The Cardiovascular Care Group was formed as The Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgical Group in 1963 as the practices of Franklyn P. Gerard, MD, FACS and Adrian M. Sabety, MD, FACS were joined.  ``The Group" was the first professional corporation in the State of New Jersey and represented a dedication to provide the highest quality of care to those patients with Vascular or Thoracic disease.  The Group has expanded in the 45 years of existence by adding consistently high quality physicians from more...

This website is designed--and updated--to provide information relative to the care of patients with cardiovascular disease processes. The information provided here is based on scientific principles coupled with decades of practical experience. However, the delivery of medical care is as much an "art" as it is a science. That understood, it is imperative to appreciate the limitations of the Internet in attempting to discern appropriate knowledge to care for a person with a set of symptoms or even a specific disease entity. There are a multitude
of factors that one must consider before making a diagnosis or recommending a therapeutic course of action --that is the importance of finding the appropriate physician! Please use the information provided here to improve your fund of knowledge so that your interaction with your physician may be more meaningful. If there is something not covered here, simply ask us or speak to your physician directly!