Kevin Burns, M.D.

Associate Director of Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility

Pathology

Biography

Dr. Burns joined UT Southwestern as the Associate Director of the Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory in August 2024. Dr. Burns completed his BS in Clinical Laboratory Science at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and hi MD at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his Clinical Pathology Residency, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship and Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Pathology and the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.

Education & Training

Medical School - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2022-2006)
Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (2009-2010), Blood Banking/transfusion Medicine
Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (2010-2011), Pathology

Books & Publications

Publications
- Francisella tularensis Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation
  Nelson CA, Murua C, Jones JM, Mohler K, Zhang Y, Wiggins L, Kwit NA, Respicio-Kingry L, Kingry LC, Petersen JM, Brown J, Aslam S, Krafft M, Asad S, Dagher HN, Ham J, Medina-Garcia LH, Burns K, Kelley WE, Hinckley AF, Annambhotla P, Carifo K, Gonzalez A, Helsel E, Iser J, Johnson M, Fritz CL, Basavaraju SV Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019 25 4
- Renal Transplant Patients Biopsied for Cause and Tested for C4d, DSA, and IgG Subclasses and C1q: Which Humoral Markers Improve Diagnosis and Outcomes?
  Cicciarelli JC, Lemp NA, Chang Y, Koss M, Hacke K, Kasahara N, Burns KM, Min DI, Naraghi R, Shah T, Journal of immunology research 2017 2017 1652931
- The presence of anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies in lung allograft recipients does not correlate with C4d immunofluorescence in transbronchial biopsy specimens.
  Roberts JA, Barrios R, Cagle PT, Ge Y, Takei H, Haque AK, Burns KM, Land GA, Dilioglou S, Bernard DW, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 2014 Aug 138 8 1053-8
- Donor body mass index is an important factor that affects peripheral blood progenitor cell yield in healthy donors after mobilization with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor.
  Chen J, Burns KM, Babic A, Carrum G, Kennedy M, Segura FJ, Garcia S, Potts S, Leveque C, Transfusion 2014 Jan 54 1 203-10
- De novo donor specific antibodies and patient outcomes in renal transplantation.
  DeVos JM, Patel SJ, Burns KM, Dilioglou S, Gaber LW, Knight RJ, Gaber AO, Land GA, Clinical transplants 2011 351-8
- Severe necrotizing fasciitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  Olsen RJ, Burns KM, Chen L, Kreiswirth BN, Musser JM, Journal of clinical microbiology 2008 Mar 46 3 1144-7