About the VCU Evans-Haynes Burn Center

The Regional Resource for Providing Burn Care & Recovery
The VCU Evans-Haynes Burn Center is a 16-bed unit with eight-bed ICU and eight non-acute beds. We treat 250-300 patients per year including pediatric and adult burn patients. The Burn Center serves as the regional resource for the care of acute burns and reconstructive needs of burn survivors and provides care for people injured from fire, chemical, scalds, electrical burns and skin loss injuries and diseases. Evans-Haynes Burn Center Mission, Vision and Values

Fire Prevention Education
In addition, The Evans-Haynes Burn Center also provides education to EMTs, special government forces and rural hospitals. We participate in prevention education for child or adult care facilities and schools, please contact us for more information about Preventative Education.

The Burn Center is led by Medical Director, Dr. Andrea Pozez, Professor and Chairman of the VCU Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Traci Wakefield, RN, MSN, Nurse Manager.

The History of Evans-Haynes Burn Center
The Evans-Haynes Burn Center at the VCU Medical Center was founded in 1947 by Dr. Everett I. Evans and is the oldest civilian burn facility in the United States.

During Dr. Evan's tenure as Burn Director, many advances in burn care were developed including the establishment of the first civilian intensive care unit and the development of the first protocol for fluid resuscitation post burn. After the death of Dr. Evans, Dr. B.W. Haynes directed the burn center for 36 years. The Unit will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2008.

In November 2008 the Evans-Haynes Burn Center relocated to the new Critical Care Hospital, 8th Floor. Patient capacity expanded from 12 to 16 beds and the ICU capability doubled. We have reformatted to all private rooms for our non-acute patients and included an area for family to stay and participate in care.

“The number of Burn Units is decreasing across the country,” said Dr. Pozez, Medical Director of the Burn Center, and Professor and Chair of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, “I think it is wise that we are increasing the size of our unit. It's important to offer the people of Virginia comprehensive burn care and that we be prepared for potentially unforseen catastrophes.”

VCU Health System, MCV Hospitals & Physicians

VCU Medical Center & the VCU Health System
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center consists of the VCU Health System, the five health sciences schools of VCU, as well as Massey Cancer Center, and is one of the country’s leading academic medical centers offering state-of-the-art care in more than 200 specialty areas.

The VCU Health System is the governing body for the hospitals and clinics of VCU as well as MCV Physicians and the Virginia Premier Medicaid HMO.

Recently, the VCU Medical Center's Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery received national verification as a Level 1 trauma center by the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. As a Level I trauma center, the VCU Medical Center is equipped to handle the most serious types of trauma cases, such as burn victims, and is in a state of readiness to provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Level I centers should also demonstrate high standards for trauma care, research and education.