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Burn Centers

Healing Happens Because of Extraordinary People.

Every year, thousands of people experience life-changing burn injuries. Behind every survivor's recovery is a team of professionals working to save lives, restore hope, and help people rebuild.

Thank you for changing lives every single day.

Burn Centers Along Our Route Partner With Hope One Walk

More Than Medical Care

Burn Recovery Takes a Team.

Recovering from a severe burn injury is about far more than surgery. Healing often requires an entire multidisciplinary team working together with compassion, expertise, and unwavering dedication.

Burn Surgeons
Physicians
Burn Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapists
Speech Therapists
Psychologists
Social Workers
Respiratory Therapists
Dietitians
Case Managers
Child Life Specialists

And many more care team heroes whose work helps survivors reclaim their lives.

The Burn Centers Along Our Route

Honoring the Places Where Hope Is Restored.

As Hope One Walk travels across America beginning January 4, 2027, we plan to visit burn centers along the route to recognize the people behind the healing and connect with the survivor community.

Meet with survivors and families
Thank and recognize care teams
Share stories of hope and resilience
Highlight important burn-care work
Build community connections
Strengthen the burn community
National Burn Center Network

Burn Centers Along the Journey

Explore burn centers connected to Hope One Walk and follow the network as the journey grows across America.

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LA General Regional Burn Center

LAC +USC Burn Center

Los Angeles, CA

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Orange County Global Medical Center-Burn Center

Orange County Global Medical Center

Orange, CA

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Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Burn Center at Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Methodist Health System

Dallas, TX

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Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas-Burn Center

Austin, TX

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US Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center

Fort Sam Houston, TX

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University Medical Center New Orleans Burn Center

New Orleans, LA

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Arnold Luterman Regional Burn Center

USA Health University Hospital

Mobile, AL

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University of Alabama Burn Center (UAB)

UAB Hopsital

Birmingham, AL

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Firefighters Burn Center at Regional One Health-Memphis Burn Center

Memphis, TN

1. Located on the ground Floor Turner Tower 2. Features 14 beds, 3. Treat patients ages 14 and up
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Vanderbilt Burn Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

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Walter L. Ingram Burn Center at Grady Memorial Hospital

Grady Health

Atanta, GA

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Joseph M. Still Burn Center

Wellstar Health System

Austell, GA

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MUSC Health South Carolina Burn Center

MUSC

Charleston, SC

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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center-Winston-Salem Burn Center

Winston-Salem, NC

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North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center  

UNC Hospitals

Chapel Hill, NC

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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Burn Center

Sentara Health

Norfolk, VA

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VCU Health Evans-Haynes Burn Center

UCV Health

Richmond, VA

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Johns Hopkins Adult Burn Center

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS)

Baltimore, MD

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Pediatric Burn Center at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Baltimore, MD

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MedStar Health Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Medstar Health

Washington, DC

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Temple Burn Center

Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

1. 10-bed Burn Center 2. Offers a dedicated burn ICU and rehabilitation services.
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

NYC Health & Hospitals

South Bronx, NY

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Burn

NYC Health + Hospitals

New York, NY

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Jerome L. Finkelstein, MD, Regional Burn Center at Staten Island University Hospital

Staten Island University Hospital

Staten Island, NY

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William Randolph Hearst Burn Center at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, NY

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Celebrating the Heroes Behind the Healing

Every Role Matters. Every Person Matters.

Burn recovery is one of the most complex and challenging areas of medicine. Hope One Walk celebrates the professionals whose skill, compassion, and perseverance transform lives.

Meet Survivors & Families

Create space for connection, encouragement, and shared stories with survivors and the people walking beside them.

Thank the Care Team

Recognize the professionals whose skill, compassion, and dedication make recovery possible.

Share Stories of Hope

Help the public better understand burn recovery through conversations, interviews, and meaningful moments.

Build Community Connections

Bring burn centers, first responders, nonprofits, survivors, families, and local communities together.

Looking Beyond the Hospital

Discharge Is Not the End of Recovery.

For many survivors, leaving the hospital is the beginning of a new chapter. Long-term healing can continue through additional procedures, rehabilitation, counseling, peer support, scar management, community reintegration, and emotional recovery.

Hope One Walk shines a light on these ongoing needs and the importance of supporting survivors well beyond discharge.

Rehabilitation
Counseling & Mental Health
Scar Management
Additional Procedures
Peer & Community Support
Education & Life Support
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Building a National Burn Community

Stronger Together. Further Together.

Hope One Walk is bringing burn centers, survivors, nonprofit organizations, healthcare professionals, first responders, families, and communities together across America.

When people connect, awareness grows, resources become easier to share, collaboration becomes possible, and survivors are reminded that they do not have to walk recovery alone.

Are You a Burn Center?

Become Part of Hope One Walk.

We invite burn centers across the country to join the journey through survivor connections, care-team recognition, community events, educational resources, interviews, and collaboration.

Become a Participating Burn Center Use our Get Involved form to connect with the team.
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A Personal Thank You

To Every Member of the Burn Care Community:

As a burn survivor, I know firsthand that recovery is not possible without the extraordinary people who choose this profession. Every surgery, every dressing change, every therapy session, every encouraging conversation, and every act of compassion helped me move one step closer to healing. Hope One Walk is my opportunity to say thank you—not only to the teams who cared for me, but to every burn care professional across America whose work changes lives every single day.

Thank you for giving hope when it was needed most.
— Corey Halstead
Founder, Healing Home Group & Burn Survivor

What a Burn Center Represents

It Represents Courage.
It Represents Compassion.
It Represents Expertise.
Most Importantly, It Represents Hope.

Hope One Walk proudly honors every burn center, every healthcare professional, and every team member who helps burn survivors rebuild their lives.

One Step. One Story. One Hope.
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