Dr. Burkhart graduated cum laude from Rice University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He attended The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, then he completed an internship at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas, and his residency in orthopaedic surgery was completed at the Mayo Clinic. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He has pioneered a number of arthroscopic shoulder and knee procedures, and is a frequent speaker at national and international medical symposia on these procedures. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Burkhart is a member of the Executive Committee of The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group.