Background
Burns, Charles Patrick was born on October 8, 1937 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Charles Edgar and Ruth (Eastham) Burns.
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Charles Patrick Burns
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Charles Patrick Burns, American Hematologist-oncologist. Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine, subspecialty boards hematology, medical oncology. American Cancer Society fellow in hematology-oncology, 1968-1969, United States Public Health Service fellow in medicine, 1969-1970; United States Public Health Service career awardee, 1978.
Education
Bachelor, U. Kansas, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, U. Kansas, 1963.
Career
Intern, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1963-1964;
assistant resident in internal medicine, University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1966-1968;
senior resident in hematology, University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1968-1969;
instructor medicine, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1970-1971;
assistant chief hematology, Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital., 1970-1971;
assistant professor medicine, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1971-1975;
associate professor medicine, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1975-1980;
professor, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, since 1980;
director section medical oncology, co-director division hematatol./oncology, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1980-1985;
director division hematology-oncology, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1985-1999. Visiting scientist Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories, London, 1982-1983. Consultant United States Veterans Administration Hospital.
Member study section on experimental therapeutics National Institutes of Health, CancerCtr. Support Review Commission National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health Cancer Clinical Investigation Review Committee, VA Medical Research Svc. Career Development Committee.
Member external advising committee U. Oregon Cancer Center, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain Military Cross, Australia, 1964-1966. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Board Internal Medicine (Subsplty. board hematology 1992-1998), American Society Hematology, American Association Cancer Research, International Society Hematology, Control Society Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Oxygen Society, Royal Society Medicine, American Federation Clinical Research, International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, Phi Beta Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Janet Sue Walsh, June 15, 1968. Children— Charles Geoffrey, Scott Patrick.
