Dr. Donald Kramer is a board-certified anesthesiologist who is licensed to practice medicine in the state of Texas. After graduation from Jefferson Medical College in 1981, Dr. Kramer practiced general medicine until 1990 when he entered anesthesiology training in New York then pain management fellowships at Harvard University and Texas Tech University. In 1994, Dr. Kramer developed a private clinical practice in Houston from which he retired to direct the Northstar Healthcare Inc. initial public offering. He served as Northstar's first CEO. Dr. Kramer has been a partner in, managed or developed more than thirty outpatient surgical centers.