Meg Turner, MD

Professional Titles

• Staff Neonatologist, Denver Health Medical Center

Research Interests

Publications

• Turner MJ, Wright CW. “Chapter 46: Prevention of Early Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease with Selective Intrapartum Chemoprophylaxis.” 50 Studies Every Neonatologist Should Know. Hay S., Soll RF, Schmidt B, Kirpalani H, Zupancic J., Eds. 2024 Oxford University Press.
• Turner MJ, Rumpel JA, Spray BG, Stence N, Neuberger N, Frymoyer A, Chock VY, Courtney S, Gist KM. Urine Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury and Association with Brain MRI Abnormalities in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Journal of Perinatology . Online 20 March 2024.
• Turner MJ, Dietz RM. Potential Adjuncts to Therapeutic Hypothermia to Mitigate Multiorgan Injury in Perinatal Hypoxia-Ischemia. Neoreviews. 2023 Dec 1;24(12):e771-e782. PubMed PMID: 38036441
• Dias Maia P, Rodrigues KK, Gien J, Turner MJ. Neonatal acute kidney injury during indomethacin therapy: does it predict ductal closure?. J Nephrol. 2023 Jul;36(6):1591-1597. PubMed PMID: 37097555
• Rumpel J, Spray BJ, Chock VY, Kirkley MJ, Slagle CL, Frymoyer A, Cho SH, Gist KM, Blaszak R, Poindexter B, Courtney SE. Urine Biomarkers for the Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia. J Pediatr. 2022 Feb;241:133-140.e3. PubMed PMID: 34547334
• Hannan KE, Kirkley MJ. Does topiramate in addition to therapeutic hypothermia reduce seizure burden in infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy compared to therapeutic hypothermia alone?. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Jun;109(6):1278-1279. PubMed PMID: 32103534
• Kirkley MJ, Boohaker L, Griffin R, Soranno DE, Gien J, Askenazi D, Gist KM. Acute kidney injury in neonatal encephalopathy: an evaluation of the AWAKEN database. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Jan;34(1):169-176. PubMed PMID: 30155763
• Kirkley MJ, Robinson C, Dominguez SR, Messacar K. Neonatal parechovirus infection mimicking a surgical abdomen. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jun 26;12(6). PubMed PMID: 31248894
• Kirkley MJ, Hwang SS. Is high-flow nasal cannula noninferior to nasal CPAP for the initial management of preterm infants?. Acta Paediatr. 2017 Sep;106(9):1537. PubMed PMID: 28419601
• Hannan KH, Kirkley MJ. Does topiramate reduce seizure burden in infants with severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy receiving therapeutic hypothermia? Acta Pediatrica. 2020 In Press.
• Cadnapaphornchai MA, Soranno DE, Bisio TJ, Woloschuk R, Kirkley MJ. “Chapter 25: Neonatal Nephrology.” Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th edition. Ed. Gardner, Carter, Enzman-Hines, Niermeyer.

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• Denver Health Medical Center

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (, 2016)
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Board Certification (2020)
• Instructor, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Certificate (2022)