Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD

Dr. Burner is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). She serves as the research director for the Department of Emergency Medicine and is a faculty instructor with the SC-CTSI Workforce Development core. 

Dr. Burner completed her undergraduate studies and earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. She then completed an internship in internal medicine at the Cedars-Sinai/West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Internal Medicine Residency Program, followed by a residency in emergency medicine at LAC+USC Medical Center. Driven by a desire to better understand the etiology of health disparities among marginalized patients, she pursued a clinical research fellowship at the USC Department of Emergency Medicine, during which she was awarded an F32 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and completed a Master of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Since joining the USC faculty in 2013, Dr. Burner has practiced clinically in the emergency department at Los Angeles General Medical Center (formerly LAC+USC), the Jail Urgent Care at the LA County Twin Towers Correctional Facility, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. 

Dr. Burner received a KL2 grant from the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) upon her faculty appointment to support her research. Her research focuses on developing emergent health communication tools to engage health-disparate groups and directing patients to chronic care and medical homes. She employs mixed-methods research to understand the perspectives of marginalized populations, particularly urban Latino immigrants, and is also interested in the validation of clinical instrument tools in ethnic minority populations, as well as the role of communication and leadership in successful resuscitations of critically ill patients.

Dr. Burner is actively involved in SAEM, serving on the Annual Meeting Program Committee and the Annual Meeting Research Committee. She also lectures at the undergraduate campus, medical school, and in the community.