Professor Karen Burns
Speciality
Microbiology
Beaumont Hospital
Email: karenburns@beaumont.ie
Telephone: (01) 8093943
Private Practice
Year of Graduation: 2000
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Fellowship Higher specialist training:
MRCSI (2003), MRCPI (2005), FRCPath (2009), CSCST Clinical Microbiology (2010), MSc (2013), FFPath RCPI (2014), FRCPI (2016)
Areas of Clinical Practice:
Diagnosis and management of infection
Infection prevention and control
Antimicrobial stewardship
Areas of Special Expertise:
Surveillance and epidemiology of infection
Surgical infection
Critical care infection
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)