Dr. Michael Burney
Associate Professor, Program Director of MMS PA Studies Program Clinical Faculty
Physician Assistant Studies, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Office Location: Rinker Health Science Campus 290B
Phone: (714) 744-5420
Email: burney@chapman.edu
- Education:
- University of Southern California, Bachelor of Science
Western University of Health Sciences, Master of Science
University of La Verne, Doctor of Education
Biography
Michael Burney practiced Family Medicine in the Orange County area for over 15 years.
He also spent 10 years at Western University of Health Sciences as an Associate Professor
in PA Education, and was Chair of the Department of Health Sciences for over 6 years.
He also spent over 4 years working in the field of Orthopedic Surgery. He has also
served as a peer-elected Director-at-Large for the California Academy of Physician
Assistants from 2004-2006, and has presented talks, posters and papers at many professional
Physician Assistant Conferences and to other local Physician Assistant programs. He
has published several peer reviewed articles on orthopedics and medicine topics in
physician assistant journals, published a book chapter on ganglion cysts for Primary
Care for Physician Assistants, and published a peer review article on his doctoral
dissertation work entitled “Factors that Influence a Student’s Decision to Stay Enrolled
in Online Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs”. He has also been involved in
curriculum design for Physician Assistant programs, and has helped create post-graduate
Physician Assistant programs in California. He has served as a clinical preceptor
of physician assistant students from a variety of California programs for the majority
of his career. He enjoys teaching and working with the up and coming Physician Assistant
students, both academically and clinically.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Book: Co-Editors: Michael Burney, Anne Walsh. Clinical Rotation Examination and PANCE Review: A Case Study & Q & A Approach. Mc-Graw-Hill, 2026.
- 101 Primary Care Case Studies, A Workbook for Clinical and Bedside Skills, "Achilles Tendon Rupture", Springer Publishing Co., 2020.