title: BMS Letter to the Editor #1: Introduction to the Burn Model System Centers Program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amtmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gibran
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herndon
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States. Electronic address: Karen.Kowalske@UTSouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kowalske
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D002053:Burn Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*