Peter A. Burke, MD, FACS is Chief of Trauma Services and Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine. A graduate of Vassar College and Tufts University School of Medicine, he completed his internship and residency at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Dr. Burke’s major areas of interest are critical care and trauma and he has a broad surgical practice in all areas of general surgery. He is actively involved in medical student and resident teaching in the areas of trauma, shock, and sepsis. His professional interests include clinical research, liver trauma and nutritional support. Dr. Burke has authored and co-authored numerous chapters and scientific papers and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Burke has research interests in gene regulation in injury and the molecular, metabolic, and immunologic responses in sepsis and injury. His research interests and involvement extend from basic science, laboratory based projects to those involving clinical questions and patient studies. In the laboratory, he is involved in looking at changes in transcriptional regulatory mechanisms brought on by injury. Utilizing clinically relative injury models, he has looked at changes in the basic transcriptional regulatory apparatus after injury. Burkes clinical based research involves the study of the effects of critical illness on patients' immunologic responses. He is extensively involved in the delivery of nutritional support to hospitalized patients as well as those requiring it at home and is presently involved in several ongoing clinical research projects involved with these patients.
Dr. Peter Ashley Burke, MD
- Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Critical Care Medicine
- 42 years of experience
- Boston Childrens Hospital 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
- (617) 355-6000
Brief Intro
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Education Background
RESIDENCY
New England Deaconess Hospital
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Tufts University School Of Medicine - 1983
Languages Spoken
- Spanish
- French
- English
Location & Hours
- Boston Childrens Hospital
- 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Specialties Treated
- Trauma Surgery
- Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine
- Other Specialty
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Conditions Addressed
- Ventral Hernia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Inguinal Hernia
- Malignant Neoplasm of Female Breast
- Gastric Cancer
- Abdominal Hernia
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Appendicitis
- Cholelethiasis or Cholecystitis
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Procedures Performed
- Skin Surgery
- Wound Care
- Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
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Insurance Accepted
* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).
- Aetna
- Health Alliance
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