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Renee Turchi

Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP

Professor and Academic Chair


Department: Pediatrics

Specialties: Pediatrics

Education

  • Medical College of Pennsylvania

Awards & Honors

  • Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia Magazine (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)
  • Pediatrician of the Year, Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017
2024 Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™

Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, is the medical director of the Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pa., where she oversees a primary care practice dedicated to children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), including a fetal alcohol spectrum disorders program/NICU primary care follow-up program and grants. Her research and clinical work around care coordination, maternal/child health, and children and youth with special health care needs have been presented and published in multiple national forums.

In addition, Dr. Turchi is the medical director of the Pennsylvania Medical Home Program and Transition Program, a statewide program for pediatric and family practices across Pennsylvania funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health-Title V and the Maternal Child Health Bureau (pamedicalhomeprogram.org).

After completing her undergraduate degree at Cornell University and medical school at Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Turchi completed residency and chief residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Subsequently, she attended the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program at Johns Hopkins University where she received her master's in public health.

Dr. Turchi was named the 2017 Pediatrician of the Year by the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia magazine (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)
  • Pediatrician of the Year, Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (2017)

Clinical Services

Pediatrics, Children with special healthcare needs

Residencies

  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Affiliated Hospitals

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, is professor and academic chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine, and professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health. 

Publications

"Executive functioning predicts adaptive functioning and self-care independence in youth with SCD"
Jones KE, Nyman TN, Daly BP, Jacobson LA and Tarazi RA
Journal of Pediatric Psychology. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab094. Epub ahead of print. (2021)

"Hydroxyurea use associated with nonverbal and executive skills in sickle cell anemia"
Tarazi RA, Patrick KP, Iampietro M and Apollonsky N
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(6),710-718. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab015. (2021)

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is a primary academic campus of Drexel University College of Medicine. Its physicians are non-compensated members of the teaching faculty of Drexel University College of Medicine and its clinical practices are independent of Drexel University.


Contact Information


St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
160 East Erie Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Phone: 215.427.5000
Fax: 215.427.5555