About the Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Advanced Heart Care & Research
Explore what makes the U-M Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center a hub for expert, compassionate cardiovascular care.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans today. The University of Michigan Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center is on the forefront of innovative, advanced efforts to combat the magnitude of cardiovascular disease. We're doing it with expert, multidisciplinary medical teams, research at our new Cardiovascular Research Center, and a clinical building where our patients can take advantage of advanced technologies in beautiful surroundings.
By the Numbers
We're doing it with expert, multidisciplinary teams, research at our new Cardiovascular Research Center, and a clinical building where our patients can take advantage of advanced technologies in beautiful surroundings.
Outcomes Highlights
View our U-M Frankel Cardiovascular Center Outcomes Report, which is a summary of the data from all of our treatment areas, as well as information on innovative technologies and research initiatives.
Patient & Family Centered Care
Nothing About Me Without Me
At the heart of the U-M Cardiovascular Center lies the belief that providing the ideal care experience stems from a partnership between patients, their families, physicians and staff. CVC has created a Patient and Family Centered Care Program, to provide a forum for patients and families to share their personal experiences and partner with the CVC faculty and staff to improve care.
Patient and Family Centered Care has four Core Concepts:
- Dignity and Respect
- Information Sharing
- Collaboration
- Participation
If you would like more information about patient and family centered care, please call 734-232-4617 or email at [email protected].
About Our Building
The Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center is 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.
Naming of the Center
On March 21, 2013, the University of Michigan's Board of Regents approved the naming of the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center to recognize Samuel and Jean Frankel's groundbreaking support of the University of Michigan CVC.
Gifts from the Frankels to advance health care and culture at the University of Michigan are among the most generous in school history, and their heritage of philanthropy has elevated scholarship and culture worldwide. The $50 million gift from the Samuel and Jean Frankel Foundation to the U-M Cardiovascular Center was announced anonymously when the Center opened in 2007, and the March 21st announcement marked the first time the donor had been named publicly.
