Burn Center Director

Burn Center Director 1. The burn center director must be a surgeon with board certification by the American Board of Surgery or American Board of Plastic Surgery; certification of special qualifications in surgical critical care is desirable. The burn center director must have completed a one-year fellowship in burn treatment or must have experience in the care of patients with acute burn injuries for two or more years during the previous five years. The burn center director must participate in continuing medical education in burn treatment (48 hours of burn/trauma related CME in a 3-year period) and must demonstrate ongoing involvement in burn- related research and community education in burn care and/or prevention. 2. Responsibilities of the burn center director must include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Creation of policies and procedures within the burn center that specify the care of burned patients; b. Creation of policies and protocols for use throughout the burn care system for referral care, triage, and transport of burn patients; c. Communications on a regular basis with physicians and other authorities about patients who have been refused; d. Direction of the burn center administrative functions, including approval of medical staff credentialing; e. Direction and active participation in the burn center performance improvement program; f. Liaison with adjacent and regional burn centers; and g. Development and participation in internal and external continuing medical education programs in the care and prevention of burn injuries.