Steven Cramer

Dr. Steven C. Cramer is a Professor of Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He serves as the Director of Research at the California Rehabilitation Institute, co-PI of the NIH StrokeNet clinical trials network, Associate Editor at Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, and a Section Editor at the journal Stroke.

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

His research centers on neural repair after central nervous system injury in humans, focusing on stroke and the recovery of movement. He examines treatments including robotics, cellular therapies, a monoclonal antibody, brain stimulation, drugs, and telehealth methods. A major emphasis of his work is on translating new drugs and devices to reduce disability after stroke and developing biomarkers to tailor therapy to individual needs.