LEWISTON – Dr. Carmine Frumiento, a cardiac surgeon, has joined the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute.

Prior to beginning his work there he completed a two-year cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wis. During the first year of his residency training, he served under the direction of Dr. Richard P. Cochran. Last year, Cochran joined CMHVI as director of cardiac surgery.

Frumiento’s training includes a special emphasis on minimally invasive procedures.

A graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Frumiento earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vt. He completed a five-year general surgical residency at the University of Vermont-Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. As an intern, he was selected for the Department of Surgery’s Most Outstanding Intern Award.

He also completed a one-year surgical research fellowship at the University of Vermont-Fletcher Allen Health Care.

During the final year of his general surgical residency, he served as chief general surgical resident. He was also a clinical instructor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.

Frumiento is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

He is practicing with Central Maine Heart Associates, which also includes Dr. William J. Phillips, M.D., CMHVI’s director of interventional and diagnostic cardiology, cardiologist Dr. Richard F. Klonoski, and interventional and diagnostic cardiologist Dr. Mark E. Lanzieri.

The Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a division of Central Maine Medical Center, opened in the spring of this year. Located in a new facility adjacent to CMMC, CMHVI offers a comprehensive program for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease.

Frumiento lives in Auburn with his wife, Laurie, and their son, Iain, 3, and daughter, Ellena, 16 months.