Micah Burns

Overview: As a pediatric anesthesiologist specializing in regional blocks and pain management, research is needed to improve post-surgical outcomes and rapid return to function. Some surgeries are quite invasive and can have lengthy rehabilitation. Proper pain management is essential in aiding recovery and getting patients back to their normal lives.
Research: Chronic Pain in Patients
Chronic pain can be difficult to live with and treat. I am currently looking at projects aimed at better understanding the patients who come to the chronic pain service, to assess if the therapies used in clinic are effective long term when the patients return home.

I am also interested in studying how the use of marijuana impacts the effectiveness of pain management therapies and anesthetics.

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Recipients of 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards & BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and the 2019 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.

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Kids in neighbourhoods with larger households less likely to be killed in residential fires: new research

A new study finds that a child’s risk of death or injury in a residential fire is greatly reduced in neighbourhoods with larger than average households.

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Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2019 competition. Our research community received nine new research and bridge grants totaling more than $5.8 million.

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Celebrating a career of collaboration and research innovation: BC Children’s investigator Dr. Rollin Brant retires

Dr. Rollin Brant is retiring this month after an exceptional career in which he used his expertise in statistical methodology and statistical computing to contribute to a diverse array of leading-edge health research projects.

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New study is the first to identify an expanded section of DNA as the cause of a rare genetic metabolic disorder

A new study from BC Children’s, UBC and an international team of researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine is the first to identify a rarely-seen type of DNA mutation as the cause of an inherited metabolic disorder.

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