Kenneth Dale Burman BA, MD

Kenneth Burman, MD, is director of the Endocrine Section at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) in Washington, DC. His academic appointments include chief of the Integrated Endocrine Fellow Training Program, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MWHC; professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS); and professor, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University. Dr. Burman has been participating in both clinical and translational thyroid research for nearly 30 years and has produced more than 250 publications. His specific research interests include Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thyroid cancer.

Dr. Burman serves as an editorial board member of Thyroid and is deputy editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He also reviews for numerous other journals and has served on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Endocrine Advisory Committee.

Throughout his career, Dr. Burman has held leadership roles in and significantly participated on committees for the Endocrine Society and the ATA. He has been chair of the ATA Public Health Committee. Dr. Burman is frequently invited to lecture at medical schools, symposiums and conferences around the country and worldwide.

Dr. Burman graduated from the University of Missouri Medical School. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at Barnes Hospital (Washington University, St. Louis, MO) in 1972 and an Endocrinology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in 1974. During his tenure at WRAMC, he served as chief of Endocrinology, consultant in Endocrinology to the Surgeon General, as well as chair of Endocrinology and professor of Medicine at USUHS. Upon retirement from the Army in 1994, Dr. Burman joined MWHC.