Mission
The Earl and Doris Bakken Heart-Brain Institute is dedicated to promoting research and education related to heart-brain interactions, to discovering new treatments and cures for cardiovascular and nervous system disorders that build upon these interactions, and to offering a range of healing solutions that treat the patient as a whole.
The Bakken Heart-Brain Institute focuses on the following:
- To advance the field of heart-brain medicine and promote its future growth.
- To investigate the interactions of the cardiovascular system and the nervous system.
- To develop innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of heart-brain disorders.
- To promote innovative research in the field of heart-brain medicine.
- To comprehensively incorporate wellness and prevention strategies and scientifically sound, evidence-based therapies from a range of medical and healing traditions into heart-brain research, education, and patient care activities.
Earl and Doris Bakken
This historic effort of integrating the pioneering vision of Earl E. Bakken with the innovative heart and brain research and clinical team at Cleveland Clinic will continue to promote this field.
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