Charles F. Burt, MD
Board certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Charles Burt has sub-specialty certification in sports medicine, with special interest in hip problems in young patients and extensive experience in hip arthroscopy. He graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and completed post-graduate training with a sports medicine fellowship at North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Australia, an orthopaedic residency and general internship with the Creighton-Nebraska Universities Health Foundation.
A former college athlete, he serves as head team physician for the Omaha Nighthawks UFL football team and has also been engaged in a similar capacity for Millard North High School, Skutt Catholic High School. Dr. Burt was also a member of the Nebraska Medical Center Sports Medicine Team and Jennie Edmundson Hospital Sports Medicine Team. He is a founding member of the Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital physician ownership group and remains board chairman and a finance committee member.
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine with Distinction, 1993
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Lincoln, NE. 1989
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
Sports Medicine Fellowship – North Sydney
Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center
Sydney, Australia. August 1998 – January 1999
Orthopaedic Residency – Creighton University
University of Nebraska Health Foundation
Omaha, NE. 1994-1998
Internship – Creighton University
University Health Foundation
Omaha, NE. 1993-1994
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 12, 2001 – present
Subspecialty Certification in Sports Medicine, 2009 – present
MEMBERSHIP SOCIETIES
Fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2/2003
Member of Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
LEADERSHIP
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital
Founding member Outlook LLC, Physician ownership group, 2000
Board Chairman, 2002 – present
Finance committee member, 2004 – present
Paramount Group (physician contracting group)
Credentialing committee member 2004 – 2005
Coventry Insurance Company
Credentialing committee member 2006 – 2007
ACTIVITIES
Head Team Physician
Omaha Nighthawks UFL 2010 – present
Head Team Physician
Millard North High School 1999 – 2006
Head Team Physician
Omaha Skutt High School 2007 – 2009
Team Physician
The Nebraska Medical Center Sports Medicine Team 1999 – 2006
Member
Jennie Edmundson Hospital Sports Medicine Team 1999 – 2006
MEDICAL LICENSURE
State of Iowa #33081
State of Nebraska #19725
POST-GRADUATE COURSES:
Impact Training Workshop
Omaha, NE 2010
Vail Hip Arthroscopy Symposium
Vail, CO February 2007
Associate Instructor AANA
Basic Shoulder Arthroscopy Course,
Chicago, IL. November 2 – November 4, 2001
Arthroscopy Association of North America Master’s Experience
Knee Course, Chicago, IL. August 1997
Arthrex Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, Assistant to the Instructor
Naples, FL. June 1997
The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
1996 Regional Review Course, Omaha, NE. September 1996
Zimmer Residents Basic Course, New Orleans, LA. August 1995
AO/ASIF Residents Basic Course, New Orleans, LA. August 1995
Basic Illizarov Techniques, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE. October 1995
Review of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Pathology
Creighton University, Omaha, NE. May 1995
Dallas Short Course Orthotics and Prosthetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX. 1994
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Musgrove, T.P., Salmon, L.J., Pinziewski, L.A., Burt, C.:
Results of Femoral Fixation in ACL Reconstruction Using a Reverse-
Thread Interface Screw, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine,
1999, Traverse City, MI
Burt, C., Fitzgibbons, T.C., McMullen, S.T.:
Anterolateral Ankle Impingement Syndrome: Is It a Sign of Subtle
Instability?
Clinical Orthopaedic Society 1997 meeting, Kansas City, MO
Burt,C., McCarthy,J., Gross,R.M., Teidemann,J. Shearon,C.:
Lateral Epicondylitis; A technique to define and resect the proximal
ECRB Tendon. Paper presentation at 1996 AOA Resident’s Conference,
Baltimore, MD
Burt,C., Otterberg, E., Jardon, O.M., Garvin,K.:
Uncemented Femoral Prosthesis in Hip Arthroplasty: A ten year follow
up of the Trilock femoral component. Poster Exhibit presented at the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1996 Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS
Burt, C., Otterberg, E., Jardon, O.M., Garvin, K.:
Uncemented Femoral Prosthesis in Hip Arthroplasty. A ten year follow
up of the Trilock femoral component. Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery, American 80: 952-60 (1988).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Chakkalakal, D., Burt, C., Garvin, K.:
Osteoinduction in a Rat Medullary Chamber Model. Pilot Study
VA Medical Center, Omaha, NE. 1992
Lippiello, L., Burt, C.:
The Effects of Growth Hormone and IGF-1 and Recovery Time and
Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip or Total Knee
Arthroplasty. Unpublished Data. University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha, NE. 1992