Kathleen Burns
Chair, Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School
Schools
- Harvard Medical School
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Biography
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Burns is currently the Chairperson of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was recruited to Johns Hopkins in 2004 for residency and fellowship training in clinical pathology and hematopathology after completing the M.S.T.P. at Baylor College of Medicine. She was a Professor of Pathology and became the Deputy Director for Research of the Department of Pathology here at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Burns developed her research program with mentorship from Jef Boeke and faculty in the Department of Pathology and the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine concurrent with her clinical training. As a junior faculty member here at Johns Hopkins, she was supported by a K08 award from the National Cancer Institute and a career award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Her group was funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences as well as the Department of Defense. Dr. Burns's trainees included several Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows; she also mentored JHU pathology resident Dr. Nemanja Rodic in his postdoctoral research. Dr. Rodic is currently a dermatopathology fellow at Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Burns is board certified in clinical pathology and hematology and attended regularly on the hematopathology diagnostic service. She was involved in resident teaching and served as the faculty advisor for a year-long protected research position available to residents in our Department.
Education
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Clinical Pathology residency | Hematopathology fellowshipBaylor College of Medicine
M.D., Ph.D., Genetics
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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Repetitive DNA and Cancer — Dr. Kathleen Burns
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