Dr. John L. Burns' Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate, Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
Staff Physician, Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery for Infants and Children, Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Clinical Instructor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas Day Surgery Center, Dallas, TX
Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX
Veterans Administrative Hospital, Dallas, TX
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
EDUCATION
Post-graduate The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Residency, Plastic Surgery, Integrated Program
July 1998 – July 2003
Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Externship
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
March 2002
Aesthetic Surgery Externship
Plastic Surgery Associates, Miami, FL
Thomas Baker, MD, James Stuzin MD, and Tracy Baker, MD
April 2002
Fellowship, Vascular Anomalies and Laser Surgery
The University of Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery
July 2003 – July 2004
Graduate
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
M.D., Medical School Research Honors Program, Summa Cum Laude
May 1998
Undergraduate
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.S., English and Chemistry
May 1992
AWARDS AND HONORS
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1998
UTMB Research Honors Program, Honors in Molecular Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1998
Alpha Omega Alpha National Research Award, 1998
Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award, Texas Alpha Chapter, 1997
UTMB Medical Student Research Award, 1997
Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Medical Scientist Fellowship, 1997
Stjepcevich Scholars Fellowship Finalist, 1997
Mayo Clinic Frankel Scholarship, 1997
Vanderbilt University Honor Society, 1989-1991
Vanderbilt University Varsity Letterman, Track and Cross Country, 1988-1991
PUBLICATIONS
Ma J, Norton JC, Allen AC, Burns JB, Hasel JL, Burns JL, Sutcliffe JG, and Travis GH. (1995). Retinal degeneration slow (rds) in mouse results from simple insertion of a t haplotype-specific element into protein-coding exon II. Genomics 28: 212-219.
Burns JL, Guzder SN, Sung P, and Prakash L. (1996). An affinity of human replication protein A for ultraviolet-damaged DNA. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 11607-11610.
Burns JL, Mancoll JS, and Phillips LG. (2003). Impairments in wound healing. Clinics in Plastic Surgery 30(1): 47-56.
Ha RY, Burns JL, Hoopman JE, and Burns AJ. (2003) Lasers in plastic surgery. Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery 9(40).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Burns, JL, and Phillips, LG. Burns. In S. Boutros, R. D. Galiano, and J. G. McCarthy (Eds.), Current Therapy in Plastic Surgery, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, Mosby, Churchill-Livingstone, 2004.
Burns, JL and Blackwell SJ. Plastic Surgery. In CM Townsend, DR Beauchamp, BM Evers, and KL Mattox (Eds.), Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 17th Edition, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2004.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Wold, M. S. (1997) RPA: A heterotrimeric, single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for eukaryotic DNA metabolism. Annual Review of Biochemistry. Volume 66.
ORGANIZATIONS
| 1992 – present | Vanderbilt University Alumni Association |
| 1994 – present | American Medical Association, Vice-President UTMB Student Section (1995) |
| 1994 – present | Texas Medical Association |
| 1998 – present | Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society |
| 1998 – present | University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association |
| 1998 – present | Christian Medical and Dental Society |
| 1999 – present | Candidate Member of the American College of Surgeons |
| 1999 – present | Resident Affiliate Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons |
| 2001 – present | Resident Affiliate Member of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons |
INTERESTS
Sports: Triathlon (swimming, biking, and running), golf, and tennis
Fiction writing
Nineteenth and twentieth century American literature
