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Charles N. Burns, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Riverview Urologic Associates
423 Third Avenue , Suite B
Kingston , PA 18704
(570) 288-3601

Personal	Born in Cleveland , Ohio ; June 2, 1950
Education
1964 - 1968	Central Catholic High School, Kingston, PA Advanced College Preparatory Course
1968 - 1972	University of Scranton, Scranton, PA B.S. Biology, Pre-Medical Curriculum
1972 - 1976	Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, M.D. Degree
1976 - 1977	PGY-1 Surgical Internship Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
1977 - 1978	PGY –2 Surgical Resident Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
1978 - 1981	PGY-3, 4, 5 AUA Approved Urological Residency Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
1981 - 1982	Employee Valley Urologic Association, Ltd., Kingston, PA
1982 - 1983	PGY-6 AUA Approved Fellowship, Pediatric and Reconstructive Urology Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA
	Clinical Instructor, Department of Urology Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA
1983 -Present	Riverview Urologic Associates, Kingston, PA (Formerly known as) – Burns, Rumbaugh, Calise and Rittenberg Urologic Associates

Hospital Affiliations	Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre, PA Mercy Special Care Hospital, Nanticoke, PA John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine – Wilkes-Barre, PA Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA Riverview Ambulatory Surgery Center, Kingston, Pa
Profesional Information	Specialty: Urology Board Status: Certified – February, 1983 License: PA License – July, 1977 Fellow of American College of Surgeons – October 19, 1989
	Professional Societies Luzerne County Medical Society Pennsylvania Medical Society American Medical Association American Urological Association Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association American Association of Clinical Urologists Urological Association of Pennsylvania Endourological Society Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons
	Board Membership Executive Board, Luzerne County Medical Society Executive Board, Urological Association of Pennsylvania President, Urological Association of Pennsylvania, 1987-1989
Paper Presentations
1980	American College of Emergency Physicians, Atlanta, GA “Emergency Management of Urinary Calculi”
1981	Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association, White Sulphur Springs , WV “Resolution of Prostatic Carcinoma Metastasis Following Orchiectomy and Urinary Retention, Secondary to BPH, Seven Years Later”
1981	Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association, White Sulphur Springs, WV “Bladder Neck Obstruction in a Pregnant Female, Secondary to Leiomyoma”
1982	American Urological Association, Las Vegas, NV “Classification in Standardization of the Urethral Strictures”
1983	American Urological Association, Las Vegas, NV “Hypospadias Cripples”
1983	American Urological Association, Las Vegas, NV “Evaluation and Reoperation of Patients with Peyronie’s Disease”
1985	International Endourological Society, New York, NY “Valley Urologic’s One year Experience with Percutaneous Stone Extraction”

Prizes Awarded	Third Prize, Clinical Research Resident’s Prize Essay Contest Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association, Hot Springs , VA
CME Credits
	Weekly Updates in Urology, 1987	37 CME Category 1 Credits
	Annual Meeting, Urological Association of PA, 1987	12 CME Category 2 Credits
	Annual Meeting, Urological Association of PA, 1988	8 CME Category 1 Credits
	Mid-Atlantic AUA Meeting	8 CME Category 1 Credits
	Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy Charlottesville, VA	40 CME Category 2 Credits
	Pennsylvania Medical Society Pediatric Urology Seminar, 5/6/88	4.5 CME Category 1 Credits
	American Lithotripsy Society Sponsored by Nebraska Methodist Hospital Fifth Annual Meeting, 10/10/91	17.5 CME Category 1 Credits
	Pennsylvania Medical Society Risk Management Seminar, 10/20/92	3 CME Category 1 Credits
	Annual Meeting, American Urologic Association, 5/9/92	3 CME Category 1 Credits
	Pennsylvania Medical Society Risk Management Course, 11/2/93	6 CME Category 1 Credits
	Weekly Update, American Urologic Association, 1994	40 CME Category 1 Credits
	Annual Meeting, American Urologic Association, 10/94	19 CME Category 1 Credits
	Pennsylvania Medical Society Risk Management Course, 10/94	6 CME Category 1 Credits

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