Dr. John L. Burns is a Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and is in private practice with a renowned group of plastic surgeons at The Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute in the Tom Landry Center on the campus of Baylor University Medical Center.

Dr. Burns was raised in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. At Vanderbilt, he was a member of the Honor Society and was a varsity letterman in track.

Dr. Burns completed his medical training at the University of Texas Medical Branch graduating summa cum laude from the research honors program. As one of the top students, he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society. He stayed at the University of Texas Medical Branch where he completed a residency in Plastic Surgery.

In addition, he completed externships in microvascular surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX and cosmetic surgery with Drs. Tom Baker and James Stuzin in Miami, FL. Dr. Burns completed a fellowship in laser surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center under the direction of Drs. A. Jay Burns and Rod J. Rohrich. His leadership in the field is evidenced by the numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapters he has published on the subject of plastic surgery.

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Current Positions

• Associate, Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
• Staff Physician, Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery for Infants and Children, Children's Medical Center of Dallas
• Clinical Instructor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

• Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Dallas Day Surgery Center, Dallas, TX
• Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX
• Veterans Administrative Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Post-Graduate Education

• The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Residency, Plastic Surgery, Integrated Program July 1998 - July 2003
• Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Externship The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX March 2002
• Aesthetic Surgery Externship Plastic Surgery Associates, Miami, FL Thomas Baker, MD, James Stuzin MD, and Tracy Baker, MD April 2002
• Fellowship, Vascular Anomalies and Laser Surgery The University of Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery July 2003 - July 2004

Graduate Education

• The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX M.D., Medical School Research Honors Program, Summa Cum Laude May 1998

Undergraduate Education

• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN B.S., English and Chemistry May 1992

Awards and Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1998
• UTMB Research Honors Program, Honors in Molecular Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1998
• Alpha Omega Alpha National Research Award, 1998
• Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award, Texas Alpha Chapter, 1997
• UTMB Medical Student Research Award, 1997
• Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Medical Scientist Fellowship, 1997
• Stjepcevich Scholars Fellowship Finalist, 1997
• Mayo Clinic Frankel Scholarship, 1997
• Vanderbilt University Honor Society, 1989-1991
• Vanderbilt University Varsity Letterman, Track and Cross Country, 1988-1991

Research

• Clinical Trial Principal Investigator. UltraShape: Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of the UltraShape Non-Invasive Ultrasound Lipolysis Device. Protocol PRT005 (SW). Western Institutional Review Board.

Presentations

• Noninvasive body contouring: Is it really coming to this? Dallas Aesthetic Surgery Symposium. November 5, 2004. Westin Galleria, Dallas, Texas.
• Hair removal 2005: Do we have a treatment for nonpigmented hair? Dallas Aesthetic Surgery Symposium. November 5, 2005. Westin Galleria, Dallas, Texas.
• UltraShape: Noninvasive focused ultrasound for lipolysis. Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium. March 4, 2005. Westin Galleria, Dallas, Texas.
• Facial resurfacing with the erbium:YAG laser, avoiding scarring and pigmentary changes. May 3, 2005. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: The Aesthetic Meeting 2005. Hilton New Orleans Riverside. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Publications

• Ma J, Norton JC, Allen AC, Burns JB, Hasel JL, Burns JL, Sutcliffe JG, and Travis GH. (1995). Retinal degeneration slow (rds) in mouse results from simple insertion of a t haplotype-specific element into protein-coding exon II. Genomics 28: 212-219.
• Burns JL, Guzder SN, Sung P, and Prakash L. (1996). An affinity of human replication protein A for ultraviolet-damaged DNA. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 11607-11610.
• Burns JL, Mancoll JS, and Phillips LG. (2003). Impairments in wound healing. Clinics in Plastic Surgery 30(1): 47-56.
• Ha RY, Burns JL, Hoopman JE, and Burns AJ. (2003) Lasers in plastic surgery. Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery 9(40).

Book Chapters

• Burns, JL, and Phillips, LG. Burns. In S. Boutros, R. D. Galiano, and J. G. McCarthy (Eds.), Current Therapy in Plastic Surgery, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, Mosby, Churchill-Livingstone, 2004.
• Burns, JL and Blackwell SJ. Plastic Surgery. In CM Townsend, DR Beauchamp, BM Evers, and KL Mattox (Eds.), Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 17th Edition, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2004.
• Burns, JL. Stucture and Function of Skin. In J. Janis and J. Rios (Eds.), Handbook of Plastic Surgery, St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005.
• Burns, JL. Burns. In J. Janis and J. Rios (Eds.), Handbook of Plastic Surgery, St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005.
• Burns, JL. Vascular Anomalies. In J. Janis and J. Rios (Eds.), Handbook of Plastic Surgery, St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005.
• Burns, JL. Congenital Nevi. In J. Janis and J. Rios (Eds.), Handbook of Plastic Surgery, St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005.
• Burns, JL. Facial Resurfacing. In J. Janis and J. Rios (Eds.), Handbook of Plastic Surgery, St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005.

Acknowledgments

• Wold, M. S. (1997) RPA: A heterotrimeric, single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for eukaryotic DNA metabolism. Annual Review of Biochemistry. Volume 66.

Organizations

• 1992 - present Vanderbilt University Alumni Association
• 1994 - present American Medical Association, Vice-President UTMB Student Section (1995)
• 1994 - present Texas Medical Association
• 1998 - present Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
• 1998 - present University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association
• 1998 - present Christian Medical and Dental Society
• 1999 - present Candidate Member of the American College of Surgeons
• 1999 - present Resident Affiliate Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• 2001 - present Resident Affiliate Member of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons

Interests

• Sports: Triathlon (swimming, biking, and running), golf, and tennis
• Fiction writing
• Nineteenth and twentieth century American literature