Daniel Burns

Dr. Burns completed his medical degree and residency at the University of Western Ontario. He also holds a Master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Cambridge. Following advanced fellowship training in complex mitral valve repair (Bristol Heart Institute) as well as robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery (Cleveland Clinic), he was promoted to the Cleveland Clinic surgical staff in 2019. In June of 2020 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, a position he held until leaving the Cleveland Clinic in 2024.

During his Cleveland Clinic tenure, Dr. Burns was recognized as a national leader in mitral valve surgery by the Mitral Foundation and the American Heart Association, as part of the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award Program. He also developed considerable expertise in the management of aortic disease, multivalve endocarditis, and re-operative cardiac surgery.

I addition to his clinical work, Dr. Burns is an active clinical researcher focusing on advanced statistical analysis and surgical outcomes data. His Master’s thesis examined cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with hyperinsulinemia using advanced regression and individual participant meta-analytics. He recently completed a 3-year term as Associate Statistical Editor for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and is a current Associate Editor of Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Burns is thrilled to have returned to Canada to join the cardiac surgery group at St. Michael’s Hospital, building upon an already very strong cardiovascular sciences program.