Make a Gift: You can help UM Researchers and Caregivers defeat our Nation’s #1 Killer – Cardiovascular Disease
Your place on our team
There is a long way to go in realizing the vision of the UM Cardiovascular Center.
The speed of that journey will be largely fueled by the generosity of those who understand the devastating impact of cardiovascular disease and who seek to improve the lives of people now and into the future.
Your gift to the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center will help power a mighty engine of discovery and quality improvement. By supporting our team and creating an environment where we can put our collective ingenuity to work, you can help shape the future of cardiovascular care at UM and beyond.
Where your gift is needed
Research Centers of Excellence
To speed the transfer of scientific discoveries from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside, the UM CVC has established research centers of excellence. These centers are integrated with clinical programs that attract patients to our doors from around the country and around the world. From the tiniest infant hearts to the largest blood vessel in the body, and from genetic vulnerability to the electrical signals that keep the heart beating, our research spans the breadth of cardiovascular disease –and promises to help patients now and into the future.
- Adult Congenital Heart
- Aortic Disease Program
- Center for Arrhythmia Research
- Center for Circulatory Support
- Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Research, Transplant Management
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD)
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Stroke Program
- Venous Disease Management
Professorships and scholarships
Investing $100,000 to $2 million or more to establish a Student Scholarship, or a Visiting, Research or Faculty Professorship is a unique and lasting way to ensure continued excellence and stature for the University in perpetuity.
- James C. Stanley Professorship in Vascular Surgery
- Melvyn Rubenfire Professorship in Preventive Cardiology
- John R. Pfeifer Professorship
- Marvin Kirsh Professorship
- Joe D. Morris MD Collegiate Professorship
- Herbert E. Sloan Collegiate Professorship
Clinical Building Amenities
The goal of the CVC building design is to create a sense of comfort and healing for our patients, families, visitors and staff. Your gifts for artwork, landscaping or music therapy can help us to continue to provide an environment that promotes healing from the moment one enters the building.
Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Research Fund
Your support of this effort to create a $10 million endowment fund, named for beloved coach Bo Schembechler, allows the CVC to award grants to support critical research projects at a time when federal research dollars are scarce.
Long after Bo Schembechler led the U-M football team to prominence, he was working tirelessly to do the same for heart health. Though perhaps not as headline-grabbing, his work through the U-M Cardiovascular Center to educate the public and further research was done with the same passion and commitment that he gave to U-M athletics.
Bo's commitment to cardiovascular health lives on through the "Heart of a Champion Fund." Monies donated to this fund support the important work of CVC investigators whose groundbreaking research creates new knowledge and methods to prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease.
As a member of the Cardiovascular Center National Advisory Board, Bo’s charity work spanned many areas, and we are grateful for his contributions to the CVC. "His ability to serve other people, I think, was the reason he lived so long,'' said Kim Eagle, M.D., CVC clinical director and one of Bo’s personal physicians. "He had a purpose in life."
“He was the most courageous patient I ever met. He defied all odds in his survival with remarkably bad heart disease. He made me a better doctor and a better person.”
> A DVD of Bo Schembechler's Memorial Service is now available. Listen to the moving tribute by some of Michigan's most famous friends, alumni, and supporters. All proceeds from the sale of this DVD will go toward the "Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Fund."
> Big House Big Heart Run, Oct. 4, 2009
>Purchase Heart of Champion Book online. A chronicle of Bo's 37-year war against heart disease.
Project Healthy Schools
Americans are faced with a national epidemic of obesity which often starts in childhood. Poor lifestyle habits developed by our children are resulting in significant increases in chronic diseases including diabetes and heart disease. Project Healthy Schools; a collaboration between community schools and the University provides school children, educators and their families with information and activities to make changes towards a more healthy lifestyle.
My Heart Your Heart
Project My Heart Your Heart is a joint collaboration between citizens, physicians, and funeral directors in the state of Michigan, the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. The purpose of the project is to create a central organization which obtains pacemakers post-mortem and creates a distribution network for safe reuse. The Komfo Anokye Hospital will be a primary recipient of numerous devices as many citizens in Ghana have no access to electrophysiologic healthcare. Collaborations with the University of Pennsylvania, World Medical Relief inc, and the Department of Public Health are further enhancing the impact we will have on global healthcare.
Martin Spoor CVICU Nursing Education
This memorial fund was established in memory of Martin Spoor, M.D., a cardiac surgeon and U-M faculty member who tragically lost his life in the June 2007 crash of a UM Survival Flight. The Martin Spoor CVICU RN Scholarship will honor a CVC ICU nurse with a $500 scholarship, based on a poster presentation at the National Nursing Conference. The long-term goal of the scholarship is to honor two nurses annually with a $1,000 scholarship.
Gifts in memory of / Gifts in Honor of
A memorial gift is a thoughtful way to mark a special occasion or to honor the memory of a relative or friend. To make a memorial gift, Please click the link below. Indicate the name of the person in who’s memory or honor you are making the gift in the space provided The person honored (or their next of kin) will be notified of your kindness
