Dr. Steven C. Cramer is Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he holds the Susan and David Wilstein Endowed Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine. He also serves as Medical Director of Research at the California Rehabilitation Institute and as co-Principal Investigator of the NIH StrokeNet clinical trials network. Board-certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology, Dr. Cramer is widely recognized as one of the world's leading researchers on brain repair after neurological injury.

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Dr. Cramer has authored more than 300 published manuscripts on stroke recovery, neuroplasticity, and rehabilitation science. His research examines the treatments now emerging at the frontier of the field — including robotics, cellular therapies, brain stimulation, monoclonal antibodies, and telehealth-based rehabilitation — with a focus on translating discoveries into treatments that meaningfully reduce disability after stroke. He co-chaired the landmark NIH Blueprint meeting Harnessing Neuroplasticity for Human Applications and co-edited the influential book Brain Repair After Stroke. 

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His honors include the Stroke Rehabilitation Award from the American Heart Association, the Barbro B. Johansson Award in Stroke Recovery from the World Stroke Organization, and the Award for Excellence in Post-Acute Stroke Rehabilitation from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He serves as Associate Editor of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair and as Section Editor at the journal Stroke. 

 

Dr. Cramer graduated with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley; earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California; completed residency in internal medicine at UCLA; and completed residency in neurology plus a fellowship in cerebrovascular disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also earned a Master's Degree in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School.