PBM the Why: Better Yet the Why Not?

Carolyn Burns, MD, is a board-certified pathologist (AP/CP) who served as medical director and chief of pathology at the Jewish Hospital Healthcare System in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1991-2011, which included the medical directorships of surgical pathology, the clinical laboratory, and the transfusion/tissue services for the five-hospital system. She was an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Louisville and served on the advisory board and as a guest lecturer for the Bellarmine University Clinical Laboratory Science Program.

After earning her undergraduate degree in microbiology and her medical degree, Dr. Burns completed an internship in general surgery followed by a pathology residency at the University of Louisville. Dr. Burns is the immediate past president of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management.

Dr. Burns is an active member of several medical societies, including AABB and IARS. She has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks and is often sought after as a speaker, both nationally and internationally, regarding patient blood management and transfusion practices.

She serves as a patient blood management physician advisor/consultant working with numerous hospitals and systems throughout the U.S. She is the CMO and co-founder of Collaborative Clinical Consulting, LLC, which provides PBM education, implementation services, and perioperative assessment.