Dr. Traci Turner, MD
Not yet claimedLipidologist, Internal medicine doctor · Physician (MD)
Cincinnati, OH
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Cholesterol Treatment Center in Cincinnati, OH. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
About Dr. Traci Turner, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026Dr. Traci A. Turner, MD is an internal medicine doctor in Cincinnati, Ohio (NPI 1285675884). Her listed practice location is the Cholesterol Treatment Center, Inc., at 5355 Medpace Way, Cincinnati. Her NPI record was created in 2006, and she is enrolled in Medicare.
She earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2001 and has more than 20 years in practice. A Medpace document describes her as board certified in internal medicine with 15 years of experience in central laboratory work. Her work focuses on cholesterol and lipid disorders.
Alongside patient care, she holds a leadership role at the clinical research company Medpace, listed as Vice President of Medpace Reference Laboratories operations and of the Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center (MARC) in Cincinnati. She has co-authored published research on cholesterol treatment, including a 2020 New England Journal of Medicine paper on inclisiran for inherited high cholesterol, and work on familial hypercholesterolemia screening and cholesterol lab measurement.
CMS Open Payments records show $0 in industry payments to her across 0 records for 2021-2025. Industry payments to doctors are common and legal; in her case none were reported.
- Medical degree and years in practice
- She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2001 and has over 20 years in practice. health.usnews.com
- Internal medicine board certification
- A Medpace scientific leadership document states she is board certified in internal medicine and brings 15 years of experience in central laboratory work. medpace.com
- Cholesterol clinic location
- Her listed practice is the Cholesterol Treatment Center, Inc., 5355 Medpace Way, Cincinnati, OH 45227. md.com
- Research company leadership role
- She is listed as Vice President of Medpace Reference Laboratories operations and of the Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center at Medpace in Cincinnati. linkedin.com
- Laboratory director of record
- She is named as laboratory director for Medpace Reference Laboratories, LLC on a Pennsylvania Department of Health laboratory permit issued August 15, 2021. medpace.com
- Published cholesterol research
- She is a co-author of a 2020 New England Journal of Medicine study on inclisiran for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited form of high cholesterol. nejm.org
- Familial hypercholesterolemia screening study
- She co-authored a September 2020 paper in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology on cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in South Africa. doximity.com
- Work on LDL cholesterol testing accuracy
- A conference abstract she led, presented in Amsterdam in 2015, compared common LDL cholesterol test methods with ultracentrifugation at levels below 70 mg/dL. medpace.com
- Professional society memberships
- Her Doximity profile lists membership in the American Heart Association, the National Lipid Association, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. doximity.com
- No reported industry payments
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021-2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- Clinical lipidology certification through the American Board of Clinical Lipidology could not be independently confirmed, because the board's diplomate directory is a search tool that the researcher was unable to complete a lookup in. lipidboard.org
- One directory listing for this NPI shows an Ohio license number alongside a conflicting credential field ('DMD'), so details on aggregator profiles may be inaccurate. The state license database was not checked. topnpi.com
- A WebMD profile for a 'Dr. Traci Ann Turner, MD' lists endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism plus internal medicine, with practice sites in Harrison and Cincinnati, OH. It was not confirmed whether this is the same person. doctor.webmd.com
- Court records and news archives were not reviewed for this profile, so those categories are unchecked rather than clear. npiprofile.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Cholesterol Treatment Center
5401 Hetzer St
Cincinnati, OH 45227
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