United in Excellence

We are Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical center, where we work tirelessly to transform lives through a combination of ground-breaking research, expert clinical care and leading-edge medical and scientific education.

About Us
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WE BRING TOGETHER THE BRIGHTEST MINDS to

Here, as an integral part of the world-renowned University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine's brightest minds collaborate in a diverse environment to make bold advances in medical education, research and patient care to transform lives for the better.

Transform Lives
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About Us
One Mission. One Michigan Medicine.

As one of the nation's top academic medical centers, we bring together world-class experts from research, patient care and education to make groundbreaking discoveries that create life-changing medicine.

Our Mission
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Our Community

Our commitment to support and enrich the lives of everyone we touch extends beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to our local neighborhoods and community.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to cultivating an inclusive health environment where all members of the Michigan Medicine community are empowered, included, needed and known.

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Our Mission and Vision

Over 150 years of teaching, research, and patient care continue to inspire an endless curiosity and passion for transforming lives.

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Giving

Your donation fuels the future of health care, as today's innovative research, clinical trials and medical education lead to tomorrow's life-saving treatments.

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From Our CEO
Leading Through Innovation and Discovery

We have tremendous potential here at Michigan to lead the future of healthcare through innovation and discovery.

Dean, U-M Medical School; Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, University of Michigan; Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Medicine
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Careers
Accelerate Your Career. Advance World Health.

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care — that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan.

Careers at Michigan Medicine
They found their Michigan Answer. So can you.
Michigan Answers

Michigan Answers blend over a century of teaching, research, and patient care with a passion for transforming lives, pushing the limits of what's possible. They inspire confidence, hope, and the pathway to breakthroughs.

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Bentley's Michigan Answer
Bentley's Michigan Answer

As Marguerita Booth had never heard of a child being born with their organs on the outside of their body. And yet as she lay in the darkened room of her first ultrasound of her first pregnancy, she was suddenly introduced to a condition that surprisingly affects 1 in every 3600 babies.

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Kade's Michigan Answer
Kade's Michigan Answer

Alone. Scared. Never knowing who to trust or where to turn for help. That’s how Kade Fitzgerald of Jackson, Michigan lived the first 32 years of his life. Assigned female at birth, Kade knew at age 6 that he was meant to be a man.

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Merriah and Melliah's Michigan Answer
Merriah and Melliah's Michigan Answer

Few moments eclipse the joy of discovering that you’re pregnant with twins. But for 37-year-old Merrick and 37-year-old Mychal, the news that they’d be having fraternal girls with an expected delivery date of Christmas Day 2020 made the news even more exciting.

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Carter's Michigan Answer
Carter's Michigan Answer

Carter Hilton celebrated his sixth birthday by doing what he loves most: running around his backyard, dancing with his younger brother, and being chased throughout the house by his mom. It helps that Carter is a naturally exuberant child. It also helps that Michigan Medicine performed the first in-womb spina bifida surgery in Michigan nearly four months before Carter was born.

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Sierra's Michigan Answer
Sierra's Michigan Answer

Imagine two patients. Both the same age and height. The same gender and race. Both have a similar medical history. Two people, almost identical in every way. So, why does one of them, seemingly at random, develop diabetes?

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Dr. Valbuena's Michigan Answer
Dr. Valbuena's Michigan Answer

Most aspiring physicians study medicine with the hopes of saving lives, being on the cutting edge of research, or developing the latest therapies and technologies. For Dr. Valeria Valbuena, it was all of the above, plus one additional life-affirming goal.

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Dr. Vydiswaran's Michigan Answer
Dr. Vydiswaran's Michigan Answer

What if the true power of social media isn’t found in a like, tweet or follow? For an emerging field of research taking place at Michigan Medicine, it’s the data inside social media that may have the power to give patients bigger answers and better outcomes.

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Dr. Cunnane's Michigan Answer
Dr. Cunnane's Michigan Answer

Since 1958, millions of lives have been saved by what could arguably be considered as medicine’s biggest breakthrough – the pacemaker. And while its technology has dramatically improved over the last 63 years, chief concerns regarding the pacemaker have always been that it was too big and bulky and that the wires leading from it would sometimes break. But in February of 2020, Michigan Medicine helped change all of that.

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Enzyme identified as new therapeutic target for “cold” tumors
A study identifies an enzyme as a new therapeutic target for “cold” tumors.
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A lung cancer survivor shaping lung cancer advocacy
One woman's unexpected lung cancer diagnosis leads her to help many who aren't aware they're at risk of the disease.
On left, a young boy in a wheelchair has his doctor standing to his left and his parent is standing to his right in a show of support. On the right side of the image, the boy is now an adult and is wondering about the cost of his care and if his questions will be answered.
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Changing the definition of cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is defined as a childhood disorder, which fails to recognize adults living with the condition and the lack of care they receive once they age out of pediatric clinics.
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Why you need to discuss your family health history at Thanksgiving
The holidays are a great time to discuss your family's medical history. Learn the importance of discussing your family's health history and how to bring it up.
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Comparing life threatening illness risk between two surgeries for infants with congenital heart disease
Newly presented data suggest that infants who receive a hybrid stage I palliation – a less invasive alternative for initial treatment – more commonly develop necrotizing enterocolitis compared to those who receive the standard Norwood operation, a complex open heart surgery.
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Hosting guests with food allergies: 6 tips for a safe meal
Food allergies can be life threatening. To prepare for big family gatherings around eating, a patient's mother shares her kid's story and a Michigan Medicine food allergy expert provides simple advice for hosts to follow.