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by Cindy
Abole
Public Relations
Gene
Elizabeth Burges, M.D., Ph.D., a
respected clinician, advisor,
scholar and MUSC alumna died May
5 at her home after a long
illness.
A
Charleston native, Burgess
received her undergraduate
degree from Vanderbilt
University in 1968 and earned
her medical and doctorate
degrees in microbiology and
immunology in 1983. She went on
to complete an internal medicine
internship and dermatology
residency in 1988.
 Dr.
Gene Burges
She
established a private practice
in dermatology in 1988 and
remained as a clinical attending
physician at MUSC. In 2005, she
joined MUSC full-time in dual
appointments as an associate
professor of dermatology and
dermatologic surgery and in the
Department of Microbiology and
Immunology. She was named chief
of dermatology at the Ralph H.
Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical
Center in 2005.
Regarded
as an enthusiastic,
knowledgeable and engaging
teacher and lecturer to her
students, Burges won several
teaching awards including the
Golden Apple Award in 2009.
In 2011,
she was presented with the MUSC
Foundation Teaching Excellence
Award in the educator/lecturer
category.
She also was the author of more
than 30 publications and
abstracts during her career.
Burges
served on numerous campus
committees including the
Department of Dermatology Career
Planning and Curriculum
committees and Year 2 College of
Medicine's curriculum reform
committee, the MUSC medical
center credentials and
telemedicine committees.
Additionally,
she held memberships with the
American Academy of Dermatology,
the American Medical
Association, South Carolina
Medical Association, the
Charleston County Medical
Society and Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Honor Society. She was a
lifetime member of St. John's
Lutheran Church.
Burges
was born Jan. 11, 1947 to Julius
and Margaret Burges of
Charleston. She is survived by
her two sons, Stephen Estes Jr.,
and Philip Estes, and other
family.
Memorials
may be made to the MUSC
Foundation, Class of 1984
Scholarship Fund, 261 Calhoun
St., Suite 306, MSC 182,
Charleston, S.C., 29425;
Tricounty Family Ministries,
3349 Rivers Avenue, North
Charleston, S.C., 29405; Ashley
Hall School Science Programs,
172 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston,
S.C., 29402; or Hospice of
Charleston Foundation, P.O. Box
417, Mount Pleasant, S.C.,
29465.
"Dr.
Burges' passion was counseling
medical students and young
physicians. She was the
consummate mentor. She was most
proud of the recognition she
received from MUSC, including
the Golden Apple Award in 2009,
and the MUSC Foundation Teaching
Excellence Award in 2011."
—Bruce
H. Thiers, M.D., professor and
chairman, Department of
Dermatology and Dermatologic
Surgery
"Dr.
Burges had a profound impact on
MUSC and all those who knew her,
and she will be greatly missed."
—Etta
D. Pisano, M.D., vice president
for medical affairs and dean,
College of Medicine
"I will
miss Gene so much. We met six or
seven years ago when teaching in
the microbiology and immunology
course at MUSC. She was an
outstanding mentor and role
model, super smart and always
meticulous and conscientious
about her work. You could always
count on her. Seeing all that
she did these last three years
after her diagnosis also really
changed my view of living with
cancer. She was inspiring."
—Laura
Kasman, Ph.D., Department of
Microbiology & Immunology
"Dr.
Burges was my fellow colleague
in dermatology at MUSC and the
Ralph Johnson VAMC. She was an
outstanding clinician, an
excellent teacher of dermatology
and microbiology/immunology, and
was dedicated to medical
students and resident education.
Dr. Burges also was quite
creative and established a fine
tele-dermatology program at the
VAMC.
—Ross
Pollack, M.D., MUSC Dermatology
"I would
not be starting a career in
dermatology in only a few short
weeks if it weren't for Dr.
Burges. She was an incredibly
unique person: exceptionally
pragmatic, painstakingly
meticulous, consistently
selfless, considerate, quick to
smile and always kind."
—Roger
Sullivan, M.D., resident, MUSC
Dermatology
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