Specialist expertise
Dr Burke works in cardiothoracic and transplant pathology, with special expertise in the complications of heart and lung transplantation, pathology of cardiac and respiratory disease, contribution of autopsy pathology to mortality audit; pathology of Barrett’s oesophagus and associated upper gastrointestinal tumours.
Research
Dr Burke's research is clinically driven and includes the pathology of acute and chronic allograft rejection; post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders; pathology of heart on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support; and cardiomyopathies.
She also participates in collaborative research on complications of transplantation.
Education
Dr Burke contributes to postgraduate education at local, regional and national levels.
Committees
Dr Burke is a founder member of the UK Heart Lung Transplant Pathology Group; a member of the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology, the Association of European Cardiovascular Pathologists, the British Cardiovascular Pathology Group
She is a representative for the Cardiovascular Pathology, Histopathology Subspecialties Committee, Royal College of Pathologists.
Developing governancy systems
Trust lead on development of governance systems for scheduled uses of human specimens as defined by the Human Tissue Act (2004); and a member of the Human Tissue Authority Advisory Group, Royal College of Pathologists.
Key published papers
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Stewart S, Winters GL, Fishbein MC, Tazelaar HD, Kobashigawa J, Abrams J, Andersen CB, Angelini A, Berry GJ, Burke MM, Demetris AJ et al. Revision of the 1990 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection J Heart Lung Transplant 2005;24:1710–20.
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Bolad IA, Robinson D, Webb C, Hamour I, Burke MM, Banner NR. Left Ventricular Systolic Function early after Heart Transplantation is Associated with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Accepted by Am J Transplant, 2005
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Dubrey S, Burke MM, Hawkins P, Banner NR. Cardiac transplantation for amyloid heart disease: the UK experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004:23:1142-53
Contact details
Tel: 01895 828929
Fax: 01895 828949
Email: m.burke@rbht.nhs.uk
Personal assistant tel: 01895 828725
