BruceACairnsMD

General Surgery • Chapel Hill, NC

Burn, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Director, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center UNC Department of Surgery

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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone+1 919-966-8596

Fax+1 919-843-5515

Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Surgery, 1989 - 1996
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1999 - 2024
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2000
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Effect of Burn Size on Cytomegalovirus Reactivation and Correlates of T Cell Immune Function in Burned Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Albumin Use in Burn Patients Start of enrollment: 2005 Jan 01
Completed
Effects of Therapy With Sulfamylon® 5% Topical Solution Compared to a Historical Control Group Start of enrollment: 2007 Sep 01
Terminated
Phase 4
A Multicenter Comparative Study of the ReCell Device and Autologous Split-thickness Meshed Skin Graft in the Treatment of Acute Burn Injuries Start of enrollment: 2010 May 21
Completed
Not Applicable
Study of Low Adherent Dressing Versus the Standard of Care for the Management of Skin Grafts Over Thermal Burns Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

An evaluation of the "Obesity Paradox" in isolated blunt abdominal trauma in the United States.
Kathryn Atkins, Bruce Cairns, Andrew Schneider, Anthony Charles
Injury. 2024-07-01
3 citations
Who benefits from resuscitative thoracotomies following penetrating trauma: The patient or the learner?
Kathryn Atkins, Andrew Schneider, Jared Gallaher, Bruce Cairns, Anthony Charles
Injury. 2023-11-01
3 citations
Multiplexed Human Gene Expression Analysis Reveals a Central Role of the TLR/mTOR/PPARγ and NFkB Axes in Burn and Inhalation Injury-Induced Changes in Systemic Immunom...
Cressida Mahung, Shannon M Wallet, Jordan E Jacobs, Laura Y Zhou, Haibo Zhou
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022-08-20

Journal Articles

Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Is Associated with Increased Mortality Following Burn Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa
Anthony G Charles, Jared R Gallaher, Anne M Lachiewicz, Bruce A Cairns, World Journal of Surgery

Press Mentions

Clinical Sensors Awarded over $1.5M in NIH Grants to Advance Its Nitric Oxide Diagnostic for Sepsis Recognition and ManagementApril 18th, 2017
Annual Veterans Day Ceremony Honors MilitaryNovember 4th, 2016
UNC, NC State to Use Data to Tackle Rare Diseases Through $11-Million National EffortOctober 11th, 2016
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Grant Support

Cellular Mechanism Of Immune Dysfunction Following Burn InjuryNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2009–2012
Trauma Research FellowshipNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2010–2011
CD8+ T Cell Response To Burn InjuryNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2003–2007
Multicenter Trial Of Oxandrolone In The Treatment Of BurnNational Center For Research Resources2004

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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