Charity S Burke, MD

About us

Charity S. Burke, M.D., earned a medical degree from the University of Louisville, where she also completed her orthopaedic residency. Dr. Burke completed a hand/upper extremity fellowship at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, Indianapolis, and a pediatric hand fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Burke is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with a certificate in added qualifications in surgery of the hand. She is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Association for Hand Surgery, Kentucky Orthopaedic Society, and the Pediatric Hand Surgery Study Group. She also teaches and mentors orthopaedic and plastic surgery residents.
A native of Pikeville, Kentucky, Dr. Burke enjoys spending time with her husband, hiking in the mountains, playing volleyball, bike riding, traveling, reading, sewing, attending church and being involved in the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. In addition, she enjoys her medical mission work in Tanzania through Health Volunteers Overseas.
Dr. Burke has been voted by her peers as one of Louisville Magazine’s Top Docs for 2019.