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Awards and Recognition

The UMC Burn Center, led by Dr. Jonathan Schoen and founded by Dr. Jeffrey Carter, was named the Burn Center of the Year by the American Burn Association (ABA). This prestigious national honor recognizes a single burn center annually for excellence in patient care, research, and education.

In addition, the UMC Burn Center achieved Beacon status from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, becoming one of only four units in Louisiana and seven burn centers nationally to receive this distinction.

Dr. Jeffrey Carter also earned top honors internationally, receiving the Best Oral Presentation Award at the Australian and New Zealand Burn Association conference. His presentation focused on autologous skin cell suspension, a groundbreaking technique to promote healing and re-pigmentation following burn injury.

Leadership and Education
UMC's burn faculty have a global reputation for excellence in education and outreach. Over the past year:
  • Drs. Carter, Miles, and Schoen have delivered:
    • 100+ regional lectures
    • 20 national guest lectures
    • 5 international presentations

In collaboration with Georgetown University and Orlando Health, LSUHSC faculty hosted Puerto Rico’s first Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) courses, training clinicians in preparation for hurricane season.

Dr. Victoria Miles was elected to:

  • The Coalition for National Trauma
  • The ABA Burn Scientific Advisory Council

She will help shape national burn research priorities and evidence-based clinical guidelines.

Dr. Jonathan Schoen was appointed Medical Director of the UMC Burn Center. One of the center’s earliest fellows, he now leads with a growing national reputation as a top-tier clinical educator and investigator.

Dr. Jeffrey Carter continues as Director of Trauma and Burn Services at UMC and was named the 58th President of the American Burn Association—only the second President from Louisiana and one of the youngest ever.

His ABA presidency will focus on:

  • Expanding educational resources
  • Launching a young investigators program
  • Strengthening disaster preparedness and financial sustainability
Research Excellence

UMC burn faculty continue to lead innovative, high-impact research:

