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Rosalia C. Burke, MD

Dr. Rosalia Burke is a well-respected Otolaryngologist with years of experience.   She is the Chairman of the Division of ENT/Otolaryngology at the Memorial Hermann Hospital The Woodlands and a partner and board member of the Conroe Surgery Center.
 
Dr. Burke’s medical studies have taken her across the country.  She began her medical career by studying biology at Yale University where she graduated magna cum laude.  She then moved to St. Louis to attend Washington University School of Medicine where she was a member of the national honor medical society called Alpha Omega Alpha.  After graduating from medical school, Dr. Burke headed West to complete her internship, postdoctoral research fellowship and residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle.    Dr. Burke then returned to the Houston area where she’s been practicing since 2003.
 
When she is not seeing patients, Dr. Burke enjoys spending time with her family, golf, history, cooking and the Portuguese culture.  
 

EDUCATION 

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
 
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
 
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
General Surgery Internship
 
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Doctor of Medicine
 
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Science in biology
magna cum laude
  

CERTIFICATIONS 

American Board of Otolaryngology, May 2004 
  

AWARDS 

  • Alpha Omega Alpha membership — Washington Univ. School of Medicine, 1996
     
  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology Resident Travel Award, 1998
     
  • American Medical Women's Association Award, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, 1996
     
  • Lange Book Award, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, 1996
     
  • Dr. Robert Carter Award, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, 1995
     
  • Portuguese Foundation Scholarship, 1993, 1994
     
  • Antoinette Francis Dames Award in Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, 1993
     
  • Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, (4 year, full-tuition fellowship), 1992-1996 
     
  • Honors in Biology, Yale University, 1992
     
  • Magna cum laude, Yale University, 1988-1992 
     

EMPLOYMENT 

Sadler Clinic
The Woodlands, TX
Otolaryngologist
October 2003 to May 2010

RESIDENCY / INTERNSHIP SPECIFICS 

Resident physician, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996 to June 2003

Research internship, Department of Biology, Yale University
1991
 
Research assistant, Department of Neuroscience, Yale University
1990-1991
 
Research internship, University of Connecticut Medical Center
1990

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / APPOINTMENTS / AFFILIATIONS  

Principle investigator: Bruce L Tempel, PhD.
University of Washington, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Subject: Kv channel localization in the auditory brainstem; octoconial abnormalities and PMCA localization in deafwaddler mice
1997-6/2003
 
Principle investigator: Barbara Bohne, PhD.
Washington University, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Subject: nerve regeneration in the inner ears of mice following noise-induced hearing loss
1995-1996
 
Principle investigator: Michael Snyder, PhD.
Yale University, Department of Biology
Subject: Calcium regulation in S. cerevisiae
1991-1992
 
Principle investigator: Dipak Das, M.D.
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Subject: isolation of heat shock proteins following coronary ischemia
1990

PUBLICATIONS

B.L. Tempel, R.C. Fonseca, H.M. Brew. Kv channel gene expression maintains temporal precision in auditory signaling, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Midwinter research meeting (abstract, 1998)
 
R.C. Fonseca, J.L. Hallows, B.L. Tempel. Localization of Kv channels in the auditory system. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Midwinter research meeting (abstract, 1998)
 
V.A. Street, J.W. McKee-Johnson, R.C. Fonseca, B.L. Tempel, K. Noben-trauth. Mutations in the plasma membrane calcium ATPase gene cause deafness in deafwaddler mice. Natural Genetics (1998)
 
R.C. Fonseca Burke, M. del Puerto, B.L. Temple, Octoconial Abnormalities in deafwaddler mice (submitted, 2002)

INTERESTS

My family / Golf / History / Cooking / Portuguese culture