Education:
- Residency – Family Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- MD – Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- BSc – Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Biography:
Dr. Burnett joined Roseman College of Medicine in September of 2024 as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences. She brings a wealth of experience as a family physician and has been in practice since 1996. Originally from Canada, she first moved to Georgia to work in a rural setting doing traditional primary care. Over the years she worked in a variety of settings including urgent cares, skilled nursing centers and long term care facilities. She worked as a faculty member in a Family Medicine Residency program where she also took residents on medical missions to Haiti. She is passionate about palliative care and hospice and worked full time at a hospice care center caring for terminally ill patients and their families. In addition she has worked in utilization management and is acutely aware of healthcare disparities and the need for changes in the care delivery system.
Teaching Areas:
- Clinical skills
- Palliative care and hospice care throughout the medical curriculum
Research Interests:
- Palliative care and hospice care throughout the medical curriculum
Service to Profession:
- Board Member of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians 2012-2017
- Board Member of the Georgia Healthy Family Alliance 2015-2018
- AAFP Curriculum guideline reprint number 267 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 6/2012 – Floyd Family Medicine Residency
- Peer review for American Family Physician – DVT and Pulmonary Embolism Part I: Diagnosis
Service to Community:
- Georgia Healthy Family Alliance – 2017-2018
- Women’s Global Empowerment Fund – Board Member since 2024
- Georgia Academy of Family Physicians – Board Member 2012-2017
- Multiple Medical Mission Trips to Haiti and Nicaragua – 2012 – 2016
Last updated: 11/20/2024