Kevin Burns, M.D. Associate Director of Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Clinical Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pathology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Burns joined UT Southwestern as the Associate Director of the Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory in August 2024. He completed his BS in Clinical Laboratory Science at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and his MD at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Burns completed his Clinical Pathology Residency, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship and Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Pathology and the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Education Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2006) Fellowship Houston Methodist Hospital (2010), Blood Banking/transfusion Medicine Fellowship Houston Methodist Hospital (2011), Pathology Research Interest Histocompatibility / HLA Transplant Immunology Publications Featured Publications Renal Transplant Patients Biopsied for Cause and Tested for C4d, DSA, and IgG Subclasses and C1q: Which Humoral Markers Improve Diagnosis and Outcomes? Cicciarelli JC, Lemp NA, Chang Y, Koss M, Hacke K, Kasahara N, Burns KM, Min DI, Naraghi R, Shah T, J Immunol Res 2017 2017 1652931 The presence of anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies in lung allograft recipients does not correlate with C4d immunofluorescence in transbronchial biopsy specimens. Roberts JA, Barrios R, Cagle PT, Ge Y, Takei H, Haque AK, Burns KM, Land GA, Dilioglou S, Bernard DW, Arch Pathol Lab Med 2014 Aug 138 8 1053-8 Donor body mass index is an important factor that affects peripheral blood progenitor cell yield in healthy donors after mobilization with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor. Chen J, Burns KM, Babic A, Carrum G, Kennedy M, Segura FJ, Garcia S, Potts S, Leveque C, Transfusion 2014 Jan 54 1 203-10 De novo donor specific antibodies and patient outcomes in renal transplantation. DeVos JM, Patel SJ, Burns KM, Dilioglou S, Gaber LW, Knight RJ, Gaber AO, Land GA, Clin Transpl 2011 351-8 Francisella tularensis Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation Nelson CA, Murua C, Jones JM, Mohler K, Zhang Y, Wiggins L, Kwit NA, Respicio-Kingry L, Kingry LC, Petersen JM, Brown J, Aslam S, Krafft M, Asad S, Dagher HN, Ham J, Medina-Garcia LH, Burns K, Kelley WE, Hinckley AF, Annambhotla P, Carifo K, Gonzalez A, Helsel E, Iser J, Johnson M, Fritz CL, Basavaraju SV Emerging Infect. Dis. 2019 25 4 Severe necrotizing fasciitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Olsen RJ, Burns KM, Chen L, Kreiswirth BN, Musser JM, J Clin Microbiol 2008 Mar 46 3 1144-7 Results 1-6 of 6 1 Professional Associations/Affiliations American Society for Clinical Pathology American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics College of American Pathologists
