A multidisciplinary burn and complex-wound program at the University of Chicago Medicine providing acute, critical, surgical, reconstructive and follow-up care for adult and pediatric burn patients. Services described by the organization include burn evaluation and treatment, intensive care, wound management, reconstructive surgery, burn-scar and deformity treatment, physical and occupational therapy, nutrition support, social work, child-life services, discharge planning and post-burn rehabilitation. The center is described as accredited by the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association and has an eight-bed ICU dedicated to adult and pediatric burn patients.
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Burn and Complex Wound Center
ActiveThe core burn program provides acute, life-saving and critical care for adult and pediatric burn patients, surgical and reconstructive treatment, burn-wound evaluation and management, intensive care, nutrition support, physical and occupational therapy, social work, child-life services, discharge planning and post-burn rehabilitation. The center also participates in burn education, research and regional emergency-care coordination.
Laser Treatment for Burn Scars
ActiveA burn-scar treatment service using fractional ablative carbon dioxide laser treatment, with steroid application described on the official page. It is intended for symptomatic and visible hypertrophic burn scars in adults and children. The page states that treatment is generally a one-day procedure, typically under general anesthesia, with patients usually returning home the same day; the center recommends three treatment sessions for each treated body area, though the treating surgeon determines the plan.
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Who this resource serves
Adults and children with burn injuries; the center also treats complex wounds and burn scars. Exact clinical acceptance criteria and referral requirements are not stated on the reviewed public pages.
How to access services
For life-threatening or serious burns, call 911 or go to an emergency department. UChicago Medicine identifies its Hyde Park campus as a Level 1 adult trauma center with a Level 1 pediatric trauma center at Comer Children's Hospital and a Burn and Complex Wound Center. For general hospital or appointment information, call 773-702-1000 and request burn-center assistance. Follow-up services are arranged through the treating clinical team when applicable.