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About

Eric J. Burks, MD, is a board-certified pathologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Associate Professor of Pathology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

After receiving his medical degree at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, Dr. Burks completed a pathology residency at the Penn State/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as well as two fellowships: one in surgical pathology at Harvard Medical School and another in hematopathology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Burks has received the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Medical Student Award and the American Society of Hematology Medical Student Award.

  • Departments

  • Specialties

    Hematopathology; hematology; lung pathobiology

  • Administrative Title

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Pathology—Anatomic and Clinical, Penn State Health/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 2002–2005

  • Fellowship

    Hematopathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2006–2007

    Surgical Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Board Certifications

    Pathology—Anatomic, American Board of Pathology

    Pathology—Clinical, American Board of Pathology

    Hematopathology, American Board of Pathology

  • Education

    Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 2002

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