Matthew Turner, MD

An emergency medicine physician at Womack Army Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

About

Matthew Turner is an emergency medicine physician at Womack Army Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His scholarship spans emergency medicine, military medicine, infectious disease, medical history, and the intersection of medicine with warfare and public health. He has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed publications, with work appearing in Cureus, Military Medicine, the Emergency Medicine Journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and other journals.

Dr. Turner has long been interested in the intersection of medicine and history, with publications examining historical disease outbreaks, biological and chemical warfare, ancient pathology, toxicology, and military medical lessons. His work has explored topics ranging from yellow fever and anthrax as possible tools of biological warfare to the medical legacy of historical figures such as Akhenaten, Henry I, Justinian II, and Dominique-Jean Larrey. He also writes about the evolving world of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, including modern conflict medicine and the use of chemical weapons by violent non-state actors. Professional updates are available on LinkedIn.

On The Podcast by KevinMD

How true crime is radicalizing your kids onlineJun 24, 2026

Latest articles

Physician voices

Are civilian hospitals ready for 1,000 war casualties a day?

Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett, PhD, MD & Matthew Turner, MD

November 3, 2026Nov 3, 20262

The looming threat of LSCO It has been decades since the United States has experienced sustained, high-casualty large-scale combat operations (LSCO) at the level of the Second World War, the Korean War, and Vietnam. However, in the changing geopolitical landscape,…

The looming threat of LSCO

It has been decades since the United States has experienced sustained, high-casualty large-scale combat operations (LSCO) at the level of the Second World War, the Korean War, and Vietnam. However, in the changing geopolitical landscape, the possibility of the U.S. entering LSCO is high. Within the next decade, these conflicts are most likely to be with near-peer adversaries in complex, austere, and ambiguous environments.

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Conditions and diseases

The 764 network warning signs clinicians miss

Dana Grueser & Matthew Turner, MD

July 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026

The 764 Network is an unprecedented threat to pediatric health. As an EM physician, and as a parent that has seen the effects of 764 firsthand, we know the dangers that online networks like this pose. The 764 Network was…

The 764 Network was founded by Texas teenager Bradley Cadenhead. Cadenhead regularly blackmailed and sextorted children as he navigated multiple online platforms using hundreds of accounts. He rapidly gained online notoriety for forcing minors …

Physician voices

The true crime community is radicalizing kids online

Dexter Ingram & Matthew Turner, MD & Stephen M. Sandelich, MD

April 26, 2026Apr 26, 2026

As physicians who regularly work with pediatric patients, and experts in counter-terrorism, we know firsthand the dangers that online radicalization poses to youth. Nihilistic violent extremism (NVE), which glorifies violence for the sake of violence, is on the rise globally. Many of these decentralized online networks, such as the 764 Network, specifically target children for recruitment. 764 has seen a sharp increase in popularity, and has become the …