Christopher M. Kramer

Christopher M. Kramer is the George A. Beller MD/Lantheus Medical Imaging Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Virginia. He holds an MD from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed residency and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, myocardial disease, and atherosclerotic plaque imaging, with applications in peripheral arterial disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

His recent work emphasizes quantitative myocardial perfusion, T1 mapping, and ECV measurements in myocardial fibrosis and inflammation. Articles highlight multicenter clinical trials, imaging protocol standardization, and cost-effective global CMR applications.