JamesJBurkeIIMD

Gynecologic Oncology, Minimally Invasive / Endoscopic Surgery

The Donald G. Gallup MD Scholar of Gynecological Oncology, Associate Professor and Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah Campus

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Overview of Dr. Burke

Dr. James Burke is an obstetrician/gynecologist in Savannah, GA and is affiliated with HCA South Atlantic - Memorial Health. He received his medical degree from Medical College of Georgia and has been in practice 27 years. Dr. Burke accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 92 doctors at HCA South Atlantic - Memorial Health who specialize in Obstetrics & Gynecology. He has more than 20 publications and over 500 citings.

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4700 Waters Ave
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Savannah, GA 31404
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Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Gynecologic Oncology, 1994 - 1997
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1990 - 1994
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1998 - 2025
SC State Medical License 2023 - 2023
TN State Medical License 1997 - 2010
IL State Medical License 1990 - 2005
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member Society of Gynecologic Oncology, 1994-2017
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Use of MCT Oil for Enhancement of Weight Loss and Glycemic Control in Obese Diabetic Patients Start of enrollment: 2004 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Prospective Randomized Evaluation Of Celecoxib Integrated Safety Vs Ibuprofen Or Naproxen Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 04
Completed
Phase 4
Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 25
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Pontine Glioma Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01
Unknown status
Phase 2
A Phase 2, Single-Arm Study of Volociximab Monotherapy in Subjects With Platinum-Resistant Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer or Primary Peritoneal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Carboplatin, Paclitaxel and Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without Bevacizumab After Surgery in Treating Patients With Recurrent Ovarian, Epithelial, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Efficacy of Implantable Defibrillator Therapy After a Myocardial Infarction Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Recruiting
Phase 3
Diet and Physical Activity Change or Usual Care in Improving Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Previously Treated Stage II, III, or IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 18
Recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Have Undergone Lumpectomy Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Pelvic Radiation Therapy or Vaginal Implant Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage I or Stage II Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 23
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Lymphedema After Surgery in Patients With Endometrial Cancer, Cervical Cancer, or Vulvar Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Paclitaxel and Carboplatin or Bleomycin Sulfate, Etoposide Phosphate, and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Sex Cord-Ovarian Stromal Tumors Start of enrollment: 2010 Feb 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage I-IIA Cervical Cancer Who Previously Underwent Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Web Based Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Registry Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 01
Recruiting
Tamoxifen Citrate, Letrozole, Anastrozole, or Exemestane With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Invasive RxPONDER Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Dactinomycin or Methotrexate in Treating Patients With Low-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 18
Completed
Phase 3
Docetaxel and Cyclophosphamide Compared to Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy in Treating Women With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
S1202: Duloxetine Hydrochloride for Muscle/Joint Pain in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Receiving Hormone Therapy Start of enrollment: 2013 May 15
Completed
Phase 3
S1207 Hormone Therapy With or Without Everolimus in Treating Patients With Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
The Evaluation of Bococizumab (PF-04950615;RN316) in Reducing the Occurrence of Major Cardiovascular Events in High Risk Subjects Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 29
Terminated
Phase 3
The Evaluation of Bococizumab (PF-04950615; RN316) in Reducing the Occurrence of Major Cardiovascular Events in High Risk Subjects Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 29
Terminated
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Circulating Tumor Cells In Advanced Cervical Cancer: NRG Oncology—Gynecologic Oncology Group Study 240 (NCT 00803062)
Krishnansu S. Tewari, Michael W. Sill, Bradley J. Monk, Richard T. Penson, David H. Moore, Heather A. Lankes, Lois M. Ramondetta, Lisa M. Landrum, Leslie M. Randall, A...> ;Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2020 Aug 26
190 citations
Phase III Trial: Adjuvant Pelvic Radiation Therapy Versus Vaginal Brachytherapy Plus Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in High-Intermediate and High-Risk Early-Stage Endometrial ...
Marcus E. Randall, Virginia L. Filiaci, D. Scott McMeekin, Vivian E. von Gruenigen, Helen J. Huang, Catheryn M. Yashar, Robert S. Mannel, Jae Weon Kim, Ritu Salani, Pa...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Apr 17
18 citations
Tumor mutational analysis of GOG248, a phase II study of temsirolimus or temsirolimus and alternating megestrol acetate and tamoxifen for advanced endometrial cancer (...
Andrea P. Myers, Virginia L. Filiaci, Yuping Zhang, Michael L. Pearl, Kian Behbakht, Vicky Makker, Parviz Hanjani, Susan Zweizig, James J. Burke, Gordon Downey, Kimber...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2016 Apr 1
