The South Carolina Burn Center at MUSC
*** THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 80 REGISTRATIONS ***
We are pleased to announce that we have coordinated training with MUSC’s burn team. This will be an opportunity to learn about what happens when a burn victim is brought into the ER, the processes and procedures that occur, how our investigations can aid in the treatment of an injured victim, and how these individuals have a life-long connection with the burn teams.
The South Carolina Burn Center at MUSC Health is the state's only comprehensive burn center and is one of the few centers in the region. In addition to adult care, we are the only pediatric burn referral center in South Carolina, offering pediatric burn care at the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital. Our burn care experts treat burns of all types. Patients of every age and body type can get advanced burn care right here in South Carolina. We treat burns with expertise and compassion in our 25-bed Burn Center.
- Burn care expertise: Our burn care specialists are award-winning, recognized experts in burn care. We treat all burns, from routine to complex, with a focus on getting you or your loved one back to daily activities as soon as possible.
- Leading-edge treatments and burn research: We’re leading the way in burn care research and advanced burn treatments. We take part in clinical trials testing new treatments and technologies. Our burn center was the first in the nation to report performing a minimally invasive skin graft treatment instead of traditional skin graft surgery.
- Advanced features: Our burn center features radiant panels that heat rooms to more than 90 F for patient comfort. We also have a hydrotherapy room that makes cleaning burn wounds easier and more comfortable.
- Specialty equipment: We use special equipment such as lasers to reduce scarring from burns. Telemedicine technology helps doctors make burn care decisions when patients are in another location.
- Team approach: Our expert burn care team includes fellowship-trained surgeons and advanced practice providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Occupational and physical therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, and psychologists are also part of our specialist team.
Our presentation will be keynoted by Dr. Steven Kahn and Dr. Yulia Gavrilova. These individuals are recognized worldwide for their expertise and efforts that they have brought to the burn treatment centers. throughout this presentation, we will learn about skin graft procedures, nutritional support, burn rehabilitation, psychological & social support that patients are provided with throughout their treatment.
Steven Kahn, MD
Chief, Burn Surgery
Dr. Steven Kahn is the chief of burn surgery at MUSC and has a strong background in the comprehensive care of the burn patient. He is regarded as an expert and a national leader in the field. Kahn is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care. He has completed fellowships in burn surgery, critical care, and trauma/acute care surgery.
Dr. Kahn has provided care to thousands of burn patients and has performed over 2000 operations to treat burn injury (including but not limited to skin grafts, skin substitutes, skin flaps, and regenerative medicine techniques). Burn surgeons take care of patients in the emergency room, outpatient/clinic setting, inpatient wards, and the ICU. They address, pain, nutrition, and burn wounds/scars. Equally important, there is a focus on preventing and treating the emotional scars from an injury. Dr. Kahn has also been a leader in developing minimally invasive burn treatments along with paradigms for enhanced recovery after burn injury.
Kahn's main research interests are centered around firefighter safety, burn resuscitation, smoke inhalation injury, non-opiate methods of pain control, wound healing, regenerative medicine, and burn reconstruction. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and has received several research awards for his work. He speaks internationally regarding these topics.
He is an advocate for firefighter safety and serves medical advisor for state and international firefighters' associations and has participated in the development of FEMA-funded firefighter safety programs such as "It Happened in Seconds," regarding situational awareness, gear limitations, and burn injury awareness.
Before moving to Charleston to develop MUSC's South Carolina Burn Center, Kahn received the Nashville Business Journal "Healthcare Heroes" Award in 2015 for his work regarding firefighter safety, followed by the Mobile Bay "40 Under 40 Award" in 2016.
Yulia Gavrilova PhD
Dr. Yulia Gavrilova is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Director of Burn Behavioral Health who specializes in traumatic stress and related problems. She received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She completed her predoctoral residency at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Gavrilova joined MUSC faculty in 2020 as an instructor in the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Gavrilova's research has focused primarily on development, evaluation, and dissemination of culturally tailored, technology-enhanced mental health interventions and resources for vulnerable and clinically underserved populations in the context of trauma and substance use. This includes first responders, survivors of traumatic injuries and burns, disaster survivors, athletes, and performers. Dr. Gavrilova is currently leading the Burn Behavioral Health program housed within MUSC’s comprehensive Burn Center to support mental, physical, and social rehabilitation of burn patients to improve well-being and quality of life post-burn.
