Kenneth J. Kramer

Kenneth J. Kramer is the executive vice president and general counsel for Texas Health Resources. In this role, he is responsible for all legal services of Texas Health and its many provider entities.

Prior to joining Texas Health in 1993, Kramer was senior division legal counsel for Charter Medical Corporation in Macon, Georgia and held the positions of director of Medical Law and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the United States Air Force. He retired as a judge advocate (Lieutenant Colonel) with the United States Air Force Reserves in 2003.

Kramer was an honor graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received his master's in psychology from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He also completed the General Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

He has co-authored “AIDS Issues in the Military,” published in the Air Force Law Review and a two-part article, “Clinical Privileging Actions in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service,” which was published in the June and September 1996 editions of The Reporter, a JAG legal review. In addition, Kramer lectures on many health care topics including mental health and managed care issues.