Dr. Burdick obtained an MD in 1968 at Harvard Medical School, did Surgical Residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and became interested in vascular surgery. In addition, a clinical research position for 2 1/2 years in NCI/Surg in the PHS, resulted in his interest in immunology. These things led to a Fellowship in Transplantation at the Massachusetts General, followed by an appointment at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, where he had a career doing vascular surgery and abdominal organ transplants for 25 years. His academic work has included laboratory and clinical research in controlling the allograft immune response. He is Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, was on the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition (Network 5), the Council of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and is a Past President of the SouthEastern Organ Procurement Foundation and Past President of UNOS, the OPTN contractor. In July, 2003 he accepted the position of Director of the Division of Transplantation in the Special Programs Bureau in HRSA.