A team from the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center traveled to Juneau, Alaska to provide a 2-day ‘basic burn bootcamp’ educational course to members of the Juneau Airlift Northwest team.

February 2025: Gretchen Carrougher RN and past UW-Occupational Therapist Beth Costa travel to Managua, Nicaragua to participate in a week-long teaching session with nurses and therapists at the pediatric burn unit – Aproquen

Dr. Damian Carter recently spoke at Grand Rounds about targeting mitochondrial dysfunction to improve post-injury outcomes, followed by presentations by Deja Nicholas and Cameron Kneib MD.

“Establishing a Collaborative Genomic Repository for Adult Burn Survivors: A Burn Model System Feasibility Study” full article is now available as open text.

“Association between community distress and return to work after burn injury” full article available as open text.

“Burn Model System educational outputs: Domestic and global dissemination” full article available as open text.

“Factors Associated with Self-Reported Voice Change in the Hospitalized Burn Population: A Burn Model System National Database Study” full article available as open text.

UW Burn Center team and colleagues celebrate at the 2024 American Burn Association meeting in Chicago, IL. with over 20 presentations by UW/BMS researchers and clinicians.

Dr. Wiechman received this recognition in February at the annual APA meeting.

Have you visited the outpatient clinic recently? We now have messages of hope and recovery from burn survivors. Shaun who was injured several years ago shares his message of recovery.

Read the 2024 Progress Report for the David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair for Restorative Burn Surgery.  This report provides an updated snapshot of important advancements for the UW Burn Center.

This achievement highlights a commitment to future leadership in health education, research, and clinical care, aligning seamlessly with MOLA’s mission to address the healthcare needs of the Latinx community nationwide.

Melissa Harris RN was nominated for 2023 HMC Preceptor of the Year. Melissa is a team member of our HMC/UW Burn Center outpatient clinic staff.  Thank you and congratulations Melissa!

The MSKTC won a silver digital health award for their Excercise After Burn Infocomic.

Dr. Shelley Wiechman, Attending Psychologist at UW Medicine Regional Burn Center, was a recent guest lecturer for the Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Wiechman spoke on Hot Topics in Burn Care.

“Experiences of Alaska Native people living with burn injury and opportunities for health system strengthening,” full article available as open text.

The NWRBMS was well represented by research presenters, volunteers, med students, UW Burn Center fellows and program coordinator at the 2023 American Burn Association in Dallas, TX. Special thanks to the UW Regional Burn team for a successful educational meeting.