Whether we are caring for our patients, conducting research, or educating medical students, residents, and fellows, our number one priority is to advance the understanding and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Clinical Care
Our faculty and staff treat patients at Michigan Medicine's Frankel Cardiovascular Center - one of the largest facilities in the heart of the University of Michigan Medical Campus. It is in this 350,000 square-foot, multidisciplinary facility that we can fulfill our vision of being the best academic heart and vascular center in the world.
The facility, which opened June 11, 2007, includes a 24-bed surgical post-procedure ICU, 24 vascular general/moderate care beds, nine cardiac procedure rooms, four cardiac surgery operating rooms, two vascular surgery operating rooms, two general thoracic operating rooms, two endovascular procedure labs, and 36 clinic exam rooms.
Research
Our faculty have made groundbreaking contributions to the prevention and treatment of heart disease. Our research efforts span a broad spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research activities.
Basic and Translational Research
Our strengths in basic and translational research include:
- Arrhythmia
- Cardiac Myocyte Biology
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics
- Cardiovascular Genetics
- Tissue and Cell Regeneration
- Vascular and Thrombosis Biology
Clinical Research
We are actively involved in clinical research. New medications, devices, surgical procedures, diagnostic tools and prevention strategies need thorough testing before they can become part of routine patient care. We are involved in numerous clinical trials that span our clinical areas.
Education and Training
It is our duty to pass the torch of knowledge on to the next generation and also to share with healthcare professionals around the world what we have learned in the clinic and research lab to further the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Our Fellowship Programs offer comprehensive educational curriculum designed to train future leaders in the field of cardiovascular disease. In addition, we offer a variety of continuing medical education courses and seminars taught by our faculty.
Leadership
Chief, David J. Pinsky, MD
Dr. David J. Pinsky is the J. Griswold Ruth and Margery Hopkins Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine, the Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as the Scientific Director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center. Prior to joining U-M in March 2003, Dr. Pinsky was director of research for the Cardiovascular Disease Training Program at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and associate professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He served at Columbia University from 1992-2003. He earned his medical degree from Ohio State University and performed his medicine residency, as well as his research fellowship in heart failure at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He also performed research fellowships in cardiology and vascular biology at Columbia.
Dr. Pinsky’s work focuses on mechanisms driving hypoxic/ischemic modulation of the vascular phenotype. The laboratory focuses on translational vascular medicine, so that the molecular mechanisms being studied are made relevant to disease models such as stroke, myocardal infarction, and heart and lung transplantation.
As a result of his groundbreaking research, Dr. Pinsky has earned a reputation as one of the country's foremost experts in understanding the relationship between blood flow and heart and brain diseases. His research efforts have earned him numerous grants and awards, including the American Heart Association Melvin Marcus Young Investigator Award in cardiovascular physiology and the AHA Established Investigator Award.
Administrator, Joseph Zogaib
Joseph Zogaib
Administrator, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
2722H Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]
Faculty Leadership
Keith Aaronson
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director of Adult Heart Transplant
Stanley Chetcuti, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Kim Eagle, MD
Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Health Management and Policy, U-M School of Public Health
Director, Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical Quality
James Froehlich, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Anticoagulation Services
Director, Vascular Medicine
Hitinder Gurm, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Chief Clinical Officer for UH/CVC Services
Scott Hummel, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Veterans Affairs Chief of Cardiology
Todd Koelling, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Heart Failure
Theodore Kolias, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Echocardiography
Vallerie McLaughlin, MD
Kim A. Eagle MD Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Division Chief
Associate Chief Clinical Officer, UMMG Cardiovascular Services
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Hakan Oral, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Electrophysiology
Contact Us
Academic Office
Administrative Assistant
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
2139 Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]
Patient Inquiries
- For our clinic information, specialty clinics and programs, procedure information and more, please visit the Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center.
- Michigan Medicine Patient and Visitor Guide
