Peter A. Burke, MD
Professor, Surgery
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.
Other Positions
- Section Chief of Surgery in Critical Care, Critical Care, Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
Education
- Tufts University School of Medicine, MD
- Vassar College, BA
Publications
- Published on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 - Published on 2/4/2021
Levin SR, Farber A, Burke PA, Brahmbhatt TS, Richman AP, Twomey KE, Siracuse JJ. The majority of major amputations after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta are associated with preadmission trauma. J Vasc Surg. 2021 08; 74(2):467-476.e4. PMID: 33548416.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/15/2020
Janeway MG, Zhao X, Rosenthaler M, Zuo Y, Balasubramaniyan K, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Siracuse JJ, Takahashi CE, Allee L, Dechert T, Burke PA, Li F, Kalesan B. Clinical diagnostic phenotypes in hospitalizations due to self-inflicted firearm injury. J Affect Disord. 2021 01 01; 278:172-180. PMID: 32961413.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/24/2019
Rubin SJ, Saunders SS, Kuperstock J, Gadaleta D, Burke PA, Grillone G, Moses JM, Murphy JP, Rodriguez G, Salama A, Platt MP. Quality improvement in tracheostomy care: A multidisciplinary approach to standardizing tracheostomy care to reduce complications. Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Mar - Apr; 41(2):102376. PMID: 31924414.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2019
Hink AB, Bonne S, Levy M, Kuhls DA, Allee L, Burke PA, Sakran JV, Bulger EM, Stewart RM. Firearm injury research and epidemiology: A review of the data, their limitations, and how trauma centers can improve firearm injury research. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Sep; 87(3):678-689. PMID: 31033891.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/7/2018
Shi W, Al-Sabti R, Burke PA, Gonzalez M, Mantilla-Rey N, Quillen K. Quality Management of massive transfusion protocol incorporating tranexamic acid adherence. Transfus Apher Sci. 2018 Dec; 57(6):785-789. PMID: 30455154.
Read at: PubMed
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