Pediatric Surgery

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R. Cartland Burns, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Department of Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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cartland.burns@chp.edu


Education and Training

Medical School:

1988 University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

Residency:

1990 Creighton University, Omaha, NE
1995 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship:

1992 The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1997 Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA


Memberships
  • Member, Association for Academic Surgery Education Committee
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Pediatric Surgical Association
    American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • Association of Academic Surgery
  • Association of Surgical Education
  • Medical Society of Virginia
    Virginia Surgical Society
    Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Fellow
Board Certifications
  • The American Board of Surgery, Recertified in General Surgery
  • The American Board of Surgery, Special Qualifications in Pediatric Surgery
  • The American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Awards
  • Invited Speaker, Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, "Primary Gastric
    Tumors in Infancy and Childhood."
  • Invited Speaker, University of Costa Rica Postgraduate Course
    "Evaluation and Management of Intestinal Perforation and Necrotizing
    Enterocolitis", "Surgical Management of Hirschsprung's Disease", "Evaluation and Management of Abdominal Trauma"
Publications


Active Research Projects/Grants
  • Evaluating the Role of Inflammatory Mediators in Spontaneous Mouse Model of Crohn's Disease
  • The Role of Fgf-10 in Regulating Differentiating Hindgut and Midgut Structures
 
 

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