Overview
Specialty: Sports Medicine; Arthroscopy - Shoulder, Knee; Joint Replacement - Shoulder Dr. Katherine Burns is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with sub-specialty fellowship training in sports medicine and a dedicated interest in shoulder surgery. She serves patients in the greater St. Louis region at SSM Health DePaul Hospital. Dr. Burns is engaged in teaching and research about rotator cuff injury and total shoulder reconstruction. She regularly instructs and presents at national and international meetings on shoulder surgery and is an active member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society. Dr. Burns has extensive research experience and has authored many papers in premier orthopedic journals, with a focus on improving patient outcomes after shoulder surgery. Dr. Burns attended the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated magna cum laude with degrees in biology and psychology. She was a member of several honor societies including Phi Beta Kappa and the Premedical Honor Society. She received her medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, where she was nominated for Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical school honor society. Dr. Burns completed orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, one of the top 25 orthopedic surgery programs in the country. After residency, Dr. Burns completed fellowship training for sports medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California, and completed an international traveling fellowship sponsored by the Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society in 2005 with a focus on shoulder surgery, and in France and Switzerland as well as several sites in the United States. Dr. Burns is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society and the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine. She is also a member of The Forum, a society for women sports medicine surgeons.
Dr. Burns is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Acute Pain, Caffey Disease, Hip Replacement, and Endoscopy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
12349 DePaul Drive, Suite 100, Bridgeton, MO 63044
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Burns has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- OsteoarthritisDr. Burns isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
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- Acute PainDr. Burns isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Pain.
- Caffey DiseaseDr. Burns isAdvanced. Learn about Caffey Disease.
- Frozen ShoulderDr. Burns isAdvanced. Learn about Frozen Shoulder.
- TendinitisDr. Burns isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Experienced
- Brachial PlexopathyDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Brachial Plexopathy.
- BursitisDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- EndoscopyDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Hip ReplacementDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Hip Replacement.
- OsteonecrosisDr. Burns isExperienced. Learn about Osteonecrosis.