Burn Center Director and Burn Surgeon
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States
Dr. Lee Cancio is the Director of the U.S. Army Burn Center at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR), Fort Sam Houston, Texas. During his 27-year active-duty career in the U.S. Army, he deployed with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82d Airborne Division to Operation Just Cause, Panama, 1989-90 and to Operation Desert Storm, 1990-91. While on active duty at the ISR, he served in various positions culminating in service as the Director of the Burn Center. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), he deployed with Special Operations Command – Central Command (SOCCENT) in 2003. He served as the Deputy Commander for Clinical Services at the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad during OIF in 2005, and served there again in 2008. In 2013 he deployed with a Forward Surgical Team to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He established two successful research task areas (Combat Critical Care Engineering and Multi-Organ Support Technology). He retired in the rank of Colonel in 2014. In 2017 he became the second civilian Director and the first Government civilian Director of the Army Burn Center.
Dr. Cancio is a graduate of Amherst College, of the Catholic University of America, and of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center and a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX. He is board-certified in Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care.
He served as Secretary of the ABA and is a member of its Verification Committee. He is a member of the editorial boards of Burns, Journal of Burn Care and Research, and American Journal of Disaster Medicine. He is a Professor of Surgery (Adjoint) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.