Dr. Sherry Turner is the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Professor of Emergency Medicine for Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Before joining ARCOM, Dr. Turner served as the DIO and developed graduate medical education programs through out the Southeast United States for the past 10 years. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Turner received her osteopathic medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale Florida. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency and Rotating Internship at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia. While in residency, she attended the Training in Health Policy Program through the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She continued her education with a Master of Public Health with a focus on Healthcare Administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. She received her Fellow status from the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians.

Prior to medical school, Dr. Turner had initially trained in a diploma nursing school at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee and eventually received her Bachelor and Master of Nursing from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner prior to attending NSUCOM. Dr. Turner currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Rural Health Association of Arkansas, The Sebastian County Opioid Taskforce and as a member of the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership. She is on the editorial board for the Association Hospitals Medical Educators. She has served on many committees nationally and is active in the Emergency Medicine and Graduate Medical Education with the ACOEP, ACEP, CORD-EM, AOGME and the AOA. She previously served as the President of The Foundation for Osteopathic Emergency Medicine and remains active with the research committee of the ACOEP. She is married to Dr. James (Jim) Turner who is an emergency medicine physician. They have one daughter and two beautiful grandchildren, Walter and Peter.

Areas of Expertise/Interest

• Emergency Medicine
• Disaster Medicine
• Public Health
• Health Policy
• Graduate Medical Education