89 citations
Temsirolimus with or without megestrol acetate and tamoxifen for endometrial cancer: A gynecologic oncology group study
Gini F. Fleming, Virginia L. Filiaci, Brandon Marzullo, Richard J. Zaino, Susan A. Davidson, Michael L. Pearl, Vicky Makker, James J. Burke, Susan Zweizig, Linda Van L...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2014 Mar 1
Shared Vision, Collective Impact, and Persistent Challenges: The First Decade of Georgia’s Oncology Research Network
Nancy M. Paris, James J. Burke, Frederick M. Schnell> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2013 Oct 15
55 citations
Is bilateral lymphadenectomy for midline squamous carcinoma of the vulva always necessary? An analysis from Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) 173.
Robert L. Coleman, Shamshad Ali, Charles F Levenback, Michael A. Gold, Jeffrey M. Fowler, Patricia L. Judson, Maria C. Bell, Koen De Geest, Nick M. Spirtos, Ronald K. ...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2013 Feb 1
227 citations
Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Women With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study
Charles F Levenback, Shamshad Ali, Robert L. Coleman, Michael A. Gold, Jeffrey M. Fowler, Patricia L. Judson, Maria C. Bell, Koen De Geest, Nick M. Spirtos, Ronald K. ...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2012 Nov 1
67 citations
A PHASE II EVALUATION OF TRABECTEDIN IN THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED, PERSISTENT, OR RECURRENT UTERINE LEIOMYOSARCOMA: A GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY GROUP STUDY
Bradley J. Monk, John A. Blessing, Daron Street, Carolyn Y. Muller, James J. Burke, Martee L. Hensley> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2012 Jan 1
Hormone therapy plus temsirolimus for endometrial carcinoma (EC): Gynecologic Oncology Group trial #248.
Fleming GF, Filiaci VL, Hanjani P, Burke JJ, Davidson SA, Leslie KK, Zaino RJ> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011-05-20
41 citations
Randomized phase III study of canfosfamide in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin compared with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin alone in platinum-resistan...
Ignace Vergote, Neil J. Finkler, James B. Hall, Ostap Melnyk, Robert P. Edwards, Marsha Jones, James G. Keck, Lisa Meng, Gail L. Brown, E.M. Rankin, James J. Burke, Ra...> ;International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2010 Jun 1
Survival and association with time to treatment change in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Liu Z, Burke J, Zheng J, Johnson J> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2009-05-20
Randomized phase III study of canfosfamide (C, TLK286) plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) versus PLD as second-line therapy in platinum (P) refractory or resis...
Vergote I, Finkler NJ, Hall JB, Melnyk O, Edwards RP, Jones M, Meng L, Brown GL, Rankin EM, Burke JJ, Rose PG> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2009-05-20
28 citations
Retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing over one hundred pounds with review of the literature
Olivia J. McCallum, James J. Burke, Alex J. Childs, Alex Ferro, Donald G. Gallup> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2006 Dec 1
20 citations
Outcomes of octogenarians and nonagenarians in elective major gynecologic surgery.
Wayne H. Friedman, Donald G. Gallup, James J. Burke, Edward A. Meister, William J. Hoskins> ;American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2006 Aug 1
335 citations
Concurrent endometrial carcinoma in women with a biopsy diagnosis of atypical endometrial hyperplasia: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
Cornelia L. Trimble, James Kauderer, Richard Zaino, Steven Silverberg, Peter C. Lim, James J. Burke, David Alberts, John Curtin> ;Cancer. 2006 Feb 15
3 citations
Recurrent colorectal carcinoma detected by routine cervicovaginal papanicolaou smear testing.
Alex J. Childs, James J. Burke, Michelle Y. Perry, William E Check, Donald G. Gallup> ;Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2005 Oct 1
2 citations
Metastatic uterine serous carcinoma originating in an endometrial polyp: a report of 2 cases.
Alex J. Childs, James J. Burke, Michelle Y. Perry, Donald G. Gallup> ;The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2005 Mar 1
6 citations
Completion hysterectomy after radiation therapy for bulky cervical cancer stages IB, IIA, and IIB: complications and survival rates
Melissa A. Decker, James J. Burke, Donald G. Gallup, Robert W. Silverio, David Weems, John Duttenhaver, Dent Purcell> ;American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004 Aug 1
21 citations
Gynecological surgery in octogenarians and nonagenarians
Deborah Y. Parker, James J. Burke, Donald G. Gallup> ;American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004 May 1
2 citations
Recurrent ascites and pleural effusions after surgery for early-stage endometrial adenocarcinoma.
Jeffrey J. Ridgeway, Carmela Pettigrew, Donald G. Gallup, James J. Burke, Frederick H. Weber> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2001 Jul 1
1 citations
Regulation of PTP1D mRNA by peptide growth factors in the human endometrial cell line HEC-1-A.
James J. Burke, Francisco Talavera, K.M.J. Menon> ;Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 1997 Nov 1
Epidermal growth factor activates protein kinase C in the human endometrial cancer cell line HEC-1-A.
Connor P, Talavera F, Kang JS, Burke J, Roberts J, Menon KM> ;Gynecol. Oncol.. 1997-10-01
16 citations
Ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.
Gregg Koldenhoven, James J. Burke, Robert Pierron> ;Southern Medical Journal. 1997 Mar 1
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Fellow
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

HCA South Atlantic - Memorial HealthSavannah, Georgia

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Georgia Blue Choice HMO
BCBS Georgia BlueChoice Option POS
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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