Overview of Training for Individual Specialties
BURN TREATMENT CENTER
Junior surgical residents receive intensive training in the treatment of acute burns, including fluid resuscitation of burn shock, care of burn wounds and other large wounds, and management of complications of burn injuries. Surgical experience is gained in debridement, skin harvesting, and grafting techniques.
The Burn Treatment Center is an American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons verified burn center. The center admits about 260 patients with major burns each year. We also see and admit 100 patients with major soft tissue infections per year. Most of the extensive burns that occur in the state of Iowa are sent to this center for care. Outpatient burn care is available 24 hours a day, with an average of 1,800 visits per year. The Burn Treatment Center features a positive pressure isolation room and state-of-the-art hydrotherapy facility.
Burn Care Staff
- Barbara A. Latenser, MD – Director, barbara-latenser@uiowa.edu
- G. Patrick Kealey, MD, gerald-kealey@uiowa.edu
- Lucy A. Wibbenmeyer, MD, lucy-wibbenmeyer@uiowa.edu
The Burn Center includes an endowed professorship, the Clara L. Smith Associate Professor of Burn Treatment, and Latenser has been appointed to it. This endowed professorship is only the second that exists in the country for Burn Centers.