Secondary designation: Associate Dean for Quality NHS England.
Special interests: Adam Burns is a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He specializes in the initial assessment of treatment of adult medical patients presenting to hospital. This work is based primarily in the inpatient acute medical units, medical high observations (HOBS) unit and same day emergency care (SDEC). He also provides in-reach services to the emergency department. Dr. Burns’ clinical interests include the management of poisoning, drug toxicity and substance misuse. He is the author of trust guidelines for paracetamol poisoning and opiate substitution. He also has an interest in ultrasound, particularly echocardiography, in clinical decision making.
Dr. Burns has several research interests within both clinical and educational practice. He led departmental COVID research, collaborated with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to improve access to opiate substitution therapy in the iHOST study and published regarding integrated curriculum development.
Dr. Burns has a strong focus in medical education. He is a former Yorkshire and Humber Leadership fellow where he developed skills in human factors, patient safety, and technical skills simulation. . At an undergraduate level, he leads the Acute and Critical Care (ACC) integrated core unit at the University of Leeds. In this role, he has developed a new undergraduate acute care curriculum and integrated patient safety in the higher years of undergraduate training. Dr. Burns is also an Associate Dean for Quality with NHS England. As Associate Dean, Dr. Burns leads trust quality interventions and is responsible for establishing the Yorkshire and Humber patient safety committee.