Daniel J. P. Burns MD, MPhil

Daniel Burns, MD, MPhil, is a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He sees patients at Cleveland Clinic main campus. Additionally, Dr. Burns is appointed as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Burns earned his medical degree from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, where he earned numerous honors for academics and leadership. He also holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, UK. He completed his cardiac surgery residency at the University of Western Ontario, serving as chief resident in his final year of training. Following a fellowship in complex mitral valve repair at the Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK, Dr. Burns continued his subspecialty training as a fellow in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. He was subsequently appointed to the Cleveland Clinic medical staff in 2019.

Dr. Burns has co-authored scientific papers on outcomes in mitral valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and other topics in his field published in leading surgical journals. He also has presented clinical research findings at medical meetings in Canada and the United States.