Supporting Cardiac Research

In the University of Michigan section of Cardiac Surgery, clinical investigators and laboratory researchers work together every day to develop a deeper understanding of, and promising approaches to solving and treating heart disease.

Our research is providing fundamental insights into identifying methods to grow new heart muscle, identify natural phytochemicals and dietary nutrients to protect cardiac function, improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease (M-CHORD), and study mechanical ventricular assist devices that provide a life-saving bridge to transplant. Through these endeavors – and many more like them – our researchers are working together to identify and implement real solutions for patients of today and tomorrow.

Your gift to Cardiac Surgery Research at the University of Michigan will make you a partner in this vital work. With your contribution, our researchers can continue their efforts to advance the practice of medicine and to help patients fight illness.

If you are interested in supporting the Cardiac Surgery's research mission, would like more information about specific research, or want to contribute directly to a specific lab or research effort, please contact Greg Witbeck at 734.232.6017 or via email at germaine@umich.edu.