  • Dr. Jonathan Schoen, Associate Professor of Surgery:
    • Awarded a grant from LifeScience Plus to study a novel hemostatic dressing to reduce bleeding after burn surgery
    • Received support from PolyNovo Medical and Avita Medical to evaluate a regenerative biologic template for burn and trauma wound reconstruction
  • Dr. Victoria Miles, Assistant Professor of Surgery:
    • Awarded a grant by Avita Medical to study a synthetic epidermal substitute for burn injuries
  • Dr. Jeffrey Carter, Professor of Surgery:
    • Served as Principal Investigator for a $30M award from the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority (BARDA) for a multicenter study using AI and multispectral imaging to improve burn triage and treatment
    • Successfully led procurement of an additional $24M in BARDA funding for a study assessing the clinical impact of AI in burn wound diagnostics, incorporating day-one diagnostic tools, behavioral economics, and patient outcomes
Research Techniques/ Databases
  • National Injury Resource Database (NIRD)- This is comprehensive database developed at LSUHSC incorporating verified and non-verified trauma and burn centers in the U.S. The database was developed after reviewing all fifty states’ department of health listings, the American Burn Association, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and the American Hospital Association with basic descriptive fields including geography, size, and populations served (peds/adults). No other database incorporates both peds, adult, trauma, and burn making it a unique source for studying population health, disaster preparedness/response, and critical access issues for time-sensitive injury/illness.
  • Burn Care Quality Program (BCQP)- We are analytic site with data use agreements with the American Burn Association permitting creative use of the national burn registry to explore treatment innovations, injury prevention opportunities, and prudent demographic trends.
  • Numerous burn-specific national claims databases permit careful analysis of injury care including ICD-10 diagnosis, DRG admission, and CPT for treatment. The demographic and combined claims data permits us to analyze the impact of care innovations and identifying unmet needs in burn care.
Publications
  1. Lovick EA, Phelan HA, Phillips BD, Hickerson WL, Kearns RD, Carter JE. Development of the national injury resource database (NIRD). Burns 2024;50(2):315-20. PMID:38102040.
  1. Invanko A, DeWitt A, Schoen JE, Phelan HA, Hill D, Carter JE. Scientific Opinion on the Risks of Drug Shortages on Burn Care. Jour Burn Care Res 2024;45(1):253-55. PMID: 37971431.
  1. Phelan HA, Holmes IV JH, Hickerson WL, Cockerell CJ, Shupp JW, Carter JE. Iterative refinement of a histologic algorithm for burn depth categorization based on 798 consecutive burn wound biopsies. Burns 2024;50(1):23-30. PMID: 38040616.
  1. Kahn SA, Carter JE, Wilde S, Chamberlain A, Walsh TP, Sparks JA. Autologous Skin Cell Suspension for Full-Thickness Skin Defect Reconstruction: Current Evidence and Health Economic Expectations. Adv Ther 2024;41(3):891-900. PMID: 38253788.
  1. Invanko A, Garbuzov AE, Schoen JE, Kearns R, Phillips B, Murata E, Danos D, Phelan HA, Carter JE. The Burden of Burns: An Analysis of Public Health Measures. J Bur Care Res. 2024;45(5):1095-97. PMID: 38609187.
  1. Sarwal A, Morris NA, Crumpler J, Gordon T, Saunders I, Johnson JE, Carter JE. Pragmatic Approach to In Situ Simulation to Identify Latent Safety Threats Before Moving to a Newly Built ICU. Crit Care Med. 2024;52(7):e351-64. PMID: 38535489.
  1. Holmes IV, JH. Gibson ALF, Short T, Joe VC, Litt J, Carson J, Carter JE, Wibbenmeyer L, Hahn H, Smiell JM, Rutan R, Wu R, Shupp JW. A phase 3b, open-label, single-arm, multicenter, expanded-access study of the safety and clinical outcomes of Stratagraft® treatment in adults with deep partial-thickness thermal burns. Burns. 2024;50(8):2013-22. PMID: 39043513.
  1. Trinh S, Dennis J, Warren O, Hobden J, Schoen J, Phelan H, Carter JE, Smith AA. Cytokine Profile of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells From Patients with Burn Injuries. J Surg Res. 2024;301:656-63. PMID: 39142042.
  1. Hornung LJ, Rivera-Barbosa LTCRM, Johnson JE, Carter JE, Schoen JE, Cancio COLRLC, Samosorn MAJAB, Phelan HA. Needs assessment for a new military burn care education curriculum focused on prolonged field care: The Burns for Providers Program (BP2). Jour Burn Care Res. 2024;16:ireae206. PMID: 39548763.
  1. Deville P, Dennis J, Warren O, Fontenot C, Messa G, Carter JE, Phelan HA, Schoen J, Hobden JA, Siggins RW, McTernan PM, Molina PE, Smith AA. A Pilot Study on the Impact of Smoking on Adipose Derived Stem Cell Function in Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf005. PMID: 39820680.
  1. Invanko A, P Miles MV, Schoen JE, Phelan HA, Brown NH, Romanowski K, Kahn S, Savetamal A, Jain A, Bakhshi Saraswat A, Holmes IV JH, Kagan RJ, Carter JE. Burnout in Burn Surgeons: A Survey of Burn Surgeon Wellness. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf089. PMID: 40382783.
  1. Invanko A, Lovick E, P Miles MVP, Danos D, Schoen JE, Kearns R, Phillips B, Murata E, Holcomb JB, Phelan HA, Carter JE. Characteristics of Verified and Designated Burn Centers. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf035. PMID: 40128699.
  1. Carter JE, Shupp JW, Phelan HA, Hickerson W, Cockerell CJ, DiMaio M, Holmes JH. Refinement of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Enhanced Burn Wound Depth Assessment Using Multispectral Imaging: An Expanded Proof of Concept Study. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf057. PMID: 40452490.
  1. Dewitt A, Hoppe A, Invanko A, Carter JE, Miles MVP. A Preliminary Analysis of the Incidence of Transaminitis Observed in Oxandrolone Versus Testosterone therapy in Major Burn Injury. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf118. PMID: 40568970.
  1. Invanko A, Hoppe A, Heard JP, Schoen JE, Miles MVP, Carter JE. Beyond the Burn: Evaluating Insurance Support for Cosmetic Reconstruction After Burn Injury. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf133. PMID: 40643188.
  1. Murphy E, Invanko A, Schoen JE, Phelan HA, Taghavi S, Phillips B, Weichman-Murata E, Hevelone N, Kearns R, Wilde S, Miles MVP, Carter JE. A National Evaluation of Time to Surgery Following Burn Center Admission Utilizing the Burn Care Quality Platform Data. J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf112. PMID: 40570181.
  1. Hong AK, Rivera-Barbosa M, Johnson JE, Carter JE, Miles MVP, Vitharana DS, Cancio LC, Samosorn AB, Phelan HA. An Analysis of Face Validity for the Mobile-App Scenario and Biomimetic Simulator in the Burns for Providers Program (BP2). J Burn Care Res. 2025;iraf134. PMID: 40643206.
  1. Kim E, Miles MVP, McMullen KA, Solis Beach KJ, Chen Y, Eagye CB, Schneider JC, Stewart BT, Kowalske K. Comparison of Demographics Across the Burn, Spinal Cord Injury, and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. August 2, 2024. doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.07.012. PMID: 39097040.
  1. Dalal S, Miles MVP, Solis-Beach KJ, Thakur B, Suman-Vegas OE, Ryan CM, Stewart BT, Carrougher GJ, Orton C, Kowalske K. Assessing the Generalizability of a National Burn Database to the United States Pediatric Burn Injury Population. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal. November 29, 2024. doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13284 PMID: 39611327
  1. Miles MVP, Blome-Eberwein S. Laser Resource List. Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. December 13, 2024. https://resources.phoenix-society.org/resource-marketplace/laser-resource-list.
  1. Parmer HW, Miles MVP, Friedrich K, Mitchell L, Jones J, Day L, Wilson AW, Mejia V. Stress Hyperglycemia is Associated with Similar Mortality and Complication Rates Compared to Trauma Patients with Diabetes. Journal of Surgical Research. April 18, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.007 PMID: 40252625.
  1. Gill K, Benipal J, Ferral H, Knecht K, Leonardi C, Fairchild AH, Ustunsoz B, Laney DF, Hunt JP, Schoen JE, Marr AB, Greiffenstein PP, Stuke LE, Smith AA. Surveillance of Posttraumatic Abdominal Pseudoaneurysms. Am Surg. 2025;doi.10.1177/00031348251363534. PMID: 40717035.
  1. Branstetter RM, Le Clercq WP, St Romain M, Hunt JP, Marr AB, Greiffenstein P, Stuke LE, Schoen JE, Duchesne JC, Smith AA. Trauma Team Activation Criteria Effectiveness for the Management of Geriatric Patient Fall Injuries. Am Surg. 2025;3:3133348251358437. PMID: 40605602.
  1. Mejia Morale HG, Lee S, Reed TD, Greiffenstein PP, Schoen JE, Stuke LE, Hunt JP, Marr AB, Harrell KN, Smith AA. Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia: Management Using A Standardized Approach. Am Surg. 2024;90(11):3134-3136. PMID: 38803146.
  1. Rewerts LC, Greiffenstein PP, Schoen JE, Stuke LE, Hunt JP, Marr AB, Smith AA. Risk Factors for Empyema Following Penetrating Diaphragmatic Injuries. Am Surg. 2024;90():2320-32. PMID: 38642333.



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