LMH Health welcomes Vance Burns, MD

LMH Health welcomes Dr. Vance Burns, a pulmonologist with Lawrence Pulmonology Specialists. Dr. Burns is board certified in pulmonology, internal medicine, critical care medicine, and hospice and palliative care. 

Dr. Vance Burns

Medicine wasn’t always the career path that Dr. Burns thought he’d follow, but whatever he did, he wanted to be in a career where he met people. 

“I grew up on a farm and I wanted to work in a field where I could combine meeting people with fixing things. I am blending science, humanities and the arts, and I want to stay connected to people and patients. Those connections are important.” 

Dr. Burns earned his undergraduate degree in human biology from the University of Kansas and his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Iowa and a fellowship in pulmonology and critical care at the University of Kansas. 

He was serving in the United States Air Force on September 11, 2001, and was soon deployed overseas. That experience helped solidify his interest in pulmonology. 

"During that time, I was working as an internal medicine doctor. Part of that was running ventilators and life support, working with combat wounded and critically ill people,” Dr. Burns said. “After I got home, I pursued a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at the University of Kansas.” 

Why should patients get care at LMH Health? Dr. Burns said that’s easy – it's a health system where your providers know you.  

“As a patient, I want to go someplace where they know me by memory, not what’s typed on my chart. LMH Health is just the right size. When there’s a place that’s too big, you start to lose connections. It it’s too small, you start to lose technical ability. LMH is just the right mix of both.”