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C. Alberto Figueroa @BloodFlowSim

UMich Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular simulation enthusiast, @AngioInsight founder

Joined August 2014
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C. Alberto Figueroa retweeted
U-M Health Frankel CVC@umichCVC
9 Sep 2025
Innovation at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center pushes the boundaries of what is possible and shapes a better future for cardiovascular patient care. On Monday, we celebrated 25 years of innovation โ€“ exploring our centerโ€™s the past, present and future.
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C. Alberto Figueroa retweeted
Michigan Surgery@UMichSurgery
26 Aug 2025
The Section of Vascular Surgery has a new faculty member: Craig Brown, MD! He completed his residency and fellowship here, and now he joins us as a Clinical Assistant Professor.
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C. Alberto Figueroa retweeted
U-M Health Frankel CVC@umichCVC
23 Aug 2025
After breaking ground in late 2003, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center (then U-M CVC) opened in June 2007, offering a new way of treating & studying cardiovascular disease. The building united many people and programs dedicated to heart and vascular care.
A large group of people gathered outside the University of Michigan CVC, a modern glass building, during its opening event in late 2003.

ALT A large group of people gathered outside the University of Michigan CVC, a modern glass building, during its opening event in late 2003.

A group of individuals participating in a ceremonial groundbreaking event for the University of Michigan CVC, holding shovels and poised to dig into a patch of soil, with a well-maintained garden and trees in the background.

ALT A group of individuals participating in a ceremonial groundbreaking event for the University of Michigan CVC, holding shovels and poised to dig into a patch of soil, with a well-maintained garden and trees in the background.

Exterior view of the University of Michigan CVC featuring a modern building with large glass windows and a banner that reads "Hail to the Victors Valiant." A few individuals are walking in front of the building.

ALT Exterior view of the University of Michigan CVC featuring a modern building with large glass windows and a banner that reads "Hail to the Victors Valiant." A few individuals are walking in front of the building.

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Colleagues, My PhD student Taeouk Kim will have his PhD defense next Aug 27 @ 9 am (Eastern). A novel IBM for aortic dissection (among other topics) will be discussed Open portion of defense is open to all ๐Ÿ‘‡ umich.zoom.us/j/9547528016 @umichCVC @UM_MICDE @UMBME @jesse_caps
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C. Alberto Figueroa retweeted
Dan Michele@MicheleLabUM
1 Aug 2025
Another successful year for the @umichCVC @AHA_Research Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Fantastic talks at the symposium! Curious and ambitious students mentored by great mentors! Looking forward to them being future scientists, leaders, and ambassadors for science!
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Very proud of everyone's presentations @ USNCCM in Chicago! Taeouk Kim, Victoria Sturgess, @meden96 , Andres Fernandez, Abhilash Malipeddi, Liam Wang and Haizhou Yang all did a great job! @umichCVC @UoMVascSurgery @UMichSurgery @UM_MICDE
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Looking forward to #USNCCM18 in Chicago next week! Check out the talk titles and dates from Matthew Eden, PhD, Victoria Sturgess, Haizhou Yang, Abhilash Reddy Malipeddi, Liam Wang, Taeouk Kim and C. Alberto Figueroa! @UM_MICDE @umichCVC @UoMVascSurgery @UMichSurgery
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Congratulations to @DrewBraetMD on a wonderful talk on the findings of his ADT research. Drew has conducted a prospective MRI & CFD phenotyping study of carotid disease patients. Wonderful to see a surgeon presenting at the premier biomechanics conference @SB3Corg ! @umichCVC
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Thank you all for another successful @CRIMSONsoftware workshop at @SB3Corg in New Mexico ! Thank you Taeouk Kim and @meden96 for delivering the material clearly! Looking forward to new collaborations! @jesse_caps @umichCVC
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It was wonderful to give the Public Lecture at #PASC25. pasc25.pasc-conference.org/pโ€ฆ Thank you @angioinsight , @bnallamo , @KrishnaGarikipa & Haizhou Yang. Thank you to @cscsch , @psich_en , ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข for the invitation! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ™ @umichCVC
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C. Alberto Figueroa retweeted
Duke Vascular@DukeVascular
5 Jun 2025
Congrats to Drs. @MaggieReillyMD, @DrewBraetMD, and our very own @LWestLivingston on successfully completing the @JVascSurg internship program!! #VAM25 @UoMVascSurgery @DukeSurgery @NMCardioVasc
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CRIMSON workshop @ @SB3Corg Focus on tools for short-term cardiovascular adaptation simulations. Also new FSI formulations based on immersed-boundary approaches. event.asme.org/SBC/Program/Wโ€ฆ Software downloads: crimson.software/download.htโ€ฆ @meden96 @srsadid @theERlab See you in NM!
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Congrats to @DrewBraetMD for winning best poster competition at the VRIC 2025 in Baltimore!! Refining Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Classification: The Role of Hemodynamics in Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy @umichCVC @UoMVascSurgery @UMichSurgery @IsmaelZAssi @nichosbo
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Looking forward to giving a plenary on our work on #CAD and #CMD assessment using computational modeling and machine learning at the upcoming @PASC_Conference in Switzerland this June pasc25.pasc-conference.org/kโ€ฆ @angioinsight @bnallamo @KrishnaGarikipa

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This is the happiness a PhD student feels when they figure out a problem they have been struggling with for months. Bravo Taeouk! ๐Ÿ’ช
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Colleagues๐Ÿ“ข, This is a fantastic ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ for undergraduates interested in cardiovascular research is ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป. ๐Ÿ‘‡ tinyurl.com/fcvcsurf @umichCVC
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Dear prospective PhD applicants: Please consider registering for the upcoming webinar explaining the PhD student application process at @UMBME bme.umich.edu/2024/10/08/leaโ€ฆ Thank you!
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Thank you @DrewBraetMD ! You did an amazing job and the results your research will deliver may change the management of carotid disease!
Drew J Braet@DrewBraetMD
25 Oct 2024
Thanks @BMESociety for an amazing conference! Even made a clinician feel right at home. Congrats to @BloodFlowSim and the rest of the Cardiovascular Biomechanics Lab who had great presentations! @UMBME #BMES2024
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Exciting day @ #BMES2024 for the lab!! @DrewBraetMD, Vivek Dandu, @meden96, Taeouk Kim, Nadia Korovesis, @srsadid, Victoria Sturgess, Haizhou Yang, and Jiyang Zhang give a total of 6 talks @ 3 poster presentations! Thank you all collaborators! @UMBME @UMichSurgery @umichCVC
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What a treat having ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐™๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ present @ @umichCVC Frontiers! What an inspiring overview of cardiovascular & computational science, always putting the patient at the center of it all. Thank you all for making this a truly special visit. @UMichSurgery @UoMVascSurgery
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