Responsive Professionals
The many complex aspects of a burn injury require the professional collaboration of specially trained personnel. At Torrance Memorial Burn Center, our burn team provides an uncommonly high caliber of care. This can be attributed to a completely integrated multidiciplinary team approach to individualized care.
The physician burn specialists coordinate a burn team which may include the following:
Physicians:
- Burn Surgeons
- Anesthesiologists
- Cardiologists
- Emergency Medicine Specialists
- Gastroenterologists
- Infectious Disease Specialists
- Nephrologists
- Neurologists
- Ophthalmologists
- Orthopedists
- Pediatricians and Neonatologists
- Psychiatrists
- Pulmonologists
- Reconstructive and Microvascular Surgeons
Nursing & Ancillary Support:
- Burn Nurses
- Dieticians
- Infection Control Practitioner
- Occupational, Physical, and Recreational Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
- Pharmacists
Psycho-social Support:
- Child Life Specialist
- Clergy
- Social Workers