Lourdes Castañón, MD, FACS
Director, Burn Program
Associate Clinical Professor, Surgery
Director, 4th Year Clerkship
Dr. Castañón comes to the department from Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh, where she served as an attending surgeon. She is a member of multiple professional societies, most notably, the American College of Surgeons, the Pan-American Trauma Society, the International Society of Burn Injuries, and the American Medical Association. She has authored and co-authored numerous studies on a range of burn-related topics in peer-reviewed journals as well as presented at many national, regional, and local conferences. Dr. Castañón is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Degrees
- MD: State University of New York, 2003
- BS: Biomedical Education, City University of New York, 2001
Internship
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Brooklyn, General Surgery, 2003-2004
Residency
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Brooklyn, General Surgery, 2004-2008
Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine, Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, 2009-2010
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Texas & Shriner’s Hospitals for Children at Galveston, Texas, Surgical Critical Care and Burn, 2008-2009
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, 2012
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 2012