To request an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute:

(Click here if you are a physician making a referral)

Click here to go to our secure Cleveland Clinic Request an Appointment form. (a new browser window will open)

If you prefer to make an appointment by phone:

Cardiology Patients:

Please call our Cardiology Appointment Line at 216.444.6697. Outside of Cleveland, please call 800.223.2273 and ask for extension 46697.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients (Heart and Great Vessels):

Please call the Heart Center Resource & Information Line locally at 216.445.9288 or toll-free 866.289.6911.

Vascular Medicine Patients:

Please call our Vascular Medicine Appointment Line at 216.445.8022. Outside of Cleveland, please call 800.223.2273 and ask for extension 58022.

Vascular Surgery Patients:

Please call our Vascular Surgery Appointment Line at 216.444.4508. Outside of Cleveland, please call 800.223.2273 and ask for extension 44508.

Thoracic Surgery Patients (Lungs and Esophagus):

Please call our Thoracic Surgery Appointment Line at 216.445.6860. Outside of Cleveland, please call 800.223.2273 and ask for extension 56860.

Pediatric Patients:

Please call the Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Appointment line at 216.445.5015. Outside of Cleveland, please call 800.223.2273 and ask for extension 55015. You can learn more about our Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart at the Children's Hospital website.

Second Opinion Service:

For patients who cannot travel to Cleveland but would like a second opinion from a Cleveland Clinic physician, The Cleveland Clinic offers specialist consultation and second opinions using the internet. Cleveland Clinic Secure Online Services provides online second opinions for patients with life-threatening and life-altering diagnoses. To learn more, go to the Secure Online Services website.

International Patients:

Global Patient Services offers assistance to patients from around the world with appointment scheduling, travel plans and financial questions.

If you have questions or need more information:

For questions or more information, you may contact us using our secure online Contact Us Form. Please choose "Heart/Cardiology Services" in the Subject of message" drop-down list.

You may also chat on line with a nurse or call the Heart and Vascular Institute Resource and Information Center nurse at 216.445.9288 or toll-free 866.289.6911. Webmail, chats and phone calls are answered between 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on regular business days.

You may consult our Patient Checklist for the appropriate information we will require when you schedule and your first appointment.