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LSUHSC- Regional Burn Center Shreveport,LA http://www.medcom.lsuhsc-s.edu/surgery/BurnSurgery.php Director: Kevin Sittig, M.D.

A burn facility was established at LSU Shreveport HSC in 1978 and designated as a regional burn center in 1980. The LSU Shreveport HSC Burn Center meets all the criteria for a Regional Burn Center as required by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons and serves all of Louisiana as well as southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. A wide range of care for children and adults is offered from high-level trauma care for severely burned patients, to outpatient care for those with minor burns. All burn patients regardless of the extent of the injury are fast-tracked and seen by specialists in the burn center.

Dr. Kevin Sittig has been the medical director of the burn center since 1994. The associate director is Dr. Kathryn Richardson. The center has a 15-bed capacity, 7 ICU and 8 step-down beds, operating and recovery rooms, hydrotherapy unit, outpatient clinic and research laboratory. All are located in a dedicated area of LSU Shreveport HSC hospital.

The burn center has a yearly inpatient enrollment of 200 patients. The pediatric admissions range from 30-35% per year. The outpatient clinic has over 2000 visits a year from acute burn and healed burn patients. Approximately 200 operations are performed on acutely burned patients a year, while elective reconstructive surgery is performed on 70-80 patients annually.

In addition to the burn center‘s goal to improve the care and treatment of individuals who have suffered burns there is a commitment to help patients and their families recover from the many problems associated with burn injuries. The burn team is active with a non-profit organization, which sponsors a camp for burn surviving children, school re-entry programs and a home for some patients and their families to reside in during their recovery and rehabilitation. http://www.medcom.lsuhsc-s.edu/surgery/BurnSurgery.php