A man with glasses and short gray hair wearing a blue and white striped shirt and a red tie.

James B. Burns, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)

James Burns, MD has a longstanding research interest in the possible role of T cell autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis (MS). He is also a regular participant in a variety of clinical trials for MS treatments.

Education History

Undergraduate Vanderbilt University
 BA
Professional Medical Northwestern University Medical School
 MD
Internship University of Chicago Hospital
 Intern
Residency University of Pennsylvania
 Resident
Fellowship University of Chicago Hospital
 Fellow
Fellowship University of Pennsylvania
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Abstract

  1. Langer HF, Choi EY, Zhou H, Schleicher R, Chung KJ, Tang Z, Gobel K, Bdeir K, Chatzigeorgiou A, Wong C, Bhatia S, Kruhlak MJ, Rose JW, Burns JB, Hill KE, Qu H, Zhang Y, Lehrmann E, Becker KG, Wang Y, Simon DI, Nieswandt B, Lambris JD, Li X, Meuth SC, Kubes P, Chavakis T (2012). Platelets contribute to the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Circulation research, 110(9), 1202-10.