Michigan Medicine leads cutting-edge basic, translational, and clinical research into the causes of cardiovascular disease.
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Diseases of the heart and circulatory system are some of the most common—and most deadly. Michigan Medicine leads cutting-edge basic, translational, and clinical research into the causes of cardiovascular disease, the interactions between the heart and other bodily systems and the development of effective therapies for heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions throughout the lifespan.
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Program Director, Internal Medicine
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Associate Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine
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Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Internal Medicine
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Orthopaedic Surgery
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Assistant Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
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Neurology
Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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