Daniel B. Kramer

Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH

Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Dr. Daniel Kramer studied Philosophy at Brown University prior to earning his MD from Harvard Medical School and MPH from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. He completed internal medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital and fellowships in cardiovascular disease at clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as well as the Medical Device Fellowship Program with the FDA. He is a member of the cardiac electrophysiology service at BIDMC, where he is part of the Richard and Susan Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology. Dr. Kramer’s research focuses on ethics, policy, and clinical outcomes related to the use of cardiac devices, with funding support from the Harvard Catalyst, Paul Beeson Scholars Program, and Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics.

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Facility-Level Variation and Clinical Outcomes in Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.
Authors: Authors: Kramer DB, Normand ST, Volya R, Hatfield LA.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
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Harmonizing Standards and Incentives in Medical Device Regulation: Lessons Learned from the Parallel Review Pathway.
Authors: Authors: Holtzman JN, Kramer DB.
J Law Med Ethics
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Clinical and regulatory considerations for novel electrophysiology mapping systems: Lessons from FIRM.
Authors: Authors: Wann D, Waks JW, Kramer DB.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
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Systematic Review for the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.
Authors: Authors: Kusumoto FM, Bailey KR, Chaouki AS, Deshmukh AJ, Gautam S, Kim RJ, Kramer DB, Lambrakos LK, Nasser NH, Sorajja D.
Circulation
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Risk of Appropriate Therapy and Death Before Therapy After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generator Replacement.
Authors: Authors: Witt CM, Waks JW, Mehta RA, Friedman PA, Kramer DB, Buxton AE, Mulpuru SK, Noseworthy PA, Hodge DO, Lushinsky EC, Mulholland MB, Cha YM, Gersh BJ, Madhavan M.
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
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Applicability of Publicly Reported Hospital Readmission Measures to Unreported Conditions and Other Patient Populations: A Cross-sectional All-Payer Study.
Authors: Authors: Butala NM, Kramer DB, Shen C, Strom JB, Kennedy KF, Wang Y, Valsdottir LR, Wasfy JH, Yeh RW.
Ann Intern Med
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Cybersecurity Concerns and Medical Devices: Lessons From a Pacemaker Advisory.
Authors: Authors: Kramer DB, Fu K.
JAMA
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