Biography of Dr. Burns, MD

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About Our Executive Director, Dr. Burns… Retired Medical Doctor (MD) and Community Leader Email Dr. Burns Highlights of Experience: Executive Director (volunteer), Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement appointed August, 1998-present President, West Oakland Community Collaborative, August, 2004-present Program Director, West Oakland Asthma Coalition, July, 2001-present Member, Board of Directors, St. Martin de Porres School, 2004-present Member, Board of Directors, Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, 1995-present Founding Board Member, Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, 1995 Medical Director, Clinical Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, 34 years (retired) Chairman, Board of Directors, Irwin Memorial Blood Bank (now Blood Banks of the Pacific, 6 years), Member of Board 13 years Deputy Regional Commissioner, Laboratory Inspection and Accreditation Programs, Northern California and Nevada, College of American Pathologists, 8 years Education University of Buffalo, New York, M.D., June,1961 University of California, Berkeley, B.S., June, 1952 Military U.S. Army, 1953–55 Awards Jefferson Award, San Francisco Chronicle, 2006 Man of the Year, Black Women Organized for Political Action, 2006 Ujima Award, St. Columba Catholic Church, 2006 Additional links about Dr. Burns Read more about Dr. Burns and the Jefferson Award here. The Jefferson Awards website “Bringing Up Lower Bottom” – Dr. Burns, PJCCE and Shakespeare in the Hood Dr. Burns agrees to put up his own money in case of a disaster affecting PJCCE Learning Day and Night at the Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement Dr. Burns and West Oakland Asthma Coalition try to clean up Oakland’s air Story about Dr. Burns and DUSTY’s impact on youth storytellers Dr. Burns, the Prescott-Joseph Center and Black Art for Women’s History


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