Welcome to the Gates Vascular Institute. Several years ago, pioneering neurosurgeon L. Nelson Hopkins, III, M.D., had an idea -- to build a medical facility where researchers and physicians worked collaboratively to conduct research as well as diagnose and treat patients. In April of 20-12, that idea became a reality with the merger of Buffalo General and Millard Fillmore Gates Circle hospitals and the opening of the new Gates Vascular Institute. The Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) is a combination of the finest researchers, surgeons, physicians, and other clinicians devoted to the study, treatment, and prevention of the cardiac, stroke, and vascular diseases. These clinicians are uniquely positioned to provide patient care in a way never before seen in Western New York. Instead of the traditional "silo approach" to practicing medicine, physicians with work side by side with their colleagues and researchers in these three disciplines, to deliver state-of-the-art care and produce major breakthroughs on the causes and treatments of cardiac, stroke and vascular disease. In essence, we're building a healthier future through a collision of talent and knowledge; bringing the brightest medical minds together on behalf of the patients of Western New York. We would be proud to care for you.