Anne E. Burdick, MD, MPH

Associate Dean for TeleHealth and Clinical Outreach

Dr. Burdick is the Associate Dean for Telemedicine and Clinical Outreach and Professor of Dermatology at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine. Prior to her arrival at UM she served as Chief of Dermatology at Kaiser Permanante Medical Center in Martinez, California. She was Jackson Memorial Hospital Dermatology Clinic Director for 14 years and currently is Medical Director of the UM/JMH Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) Program. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College in Ohio, her M.D. from New York University School of Medicine and her Masters of Public Health from Columbia University School of Public Health.

Dr. Burdick has nearly 15 years’ experience in telehealth. She has presented and published extensively on telehealth and teledermatology. She is a charter member of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and is currently the Vice-Chair of ATA Standards and Guideline Committee and was the Founding Chair of the ATA Special Interest Group on Teledermatology. Dr. Burdick has served as a member of the ATA Board of Directors, its Scientific Program Committee, and chaired its Nominations Committee. She is the North American Regional Secretary of the ATA Latin American and Caribbean Chapter. She is on the Editorial Board of the Telemedicine Journal and e-Health and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications.

Dr. Burdick headed the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Telemedicine Task Force and spearheaded the Academy’s Position Statement on Telemedicine. She was awarded the 2007 AAD Program in Innovative Continuing Medical Innovation in Dermatology for interactive lectures by UM dermatologists to academic centers, hospitals and remote medical sites in Latin America, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam using videoconferencing.

As Associate Dean for Telemedicine and Clinical Outreach, Dr. Burdick is leading UM’s expansion of its telemedicine services and infrastructure to extend its reach and clinical service offerings in the US and internationally. Her vision is that telehealth will correct maldistribution of medical expertise and inefficiencies of today’s health care system, ensuring that care is provided where and when needed.