Biography

Received Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology from University of California, San Diego in 2006. Received Master of Science degree in Physiology from Georgetown University in 2008. Received Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Touro University Nevada in 2013. Completed internal medicine residency at University of New Mexico in 2016.

Personal Statement

As a hospitalist, I enjoy medical education and teaching and interacting with both medical students and residents. I am the Division of Hospital Medicine Director for Consult Medicine. I co-direct a Transition to Residency course called Internal Medicine Boot Camp. I am the Chapter President of the New Mexico Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Areas of Specialty

Medical Education
Curriculum Development
Consult and Perioperative Medicine
Transition to Residency Courses

Languages

  • English

Courses Taught

Internal Medicine Boot Camp

Research and Scholarship

3/2021 Burns S. Acute kidney injury (Chapter) Conn's Current Therapy 2021, Elsevier
1/13/2021 Burns S, Lacy M. UNM Education Day, Poster, “Mock paging program in Internal Medicine Boot Camp.”
3/6/2020 Lu, Edward MSIV, Shultz, Chris MD, Burns, Sarah DO. Poster, UNM Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium (QIPS), “Geriatric Hip Fractures: Early Results of a Multidisciplinary Approach”
1/2020 Burns S. Acute kidney injury (Chapter) Conn's Current Therapy 2020, Elsevier
11/9/2019 Clinton J, Lechel A, Burns S. District 10 Regional Meeting, Poster, “Health Disparities and Heartbreak.”
11/9/2019 Burns S, Lacy M. District 10 Regional SHM Meeting, Poster, “Use of a needs assessment to develop a curriculum for Internal Medicine Boot Camp for graduating medical students.”
10/4/2019 Burns S, Lacy M. University of New Mexico Education Day 2019, Poster, “Use of a needs assessment to develop a curriculum for Internal Medicine Boot Camp for graduating medical students.”
7/2019 Imber J, Burns S, Chan K. “Gram negative bacteremia: Cultures, drugs, and duration Are we doing it right?” TheHospitalist, July 29, 2019.
6/7/2019 Burns S, Lacy M. 2019 Preparing Medical Students and Early Interns for Residency Symposium, Poster, NYU, “Use of a needs assessment to develop a curriculum for Internal Medicine Boot Camp for graduating medical students”
11/2018 Erickson C, Burns S. New Mexico ACP Clinical Vignette “Malignant Catatonia - what internists need to know”
7/2017 Imber J, Burns S, Barrett E, Ayoubieh H, Rankin A, Mayasy S. In the Literature, The Hospitalist, July 2017.
5/3/2017 Burns S. National SHM Meeting (Las Vegas, NV), RIV Finalist, Clinical Vignette “Adult obtundation: an unusual cause”
7/2016 Burns SJ, Orner JD, Lacy ME. “Avoidance of Carotid Ultrasound in Syncope—Keeping It Simple, A Teachable Moment.” JAMA Intern Med. 2016; 176(7):892-893. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2531