Penn Medicine Provider
Psychology
Elizabeth Turk-Karan, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 4 and up
Penn Psychiatry Market Street

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Education and training

  • Graduate School: Rutgers University

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Advanced Practice Provider
Dr. Turk-Karan is a Penn Medicine provider.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Edna B. Foa, PhD; Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD; Thea Gallagher, PsyD; Michael G. Wheaton, PhD; Marina Gershkovich, PhD; Andrew B. Schmidt, PhD; Jonathan D. Huppert, PhD; Patricia Imms, RN; Raphael B. Campeas, MD; Shawn Cahill, PhD; Christina DiChiara, PsyD; Steven D. Tsao, PhD; Anthony Puliafico, PhD; Daniel Chazin, PhD; Anu Asnaani, PhD; Kelly Moore, PsyD; Jeremy Tyler, PsyD; Shari A. Steinman, PhD; Arturo Sanches-LaCay, MD; Sandy Capaldi, PsyD; Ívar Snorrason, PhD; Elizabeth Turk-Karan, PhD; Donna Vermes, PMHNP; Eyal Kalanthroff, PhD1; Anthony Pinto, PhD; Gabriella E. Hamlett, MA; Rachel Middleton, BA; Chang-Gyu Hahn, MD, PhD; Bin Xu, PhD; Page E. Van Meter, PhD; Martha Katechis, BA; David Rosenfield, PhD Maintenance of Wellness in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder who Discontinue Medication After Exposure/Response Prevention Augmentation: A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Psychiatry, 79(3): 2022,193-200


Simpson HB, Foa EB, Wheaton MG, Gallagher T, Gershkovich M, Schmidt AB, Huppert JD, Campeas RB, Imms PA, Cahill SP, DiChiara C, Tsao SD, Puliafico AC, Chazin D, Asnaani A, Moore K, Tyler J, Steinman SA, Sanchez-LaCay A, Capaldi S, Snorrason I, Turk-Karan E, Vermes D, Kalanthroff E, Pinto A, Hahn CG, Xu B, Van Meter PE, Katechis M, Scodes J, Wang Y. Maximizing remission from cognitive-behavioral therapy in medicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder , Behav Res Ther, 143(103890): 2021


Kaczkurkin AN, Tyler J, Turk-Karan E, Belli G, Asnaani A. The Association between Insomnia and Anxiety Symptoms in a Naturalistic Anxiety Treatment Setting , Behav Sleep Med, 19(1): 2021,110-125


Asnaani A, Benhamou K, Kaczkurkin AN, Turk-Karan E, Foa EB. Beyond the Constraints of an RCT: Naturalistic Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety-Related Disorders , Behav Ther, 51(3): 2020,434-446


Turk, E., Bry, B.H. The contribution of mothers' and fathers' explanatory styles to adolescents' explanatory styles , Cognitive Therapy and Research, 16: 1992,349-357