Biography

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Dr. Burner is originally from Fargo, North Dakota. He received both his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine at the North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND. Following medical school, he completed his Anatomic/Clinical Pathology residency at the University of Missouri-?Kansas City School of Medicine. Following completion of a fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine at Cedar-?Sinai Medical Center in 2004, he joined the pathology faculty at UTSW as a member of the division of transfusion medicine and hemostasis. He currently serves as the director of transfusion services for both Parkland hospital and UTSW University Hospitals as well as the medical director of the therapeutic apheresis service at Parkland. In addition he is the program director of the transfusion medicine training program and associate director of the pathology residency training program at UTSW.

 

Education

Medical School
University of North Dakota (1994)
Fellowship
Truman Medical Center-West (1999), Pathology
Residency
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Med (1999), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2004), Transfusion Medicine

Research Interest

  • COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma
  • Immunohematology
  • Red Cell Genotyping
  • Therapeutic Apheresis

Publications

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Honors & Awards

  • Dennis Goldfinger Award for Excellence in Clinical Transfusion Medicine
    Award/lectureship presented annually by the California Blood Bank Society to a transfusion medicine physician who consistently demonstrated one or more of the following throughout their career: dedication to clinical practice of transfusion medicine, commitment to training of future transfusion medicine physicians and/or leader in bringing about innovative changes to the field. (2022-2022)
  • Vernie A. Stembridge Clinical Pathology Resident Teaching Award
    Presented annually by clinical pathology residents to clinical pathology faculty for commitment to excellence in teaching. (2019)
  • Vernie A. Stembridge Clinical Pathology Resident Teaching Award
    Presented annually by clinical pathology residents to clinical pathology faculty for commitment to excellence in teaching. (2018)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Association of Blood Banks (1999)
  • American Society for Apheresis (2006)
  • American Society of Clinical Pathologists (1994)
  • California Blood Bank Society (2003)
  • College of American Pathology (1994)