Daniel Burns

Dr. Daniel Burns is a Cardiac Surgeon and Surgeon Investigator at the Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre of St. Michael’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Burns completed his medical degree and residency at the University of Western Ontario, and 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 of Case Western Reserve University. After 6 years at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Burns is thrilled to have been recruited back to Canada and the University of Toronto.

Dr. Burns is an expert mitral valve repair surgeon, for which he has previously been recognized by the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation. He also performs robotic-assisted cardiac surgery, and in March 2025 with Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri, performed Toronto’s first robotic cardiac procedure. Additionally, he has considerable expertise in aortic surgery including aneurysms, dissections, and aortic root endocarditis.

Administrative Assistant: Charmaine Gaynor: Charmaine.Gaynor@unityhealth.to