Dr. Burks has served as CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine since 2019. In this role, he oversees the academic health system’s 16 hospitals across the state of North Carolina, one of the nation’s leading public medical schools, and more than 40,000 teammates. Under his leadership, UNC Health has implemented new initiatives to improve patient experience such as Advanced Care at Home which helped to care for 500 patients in its first year and received high marks in patient satisfaction.
