Miami Burn Center is Jackson Health System's adult and pediatric burn center, located within the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. It provides multidisciplinary burn care across acute treatment, intensive care, surgery, wound management, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, reconstructive treatment, psychological support, nutritional consultation, pain management, palliative care, and long-term recovery. The center serves patients from Florida and the Caribbean and maintains a 24-hour hotline to a burn specialist.
Services & categories
Programs & services
Specific programs and services listed for this organization.
Burn Rehabilitation
ActiveInpatient and outpatient rehabilitation delivered by specially trained occupational and physical therapists, including therapy during hospitalization and in the burn-center therapy gym. Rehabilitation supports recovery of function and continuity of care through wound maturation.
Burn Survivors Support Group at Miami Burn Center
ActiveA free, ongoing support group where burn survivors socialize, discuss concerns and issues related to their injuries, and receive support from a burn psychologist and other survivors. The official listing states that meetings occur from noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, subject to change. The group is open to burn survivors regardless of whether they were Miami Burn Center patients.
Comprehensive Burn Treatment
ActiveAdult and pediatric burn care across all stages of recovery, including inpatient and outpatient acute care, trauma resuscitation, surgery, intensive care, inpatient treatment, outpatient clinic care, wound care and dressing changes, pain management, psychological counseling, nutritional consultation, palliative care, reconstructive surgery, scar-related treatments, care coordination, family and patient education, and related support.
Reconstructive Laser Therapy / Laser Therapy Clinic
ActiveAdvanced reconstructive and laser treatment associated with burn recovery, including treatments intended to improve range of motion and reduce itching, pain, discomfort, and scar-related effects.
Resource information
States served
Who this resource serves
Burn survivors, patients, families, and caregivers served by or seeking information from this burn program.
How to access services
For a medical emergency, call 911. If the situation is not a 911 emergency, call the Miami Burn Center's 24-hour burn-specialist hotline at 305-585-2876. Patients may receive emergency, inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, or reconstructive care. Referring hospitals and clinicians can contact the Patient Transfer Center at 305-585-5354. Appointment and referral pathways should be confirmed directly with the center.