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AMERICAN VEIN AIDS HEALTH4HAITI BY DONATING 50 SETS OF SCRUBS

American Vein & Vascular Institute recently donated more than 50 sets of scrubs to Health4Haiti, a non-profit that improves lives and healthcare outcomes for the citizens of Gonaives, Haiti. Gonaives is currently served by one public hospital, according to Health4Haiti’s…

MOST VENOUS DISEASE CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS COSMETIC

By Ronald Bush, MD, FACS In 1992, I left a busy practice of thoracic and vascular surgery and began the in-office treatment of varicose veins. At that time, high ligation and stripping using tumescent with ultra sound…

CASE STUDY: MANAGING PERSISTENT SWELLING AFTER ENDOVENOUS ABLATION

By Tim Crawlield I have practiced phleboloby for six years and I learned early in my career that patients with swelling in the lower extremities — swelling that cannot be contained by elastic graduated compression stockings — do not…

2018 RESEARCH SUMMIT: WORK BEGINS TO ANALYZE DATA IN RAPIDLY EXPANDING ACP PRO VENOUS REGISTRY

By Vanessa Salvia Contributing Editor Anticipation was high for many members of the phlebology community going into an April 21 closed-door research summit held alongside the International Vein Congress in Miami, convened to discuss how to make the most of…

OPTALYSE PE: BTG RESULTS REINFORCE SAFETY, EFFICACY OF SHORTER, LOWER DOSE EKOS THERAPY FOR PE

BTG plc highlighted OPTALYSE PE one-year trial results, presented at the International Society on Endovascular Therapy in Florida in February. The findings confirm that bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE) patients treated in as little as two hours with a total tissue…

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INTACT VASCULAR SPONSORS SYMPOSIUM ON POST-ANGIOPLASTY DISSECTIONS MAY 31

Intact Vascular Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, announced May 29 the schedule of key presentations that will be featured during a symposium sponsored together with Philips at the 19th Annual New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH)…

THANK YOU! THE HEROISM OF NURSES IN OUR PRACTICES AND IN OUR LIVES SHOULD BE A DAILY CELEBRATION

National Nurses Day was May 6 and National Nurses Week ends May 12, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nurse Nightingale, who came to prominence while serving as a British manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, is…

JOHN CHUBACK, MD, FACS, JOINS VEIN THERAPY NEWS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

John Chuback, MD, FACS, chief medical officer at Chuback Medical Group in Paramus, N.J., has joined the Vein Therapy News (VTN) Editorial Advisory Board. Dr. Chuback is involved in teaching, entrepreneurship, writing and philanthropy. He is also co-founder of BiosupportMD…

BOVIE MEDICAL ADDS PLASTIC SURGEON TO BOARD

Diane I. Duncan, MD, FACS has been named to the Bovie Medical Corp. Medical Advisory Board, a maker of medical devices and supplies and the developer of J-Plasma, a patented surgical product marketed and sold under the Renuvion Cosmetic Technology…

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ACP RELOCATING TO CHICAGO IN JUNE; POSITIONING ITSELF AS VENOUS, LYMPHATIC ADVOCACY LEADER

After 30 years in San Leandro, Calif., The American College of Phlebology (ACP) is relocating its headquarters to Chicago. The move is expected to be complete by the end of June. The new address will be 434 W. Ontario St.,…