FRANÇOISE KRAMER
Medical Director for Infection Control
Barlow Respiratory Hospital
Dr. Françoise Kramer, MD has dedicated her career to patients facing life threatening illnesses and the end of life. Her current work as the medical director for infection control at Barlow Respiratory Hospital helped lead the hospital through the frightening early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, Dr. Kramer drew on more than 40 years’ experience as an infectious disease specialist including her service as associate director of the LAC-USC AIDS ward and director of The Chris Brownlie AIDS Hospice.
Barlow cared for many COVID patients who needed mechanical ventilation. Dr. Kramer’s balance of teamwork and leadership helped implement COVID infection control policies at Barlow in line with local/state/CDC recommendations through weekly COVID task force meetings. A native of Switzerland, Dr. Kramer graduated from Universite De Lausanne, Faculty De Medicine and completed her residency and Infectious Disease Fellowship at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
