University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Pediatric Hematologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics

Board Certifications
Pediatrics

Sees Patients At
-University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview
-Masonic Cancer Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Anemia
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Antithrombin 3 Deficiency
Bleeding Disorders
Blood Cancer
Bone Cancer
Brain Tumor
Chemotherapy
Childhood Leukemia
Clotting Disorders
Colon Cancer
Colon Polyps
DVT
Ewings Sarcoma
Factor V Leiden
Hemophilia
Hodgkins Disease
Kidney Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Leukemia
Liver Cancer
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Oral Cancer
Protein C and S Deficiency
Pulmonary Embolism
Testicular Cancer
Thrombosis
Von Willebrand Disease

Education
Medical School
Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica

Site of Residency
Medical College of Virginia - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA (Pediatrics)

Site of Fellowship
Children's Memorial Hospital - Northwestern University, Chicago IL (Pediatric Hematology / Oncology / BMT)

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008

Research Interest(s)
Childhood leukemia
Relapsed ALL

Selected Recent Publications
Burke MJ, Walterhouse DO, Jacobsohn DA, Duerst RE, Kletzel M. Tandem high dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral hemtopoietic progenitor cell rescue as consolidation for high risk Ewing's Sarcoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. January 9, 2007.

Burke MJ, Cohn SL. Rituximab for treatment of Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome in neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2006 Aug 9.