Department of Medicine - Surgery - University of Minnesota
Department of Medicine - Surgery - University of Minnesota
Department of Medicine - Surgery - University of Minnesota
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Division <strong>of</strong> Cardiologynationally recognizedAccording to the American Heart Association, cardiovasculardisease accounts for more than one million deaths in the United38 Leslie W. Miller, M.D.Division Directorwww.dom.umn.edu/cardiologyStates each year, and enormously impacts patients and familiesand the health care system. The Cardiovascular Division at the <strong>University</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Minnesota</strong> has substantial depth and expertise in all the major cardiovasculardiseases including coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease,cardiac arrhythmia, as well as both primary and secondary heart disease prevention.Many <strong>of</strong> the division faculty are nationally recognized leaders in their fieldsand chair numerous scientific sessions at national meetings, give invited plenarytalks, and serve on editorial boards for all <strong>of</strong> the prominent journals in the field<strong>of</strong> cardiovascular medicine.The Hennepin County Medical Center and the VA Medical Center are importantcomponents <strong>of</strong> the cardiovascular program. Each full-time faculty member at thesefacilities has a primary appointment in the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> at the <strong>University</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Minnesota</strong>. Cardiology fellows rotate to these facilities on a regular basisand conferences that include faculty from all three sites are held monthly. Mostfaculty members at these sites are engaged in basic or clinical research, and severalfaculty have NIH-level funding for their research.The Lillehei Heart Institute has been created from a very generous gift from thefamily <strong>of</strong> C. Walton Lillehei, M.D., who played a pivotal role in the birth <strong>of</strong> cardiovascularsurgery here at the <strong>University</strong> 50 years ago. The Institute has a focuson education and research including heart failure, transplantation, and use <strong>of</strong>mechanical assist devices, including the molecular basis <strong>of</strong> cardiac remodeling andthe role <strong>of</strong> stem cells in cardiac repair. One <strong>of</strong> the new areas <strong>of</strong> clinical research isheart disease prevention. Jay Cohn, M.D. has created the Rasmussen Heart DiseasePrevention Center. This program is providing non-invasive, cutting-edge assessment<strong>of</strong> the risk <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular disease and is diagnosing cardiovascular disease
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