/NRP, DCD/Transmedics