Michael Louis Burns, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Assistant, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
1500 E Medical Center Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]

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Michael Louis Burns, PhD, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • About
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  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Michael Burns PhD, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and serves as the Assistant Director of Informatics and Data Analytics. Within Michigan Medicine, Dr. Burns serves as the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer (ACMIO) of Artificial Intelligence. He is the Chair of the Clinical Intelligence Committee (CIC), providing governance and support for AI tools (prediction models, machine learning models, and artificial intelligence algorithms) associated with clinical decision systems. He also serves as Assistant Director for Implementation Operations within Precision Health, with goals to 1) develop fundamental social, medical, computational, and engineering science; 2) translate these basic science discoveries into promising treatments that are evaluated in partnership with Michigan Medicine patients and regional health systems; and 3) evaluate and increase the public health impact of effective therapies, working with community health systems, policy makers, and payers to implement these therapies nationally. After completing his undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Microbiology at the University of Michigan in 2003, Dr. Burns received his PhD from University of Wisconsin in 2009 in Chemical and Biological Engineering. He then completed his medical training at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in 2012 before residency training in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Data Analytics and Informatics at the University of Michigan. He also completed an NIH T32 research fellowship sponsored by the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Michigan.

    Links
    • Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group
    • Michigan Anesthesiology Informatics and Systems Improvement Exchange (MAISE)
    • Precision Health
    • Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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    Qualifications
    • MD
      Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Ave, 2012
    • PhD
      University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr, 2009
    • MSE
      University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 2006
    • BS
      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2003
    • BSE
      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2003
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      e-Health and Artificial Intelligence Initiative
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Dr. Burns has research interests in electronic medical data integration and applications including for use in clinical research, quality, and operations. He is a part of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), an international consortium of perioperative databases for which U-M serves as the coordinating center. He also has interests in software design creating clinical applications using artificial intelligence / machine learning and natural language processing.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Presentation
      Generative AI and Medicine - Will This Change the Practice of Anesthesiology?
      2024 May 17;
    • Presentation
      AI in Anesthesiology
      2024 Apr 1;
    • Journal Article
      Variation in Intraoperative Opioid Administration by Patient, Clinician, and Hospital Contribution.
      Burns ML, Hilliard P, Vandervest J, Mentz G, Josifoski A, Varghese J, Fisher C, Kheterpal S, Shah N, Bicket MC. JAMA Netw Open, 2024 Jan 2; 7 (1): e2351689 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.51689
      PMID: 38227311
    • Journal Article
      Burns: Anesthesiologists can lead integration of AI into healthcare
      Burns M. 2024 Jan 10; (The Detroit News):
    • Additional Scholarship
      Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio with Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality
      Abouleish AE, Burns M. 2024 Jan 1; DOI:10.1097/01.ASM.0000911780.00940.57
    • Presentation
      Streamlining Prior Authorization for Specialty Medications
      Eshaq M. 2023 Nov 17;
    • Presentation
      AI Tools for Anesthesiology Billing
      2023 Nov 1;
    • Presentation
      Faculty FTE Dashboard
      2023 Nov 1;
    Featured News & Stories
    Department News
    Michael Burns, MD, PhD, publishes Detroit News opinion piece
    Michael Burns, MD, PhD, in the U-M Department of Anesthesiology publishes Detroit News opinion piece on the role of anesthesiologists in integrating artificial intelligence into healthcare.