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Michael Burns, MD, Emergency Medicine, Orange, CA, UCI Health

MichaelJamesBurnsMD

Emergency Medicine Orange, CA

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine

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  • Office

    3800 Chapman Ave., Suite 3200
    University of California Irvine Medical Center
    Orange, CA 92868
    Phone+1 714-456-5239
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Education & Training

  • University of California (Irvine)
    University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 1980 - 1982
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineDiploma course completed, Tropical Medicine, 1979 - 1979
  • University of California (Irvine)
    University of California (Irvine)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1978
  • University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
    University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 1975
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesBA, Bacteriology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1976 - 2025
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Southern California Super Doctor -- Emergency Medicine SuperDoctors.com, 2013-2023
  • Physician of Excellence Award -- Emergency Medicine Orange County Medical Association, 2006-2018
  • Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Images in Emergency Medicine A case of erythema nodosum with coccidioidomycosis  
    Said S, Yanuck J, Burns MJ, Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2017
  • Hepatitis A: Essential knowledge and a novel identify-isolate-inform tool for frontline heath care providers  
    Koenig KL, Shastry S, Burns MJ, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2017
  • Identify-Isolate-Inform: A tool for initial detection and management of Zika virus patients in the emergency department  
    Koenig KL, Almadhyan A, Burns MJ, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • In an epidemic of West Nile virus infection, higher risk of death and disability in patients with West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease can be determined at emergency ...
    Burns M, Sylwanowicz L, Costantini S, Zahn M, Saadat S, Placone T, Shearer E, ACEP Research Forum at the American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, 10/1/2018
  • Emergency department transfer of managed care patients results in patient dissatisfaction without identifiable negative clinical outcomes
    Burns MJ, Starr D, Rancho Mirage, CA, Rancho Mirage, CA, 1/1/1997
  • Factors affecting compliance with outpatient diagnostic procedures following emergency department evaluation.
    Myers J, Burns MJ, Paddock C, Zarate I, Chan E, Academic Emergency Medicine, Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Annual Scientific Assembly of the California Chapter- American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington, D.C., 1994; Lake Tahoe, CA, 1994, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

  • Factors affecting compliance with outpatient diagnostic procedures following emergency department evaluation 
    Washington, D.C., 1994; Lake Tahoe, CA, 1994 - 1/1/1994
  • Amebic liver abscess-an emergency medicine perspective 
    Lake Tahoe, CA - 1/1/1994
  • Duration of immunity to hepatitis B after immunization in EMS personnel 
    San Francisco, CA - 1/1/1993
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Other

Committees

  • Member, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee 1990 - Present
  • Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics
  • Member, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations