Dr. Burks is dean of the UNC School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs and CEO of UNC Health. With over 30 years of experience, he brings a passion for patient care, research, education and leadership. He first joined UNC–Chapel Hill in 2011 as physician-in-chief of the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. He later became chair of the department of pediatrics. In 2015, he was named executive dean of the UNC School of Medicine, where he played a key role in advancing rural health initiatives, admissions diversity and in the top-ranked primary care education program. A leading expert in allergy research, Dr. Burks’ work on peanut allergy immunotherapy has contributed to treatments under FDA review. He has served as chair of the National Institutes of Health’s hypersensitivity, autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases study section and as president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
