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Office
1225 N State St
Jackson, MS 39202Phone+1 833-672-8767
Summary
- Dr. Derek Culnan is a burn and plastic surgeon and is the Medical Director of the Mississippi Burn, Hand, and Reconstruction Centers, PC, which is based at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. He had been affiliated with multiple hospitals including Merit Health Central, Medical City Plano, WellStar Cobb Hospital, Doctors Hospital, Swedish Medical Center, and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in burn, hand, and plastic & reconstructive microsurgery and is experienced in hand and wrist surgery, upper extremity functional reconstruction, hand and wrist traumatology, hand and wrist oncology, and hand and wrist functional reconstruction. He has more than 10 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
- University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2015 - 2016
- Indiana University School of MedicineFellowship, Plastic Surgery, 2012 - 2015
- Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2012
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2007 - 2009
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
- CO State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- ID State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- MS State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- NV State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
- American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Outcome comparison of the most commonly employed wound coverage techniques in patients with massive burns ≥50% TBSA - A systematic review and meta-analysis.Valentin Haug, Christian Tapking, Adriana C Panayi, Anamika Veeramani, Samuel Knoedler
Burns. 2024-12-01 - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass alters intestinal glucose transport in the obese Zucker rat.Qinghe Meng, Derek M Culnan, Tamer Ahmed, Mingjie Sun, Robert N Cooney
Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2022-01-01 - 2 citationsEvolving Antibiotic Resistance of Aeromonas Species in Finger Replantation.Khalid Mokhtar, Derek M. Culnan, William C. Lineaweaver
Surgical Infections. 2020-02-13
Press Mentions
- House Reverses Course, Names Baptist as State’s Burn CenterFebruary 22nd, 2023
- Independence Day Can Bring Burn RisksJune 30th, 2021
- Baptist, UMMC to Receive $2 Million Each in State Funds for Burn CentersDecember 5th, 2023
External Links
- MBHRC on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092455508138
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