Dennis Burns, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Jane B. and Edwin P. Jenevein, M.D., Chair in Pathology
Pathology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-2148
Office Fax: 214-648-2077

dennis.burns@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipParkland Memorial Hospital - GME (1985)
ResidencyParkland Memorial Hospital - GME (1983)
InternshipParkland Memorial Hospital - GME (1979)
InternshipParkland Memorial Hospital - GME (1978)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center (1978)

Research Interests

Neuromuscular disorders
Pathology of neurofibromatosis type 1 models

Publications

Featured
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

Featured
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

Featured
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

Featured
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

Featured
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

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

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

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

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

Honors/Awards

Pre-Clinical Distinguished Educator Award

(2006)

Stembridge Faculty Teaching Award

(1993)

Alpha Omega Alpha

(1977)

Recipient, Robert A. Welch Foundation Scholarship

(1972)

Faculty teaching awards, 1984-2008