Jeffrey P. Burns, MD, MPH

Jeffrey Burns, MD, MPH, is the Chief of Critical Care and Chair of the ICU Governance Committee at Boston Children's Hospital where he is responsible for overseeing the hospital’s 4 intensive care units, as well as leading a large critical care research and education program. He is also the Executive Chair of Global Health Services at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Burns completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He also holds a Master’s Degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and was the first fellow in medical ethics at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Burns’ research focuses on innovations in postgraduate medical education. Recognizing the power of the internet to transform global training in pediatric intensive care—and healthcare more generally—Dr. Burns conceived OPENPediatrics, an award winning cloud-based platform for delivering instruction and fostering communication among geographically dispersed healthcare professionals. OPENPediatrics is a peer-reviewed, open-access, multilingual knowledge exchange application currently used by physicians and nurses in every country and territory worldwide.