Center for Health Care Research: Elizabeth C. Burton, MD, FCAP, ASCP

	Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement

	ABC Baylor

	Best Care

	Best Care Physician Leadership

	Center for Health Care Improvement

	Center for Health Care Analysis and Research

	Clinical Scholars

	Office of Patient Safety

	Quantitative Services

For more information contact:

David J. Ballard M.D., MSPH, PhD, FACP
Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Baylor Health Care System
Executive Director and BHCS Endowed Chair
Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement
8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75206

Tel: 214-265-3670
Fax: 214-265-3640
Email: dj.ballard@baylorhealth.edu

Elizabeth C. Burton, MD, FCAP, ASCP

Titles
• Clinical Scholar in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor Health Care System
• Director of Autopsy Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center

Education and Professional Training
• BA, University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA (1989, Biological Sciences)
• MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine (1994)
• Internship/Residency – Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Medical Center of Louisiana (formerly Charity Hospital) (1995-99)
• Fellowship, National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program, Veterans Administration, University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco CA (1999-2000)
• Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office, New Orleans LA (2000-2001)
• Diplomate American Board of Pathology-Anatomic Pathology

Research Interests
• Utilization of the autopsy
• Patient safety
• Transplant complications
• Critical values

Publications on PubMed