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Beaumont Hospital

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)