Kevin Sittig, MD, FACS

 
   Kevin Sittig, MD, FACS
   Professor of Surgery
   Director, Regional Burn Center
   Senior Associate Dean and Chief Medical Officer

   Burn Surgery
   Gastrointestinal & Endocrine Surgery

Kevin Sittig, MD, is Professor of Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center, Director of the Regional Burn Center and the Senior Associate Dean and Chief Medical Officer for LSUHSC-Shreveport. 

Dr. Sittig completed his training at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport before accepting the positions of Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate Director of the Burn Center at LSU in 1989. Five years later, he was promoted to Director of the Regional Burn Center, the only burn unit in Louisiana.

In addition to providing care and comfort to his burn patients and their families, Dr. Sittig also serves a large number of general surgery patients. His dedication can be seen both inside and outside the hospital. Dr. Sittig is the President of the Percy Johnson Burn Foundation and serves as counselor and medical director of the annual camp made available free of charge to children and youth who are recovering from burn injuries.

 Dr. Sittig has over 20 publications and is an active community lecturer.

• Member, Board of Directors; LSU Health Sciences Foundation
• Member - Advisory Board; Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology Special Care Committee
• Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, LSU Health Sciences Center
• Member, American Burn Association, American College of Surgeons, North American Burn Society, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Surgical Association of Louisiana, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Fellow

Education

1983                 MD Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 
1984-1989      General Surgery Residency, Louisiana State University Health Sciences
                         Center, Shreveport, LA 
1986-1987      Burn Fellowship, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,
                         Shreveport, LA 
1989                 Surgical Endoscopy, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, AL

Honors/Awards

• Recipient of the M. Lee Jarrell Traveling Fellowship, 1987
• Recipient, Dr. Joseph Lowenstein Outstanding Resident Award, 1989
• Selected as Outstanding Burn Surgeon - American Health Magazine, 1996
• Outstanding Paper Presentation Regional Burn Meeting, 1999 & 2002
• Nominee, AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, 2005
• Nominee, Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize, 2006