Dr. Steven Kahn is the Chief of Burn Surgery at MUSC. He led the team that established the South Carolina Burn Center at MUSC, which opened in 2020. The South Carolina Burn Center cares for patients of all ages and is the only inpatient burn center in the state of South Carolina. Dr. Kahn is regarded as an expert and a national leader in the field and is on the Board of Trustees of the American Burn Association. He also serves as the ABA Program Committee Chair. Dr. Kahn trained at the University of Rochester and Vanderbilt and is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care. He has completed fellowships in burn surgery, critical care, and trauma/acute care surgery.

Dr. Kahn has provided care to thousands of burn patients and has performed over 3,000 operations to treat burn injury (including but not limited to skin grafts, skin substitutes, skin flaps, and regenerative medicine techniques). Dr. Kahn has also been a leader in developing minimally invasive burn treatments along with paradigms for enhanced recovery after burn injury.

Dr. Kahn's main research interests are centered around firefighter safety, burn resuscitation, smoke inhalation injury, non-opiate methods of pain control, wound healing, regenerative medicine, and burn reconstruction. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and has received several research awards for his work. He speaks internationally regarding these topics.

He is an advocate for firefighter safety and serves as medical advisor for The Professional Fire Fighters Association of South Carolina and the International Association of Firefighters. Dr. Kahn participated in the development of FEMA-funded firefighter safety programs such as "It Happened in Seconds," regarding situational awareness, gear limitations, and burn injury awareness and helped with drafting the South Carolina Firefighter Cancer Health Care Benefit Plan.

Before moving to Charleston to develop MUSC's South Carolina Burn Center, Dr. Kahn received the Nashville Business Journal "Healthcare Heroes" Award in 2015 for his work regarding firefighter safety, followed by the Mobile Bay "40 Under 40 Award" in 2016. In 2022, he received the Charleston Health Care Heroes Award for building the South Carolina Burn Center. 

Latest Posts from Steven Kahn, MD: 

Artiss [Fibrin Sealant (Human)]: The Use of Fibrin Sealants for Skin Grafts in Burn Surgery