Overview
Michael Burns, MD, is the Medical Director for the Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Center for Sports Medicine, in Walnut Creek. He is a physiatrist with board certification in physical medicine & rehabilitation and sports medicine. He completed his physical medicine & rehabilitation residency at Stanford University and his sports medicine fellowship at the Dartmouth University/Evergreen Sports Medicine fellowship program. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of muscle, nerve, and joint injuries and the use of ultrasound for diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. As a sports medicine and rehabilitation physician, his treatment approach focuses on understanding the impact an injury has had, knowing the patient's goals, and helping them to restore or optimize performance and to prevent future injury. Dr. Burns is passionate about providing high quality care to competitive and recreational athletes of all types and ages. His professional interests include rugby medicine and adaptive sports medicine. Dr. Burns has served as the team physician for men's and women's rugby at Colby College and for the NAEHL Fighting Spirit hockey team. He is a classifier and member of the Safety Committee for the United States Wheelchair Rugby Association. He has provided medical coverage for a wide variety of other sporting events including Iron Man triathlons, biking, running, and swimming events, wrestling, dance, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and football at both the high school and collegiate levels. Dr. Burns and Dr. Chen currently serve as team physicians for the Northgate High School football team.
Dr. Burns is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Tendinitis and Stroke.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 9 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1777 Botelho Dr, Ste 110, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- StrokeDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Stroke.
- TendinitisDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Tendinitis.