At the Johns Hopkins Burn Center at Hopkins Bayview we recognize the importance of outreach and education in burn prevention as well as clinical training in burn care. We provide and participate in numerous outreach and educational programs for community members and healthcare professionals throughout the state and country.
Burn Fellowship
Stephen M. Milner, M.D.
Program Director
The division of burns offers a 1-2 year burn fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Burn Center. The fellowship provides clinical experience as well as a strong research emphasis on all aspects of burn care. The position is available to physicians who are board eligible or certified in plastic or general surgery or those who have completed three years of general surgery training. International medical graduates are also considered with appropriate medical qualifications and ECFMG certification.
Resident Training
Stephen M. Milner, M.D.
Program Director
Surgical and Emergency Room residents from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Union Hospital, and St. Agnes Hospital rotate through the burn center. The rotation entails experience in all aspects of burn care including ICU and reconstruction.
Please feel free to contact our offices at the Johns Hopkins Burn Center for further details regarding our educational programs:
Valerie Jennings
Executive Assistant
Tel 410-550-0886
Fax 410-550-8161
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology / Behavioral Medicine
Johns Hopkins University Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System
James A. Fauerbach, Ph.D.
Program Director
Burn injury can significantly affect all domains of life and lead to substantial functional limitations. Burned skin requires extended healing and may result in altered appearance (e.g., hypertrophic scarring) and decreased function (e.g., limited range of motion, generalized deconditioning, decreased sensation and poor thermoregulation). Burn injury is also frequently associated with psychological impairment that may originate from the burn event (e.g., posttrauma distress, bereavement), from the associated losses, pain and disruption (e.g., depression), from altered appearance (e.g., body image dissatisfaction), or from other sources.
The overarching goal of the postdoctoral program is to prepare fellows to work within an acute care and rehabilitation setting to address the many challenges associated with burn injury by integrating rehabilitation psychology and behavioral medicine perspectives. The position provides a fairly even split between research and clinical activities and requires knowledge and experience in cognitive-behavioral treatment techniques.
The primary responsibility of the fellow is coordination of a NIDRR-funded burn model system project that involves multiple local projects and three national projects with collaborating academic medical centers. Important goals for fellows include presenting abstracts at national meetings and submitting original manuscripts from project data. Fellows are also involved with training psychiatry residents at the Johns Hopkins Anxiety Disorders Clinic, and are encouraged to choose among various departmental and campus-wide didactics and seminars, ongoing projects, and potential independent investigations. The dual emphases are to develop research expertise and clinical competence in rehabilitation psychology and behavioral medicine in preparation for advanced academic or clinical appointments.
Interdisciplinary Training in Biobehavioral Pain Research
Post Doctoral Pain Research
James A. Fauerbach, PhD
Program Director
Pain is one of the most common symptoms in our society, a highly complex phenomenon including emotional and cognitive components in conjunction with the neurophysiology and genetic milieu of the organism. The overarching goal of the postdoctoral program is to prepare fellows to work cooperatively within an interdisciplinary research team to address the complex problem of pain by integrating behavioral or social science with biomedical science.
The core faculty of the Biobehavioral Pain Research Center includes 6 behavioral scientists all of whom have strong collaborations with 4 clinical researchers and 6 biomedical researchers. Each core faculty member is actively funded by NIH, engaged in the education and training of young investigators, and committed to interdisciplinary collaboration. The program incorporates both required and elective coursework, mentored research experiences in at least two areas of expertise in addition to the individual integrated research project, extramural grant application, and experience in writing and publishing papers.
The learning objectives for postdoctoral fellows are: (1) to understand broad conceptualizations of pain including, but not limited to cognitive, emotional, behavioral, social and biological processes; (2) to develop skills for communicating, networking and collaborating with scientists in other disciplines; (3) to design and conduct an integrative study of pain as a primary symptom; and (4) to develop a plan for an integrative program of research in the area of pain. Each fellow is to be collaboratively mentored by two core faculty, each representing a different area of expertise in behavioral / social science, biomedical or clinical research.
The JHMI campuses provide a rich array of existing training programs with which fellows can interact. Our goal is to prepare the next generation of pain scientists to lead interdisciplinary research teams addressing the problem of pain using integrative research paradigms. For additional information about this fellowship opportunity, please click here.
For more information on these fellowship opportunities, please contact:
Tel 410-550-9846
Fax 410-550-8161
