Sara Turbow
Overview
Sara Turbow completed her medical school and internal medicine residency at Emory, joining the faculty at Grady in 2015. Her research focuses on care fragmentation, particularly among older adults with Alzheimer's Disease. She is currently supported by a K23 from NIA/NIH to investigate risk factors for and potential solutions to interhospital care fragmentation in older adults with Alzheimer's Disease. Her other research interests are in health equity, chronic disease, and high-cost/high-need patients. She practices as a primary care physician at the Grady Primary Care Center.
Dr. Turbow has a secondary appointment in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, where she serves as Program Director for the Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- MD from Emory University School of Medicine
- MPH from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
- BA Art History from Washington University in St. Louis
Research
Focus
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High-Cost, High-Need Patients and Care Fragmentation
As a health services researcher, my two primary areas of focus are high utilizers, the 5% of patients who use 50% of healthcare resources, and interhospital fragmentation of care, which occurs when patients are readmitted to a different hospital than the one they were previously discharged from.
Publications
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Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Accurately Detected by Wearable Technology.
JACC Case Rep Volume: 30 Page(s): 103273
05/07/2025 Authors: Guynn N; Regis K; Eckert A; D'souza M; Turbow S; Westerman S; Sperling L; Lloyd M -
Enhancing Health Survey Infrastructure for Chronic Disease.
JAMA
04/24/2025 Authors: Zhang AD; Turbow SD; Weerahandi HM; Anderson TS -
Fragmented Readmissions From a Nursing Facility in Medicare Beneficiaries.
J Appl Gerontol Volume: 43 Page(s): 1762 - 1771
11/01/2024 Authors: Turbow SD; Perkins MM; Vaughan CP; Klemensen T; Culler SD; Rask KJ; Clevenger CK; Ali MK -
Where and what separates rural from urban hospital closures?
J Hosp Med Volume: 19 Page(s): 812 - 815
09/01/2024 Authors: Turbow SD; Lom J; Ali MK -
Is Electronic Information Exchange Associated With Lower 30-Day Readmission Charges Among Medicare Beneficiaries?
Med Care Volume: 62 Page(s): 423 - 430
06/01/2024 Authors: Turbow SD; Chehal PK; Culler SD; Vaughan CP; Offutt C; Rask KJ; Perkins MM; Clevenger CK; Ali MK -
Care fragmentation and readmission mortality and length of stay before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the National Readmissions Database, 2018-2020.
BMC Health Serv Res Volume: 24 Page(s): 622
05/14/2024 Authors: Turbow S; Walker T; Culler S; Ali MK -
The Specialty of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine to Modernize the Public Health Workforce.
Am J Public Health Volume: 114 Page(s): 260 - 261
03/01/2024 Authors: Turbow SD; Goodman RA -
Impact of electronic information exchange on repeat imaging during 30-day readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries.
Am J Manag Care Volume: 30 Page(s): 66 - 72
02/01/2024 Authors: Turbow SD; Culler SD; Vaughan EC; Rask KJ; Perkins MM; Clevenger CK; Ali MK -
Association of Interview and Holistic Review Metrics With Resident Performance-Related Difficulties in an Internal Medicine Residency Program.
J Grad Med Educ Volume: 15 Page(s): 564 - 571
10/01/2023 Authors: Hemrajani R; Vettese T; Law K; Turbow S -
DISSEMINATED NOCARDIA IN A PATIENT RECEIVING IMMUNOTHERAPY
Volume: 38 Page(s): S454 - S454
07/01/2023 Authors: Rudolph C; Turbow S