Past UW Burn Center director Nicole Gibran, MD was awarded the 2025 American Burn Association Special Achievement Award for her years of service to the burn community. Congratulations Dr. Gibran —this is well deserved!

Congratulations to Burn Center Acute Care Nurse Manager, Tara Lerew on receiving the DAISY Nurse Leader Award. This international award honors nurse managers for their compassion in leadership. We are SO proud!

A multi-institutional team of educators traveled to Utqiagvik (Barrow, Alaska) in February 2025 to teach ABLS to clinicians and first responders.

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!