About Daniel Kramer, MD, MPH

Daniel Kramer, MD, MPH, is the Section Head of Electrophysiology and Digital Health at the Smith Center and the Director of Pacemaker and ICD Services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member of the Harvard Center for Bioethics. As a cardiologist and bioethicist, Dr. Kramer’s research focuses on clinical policy and ethical questions related to the use of cardiac devices, including bioethical and regulatory considerations in digital diagnostics.

Dr. Kramer received his BA in Philosophy from Brown University, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and his MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He also participated in the Medical Device Fellowship Program at the FDA.

Dr. Kramer’s research is supported by Harvard Catalyst, the Paul Beeson Scholars Program, and the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics. His ongoing work includes an NIH-funded prospective study on clinical outcomes following ICD implantation and trials exploring novel device-based therapies for arrhythmias.