Dennis Burns, M.D.

Distinguished Teaching Professor

Pathology
Diagnostic Neuropathology

Biography

Dr. Burns was named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly in 2018.

Education & Training

Undergraduate - Baylor University, Chemistry
Medical School - Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct, Medicine

Honors & Awards

Faculty teaching awards, 1984-2017
Minnie Stevens Piper Professor 2016
University of Texas Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award 2016
Pre-Clinical Distinguished Educator Award 2006
Stembridge Faculty Teaching Award 1993
Alpha Omega Alpha 1977
Recipient, Robert A. Welch Foundation Scholarship 1972

Books & Publications

Books
- Pathology: The Big Picture
  Kemp WL, Burns DK, Brown TG (2008), New York, Lange McGraw Hill
Publications
- Distinct tissue injury patterns in juvenile dermatomyositis auto-antibody subgroups.
  Nguyen M, Do V, Yell PC, Jo C, Liu J, Burns DK, Wright T, Cai C, Acta neuropathologica communications 2020 Aug 8 1 125
- Global activation of oncogenic pathways underlies therapy resistance in diffuse midline glioma.
  Georgescu MM, Islam MZ, Li Y, Circu ML, Traylor J, Notarianni CM, Kline CN, Burns DK, Acta neuropathologica communications 2020 07 8 1 111
- ASCL1 regulates neurodevelopmental transcription factors and cell cycle genes in brain tumors of glioma mouse models.
  Vue TY, Kollipara RK, Borromeo MD, Smith T, Mashimo T, Burns DK, Bachoo RM, Johnson JE, Glia 2020 Jun
- Distinct expression patterns of carbonic anhydrase IX in clear cell, microcystic and angiomatous meningiomas
  Chkheidze R, Cimino PJ, Hatanpaa KJ, White CL, Ferreira M, Piccirillo SGM, Li L, Rajaram S, Nyagilo JO, Burns DK, Raisanen JM, Cai C Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 2019 78 12 1088-1081
- Cell of Origin Susceptibility to Glioblastoma Formation Declines with Neural Lineage Restriction
  Alcantara Llaguno S, Sun D, Pedraza A, Vera E, Wang Z, Burns DK, Parada LF Nature Neuroscience 2019 22 4 545-555
- BRAF mutation leading to central nervous system Rosai-Dorfman disease.
  Richardson TE, Wachsmann M, Oliver D, Abedin Z, Ye D, Burns DK, Raisanen JM, Greenberg BM, Hatanpaa KJ Annals of neurology 2018 Jul
- Diffuse microvascular C5b-9 deposition is a common feature in muscle and nerve biopsies from diabetic patients.
  Yell PC, Burns DK, Dittmar EG, White CL, Cai C Acta neuropathologica communications 2018 Feb 6 1 11
- Aggressive Behavior in Silent Subtype III Pituitary Adenomas May Depend on Suppression of Local Immune Response: A Whole Transcriptome Analysis.
  Richardson TE, Shen ZJ, Kanchwala M, Xing C, Filatenkov A, Shang P, Barnett S, Abedin Z, Malter JS, Raisanen JM, Burns DK, White CL, Hatanpaa KJ Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2017 Oct 76 10 874-882
- Morin Stain Detects Aluminum-Containing Macrophages in Macrophagic Myofasciitis and Vaccination Granuloma With High Sensitivity and Specificity.
  Chkheidze R, Burns DK, White CL, Castro D, Fuller J, Cai C Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2017 Mar
- Clinical Outcome of Silent Subtype III Pituitary Adenomas Diagnosed by Immunohistochemistry.
  Richardson TE, Mathis DA, Mickey BE, Raisanen JM, Burns DK, White CL, Hatanpaa KJ Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2015 Dec 74 12 1170-7
- Adult Lineage-Restricted CNS Progenitors Specify Distinct Glioblastoma Subtypes.
  Alcantara Llaguno SR, Wang Z, Sun D, Chen J, Xu J, Kim E, Hatanpaa KJ, Raisanen JM, Burns DK, Johnson JE, Parada LF Cancer cell 2015 Oct 28 4 429-40
- The defining pathology of the new clinical and histopathologic entity ACTA2-related cerebrovascular disease.
  Georgescu MM, Pinho Mda C, Richardson TE, Torrealba J, Buja LM, Milewicz DM, Raisanen JM, Burns DK Acta neuropathologica communications 2015 3 1 81
- Induction of abnormal proliferation by non-myelinating Schwann cells triggers neurofibroma formation
  Zheng H, Chang L, Patel N, Yang J, Lowe L, Burns DK, Zhu Y Cancer Cell 2008 13 117-128
- Pten haploinsufficiency accelerates formation of high grade astrocytomas
  Kwon C-H, Alcantara S, Zhao D, Chen J, Li Y, Burns DK, Mason R, Lee EY-HP, Wu H, Parada LF Cancer Research 2008 68 3286-3294
- Induction of abnormal proliferation by non-myelinating Schwann cells triggers neurofibroma formation
  Zheng H, Chang L, Patel N, Yang J, Lowe L, Burns DK, Zhu Y Cancer Cell 2008 13 117-128
- Multifocal motor sensory demyelinating neuropathy: inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
  Oh SJ, LaGanke C, Powers R, Wolfe GI, Quinton RA, Burns DK Neurology 2005 65 1639-1642
- Early inactivation of p53 tumor suppressor gene cooperating with NF1 loss induces malignant astrocytoma.
  Zhu Y, Guignard F, Zhao D, Liu L, Burns DK, Mason RP, Messing A, Parada LF Cancer Cell 2005 8 119-130
- Neurofibromas in NF1: Schwann cell origin and role of tumor environment
  Zhu Y, Ghosh P, Charnay P, Burns DK, Parada LF Science 2002 296 920-922
- Neurofibromas in NF1: Schwann cell origin and role of tumor environment
  Zhu Y, Chosh P, Charnay P, Burns DK, Parada LF Science 2002 296 920-922
- Defective forebrain development in mice lacking gp 330/megalin
  Willnow TE, Hilpert J, Armstrong SA, Rohlmann A, Hammer RE, Burns DK, Herz J Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 1996 93 8460-8464
- Massive xanthomatosis and atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed low density lipoprotein receptor-negative mice
  Ishibashi S, Goldstein JL, Brown MS, Herz J, Burns DK Journal of Clinical Investigation 1994 93 885-1893
- The neuropathology of acquired immune deficiency syndrome: The Dallas, Texas experience
  Burns DK, Risser RC, White CL Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1991 115 1112-1124

Research

Neuromuscular disorders
Pathology of neurofibromatosis type 1 models

Clinical Focus

Diagnostic Neuropathology