Donald Patrick Burney

Background

Burney, Donald Patrick was born on March 31, 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Son of James Henry and Lillian (Runyon) Burney.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1970.

Career

Intern, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1970-1971; resident in surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1971-1972, 74-76; chief resident, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1976-1977; from junior resident to chief resident cardiothoracic surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1977-1979; cardiothoracic surgeon, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, since 1979; cardiothoracic surgeon, Wesley Long Cmty. Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, since 1979.

Achievements

• Donald Patrick Burney has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiovascular surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President American Heart Association, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1987, Greensboro, 1983. Major United States Air Force, 1972-1974, 1986, 88. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians, American College Cardiology.

Member Society Thoracic Surgery, Southern Thoracic Society, Southern Medical Association, H. William Scott Junior Society, Phi Etta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Charlotte Wright, December 26,1967. Children: James David, Joseph Patrick, Elizabeth Stacey.

Father:

James Henry Burney

Mother:

Lillian (Runyon) Burney

Spouse:

Charlotte Wright

child:

Joseph Patrick Burney

child:

James David Burney

child:

Elizabeth Stacey Burney