Dr. Burt is Professor and Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at UCLA. Dr. Burt is a robotic surgeon, a surgeon-scientist and clinical trialist, an editor, and an innovator and entrepreneur. Dr. Burt completed his undergraduate education at New York University and then pursued his medical degree at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He completed residencies in general surgery and thoracic surgery at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in both Surgery and Thoracic Surgery and has advanced expertise in robotic thoracic surgery.
Dr. Burt leads an NIH- funded research laboratory and has completed several investigator-initiated clinical trials of novel immunotherapeutic strategies for patients with thoracic malignancies. His contributions to the field of thoracic surgery are extended through his role as Feature Editor at the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Burt is recipient of numerous honors and awards but at the end of the day, Dr. Burt is most passionate about elevating the outstanding care of the patients served at UCLA, personally caring for these individuals, and investigating solutions for the problems that affect them.
Selected publications from PubMed
Current Surgical Perspectives for Pleural Mesothelioma.
Esteva S, Abtin F, Fishbein GA, Cameron RB, Burt BM, Yanagawa J
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2026 Aug;24(8) pii: e267059. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2026.7059.
Tumor-infiltrating natural killer cell profiling for therapeutic stratification in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.
Ito A, Kang SW, Jang HJ, Shim JS, Lee C, Ranchod P, Lee G, Mitra S, Jeon J, Syarif AH, Zhang Y, Byun J, Han Y, Malo J, Patel M, Ripley RT, Groth SS, Kheradmand F, Burt BM, Polverino F, Amos CI, Lee HS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Aug;172(2):433-449.e10 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.02.030.
Loss of tumor suppressor NF2 mediates resistance to CAR T cell and anti-PD-1 therapy: Strategies to restore immunotherapy sensitivity.
Lopez-Lago MA, Taleb M, Ningoo M, Okada T, Li X, Lee HS, Burt BM, Offin M, Chintala NK, Adusumilli PS
Med. 2026 Jul 10;7(7):101149 doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2026.101149.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma.
Velotta JB, Roden AC, Rice J, Simone CB, Upadhyay B, Sood P, Miller DL, Ripley RT, Wolf A, Burt BM, Kim SS, Opitz I, Kindler HL, Pass HI, Hayanga JWA, Rusch V, Bueno R
Ann Thorac Surg. 2026 Jul;122(1):3-21 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.03.074.
Robotic-Assisted Approaches to Chest Wall Resection: Considerations and Operative Techniques.
Raman V, Burt BM
Thorac Surg Clin. 2026 May;36(2):125-131 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2026.01.002.
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