Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
For individuals with a serious heart condition that requires complex or emergency surgery, Spectrum Health is the right place. Our expert cardiothoracic surgeons at the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center work together to provide world-class heart surgery options, close to home. In fact, more adult open heart surgeries are performed at Meijer Heart Center than at any other hospital in the state. This level of experience leads to better results: our patient outcomes are among the best in the nation.*
*Volume and quality data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS Registry)
Referrals
- Phone: 616.459.7258
- Fax: 616.459.5215
- To arrange a patient transfer or admission, call Spectrum Health Direct at 888.936.0005.
Services
We are the only Grand Rapids hospital whose surgeons are approved to perform open heart surgery as well as procedures of the lungs and chest, such as:
- Aortic aneurysms
- Aortic dissections
- Aortic valve surgery—open and minimally invasive, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
- da Vinci® robot-assisted heart valve and lung surgery
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart and lung transplant
- Maze procedure
- Mitral valve surgery, including transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR)
- Pericardial window
- Thoracic (lung) surgery
- Tricuspid valve surgery
- Ventricular assist device implantation
Location
Spectrum Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
100 Michigan Street NE, Suite 8830, Grand Rapids, MI 49503