Peter A. Burke, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Peter Burke, MD, chief of acute care and trauma surgery, will step down from clinical practice at the end of June. He will remain a member of the department of surgery’s research faculty.

Burke has been practicing for more than 30 years, nearly all of them at Boston Medical center (BMC). He joined the BMC/BUSM community in 1999, with appointment to chief and promotion to professor of surgery in 2008.

A highly respected clinician and colleague, Burke excels in all aspects of academic medicine. In recognition of his many contributions to BMC, he received the hospital’s 2019 Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence.

Publications

  • Published 6/21/2023

    Stolarski AE, Wee K, Young L, LeBedis C, Kim J, Remick DG, Bistrian B, Burke PA. Application of creatinine height index in patients with trauma for the evaluation of psoas muscle mass: A clinical validation study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2023 Aug; 47(6):766-772. PMID: 37218671.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/26/2023

    Levin SR, Burke PA, Brahmbhatt TS, Siracuse JJ, Slama J, Roh DS. Assessment of Risk Factors Correlated with Outcomes of Traumatic Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Apr; 11(4):e4961. PMID: 37124392.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/8/2021

    Allee L, Faul M, Guntipalli P, Burke PA, Rao SR, Reed DN, Gross R, Duncan TK, Palmieri TL, Cooper Z, Bulger EM, Stewart RM, Kuhls DA. The Role of the US Trauma Centers in Older Adult Fall Prevention: A National Survey. Am Surg. 2023 Apr; 89(4):968-974. PMID: 34748452.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/27/2021

    Neufeld MY, Poulson M, Stolarski AE, Dunnington C, Burke PA, Allee L. Amplifying inequity: The compounding impact of COVID-19 and violence. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Oct; 113(5):528-530. PMID: 33992433.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/13/2021

    Van Orden K, Santos J, Stanfield B, Frost LS, Ruditsky A, Foster A, Brahmbhatt TS, Burke PA, Fernandez-Moure J, Haines K, Agarwal S, Kasotakis G. Bovine versus porcine acellular dermal matrix for abdominal wall herniorrhaphy or bridging. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Jun; 48(3):1993-2001. PMID: 33712893.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Section Chief of Surgery in Critical Care, Surgery
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

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Education

  • Tufts University School of Medicine, MD
  • Vassar College, BA

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