Robert Burns MD AGSF, FACP

Oak Street Health Overton Park Office. Professor, Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.

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2195 Poplar AveMemphis, TN 38104
Phone+1 901-237-6702
Fax+1 901-278-6934

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Education & Training

University of MemphisMA, Theatre , 1990 - 1997
University of Tennessee College of Medicine (Memphis)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1987
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1983

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Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1986 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2016
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

41 citations
Dementia Caregivers’ Use of Services for Themselves
Jennifer Martindale-Adams, Linda O. Nichols, Jeffrey Zuber, Robert Burns, Marshall J. Graney
The Gerontologist. 2016-12-01
64 citations
REACH VA: Moving from Translation to System Implementation
Linda O. Nichols, Jennifer Martindale-Adams, Robert Burns, Jeffrey Zuber, Marshall J. Graney
The Gerontologist. 2016-02-01
Dancing on Thursdays.
Robert Burns
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014-04-15

Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Fellow
American Geriatrics Society
Fellow

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