Put your vein care in the hands of a Cardiac Surgeon. While a great variety of specialty physicians offer vein care, we do not treat vein disease as a cosmetic problem or as a disorder limited to the skin. Veins are an integral part of the circulatory system as are the heart and the arteries and, as such, deserve the specialized care offered by a select medical professional with the training, knowledge, and experience in treating diseases of the blood vessels.
Dr. Jonathan Calure is the Surgical Director and President of Maryland Vein Professionals founded in 2006. He holds two certifications by the American Board of Medical Specialties; he is Board Certified in General Surgery and he is Board Certified in Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Calure is trained in both classic open surgical technique, and is broadly trained in minimally invasive, video assisted and catheter based techniques, such as the VNUS Closure he specializes in.
A lifelong resident of Maryland, Dr. Calure has had the distinction of practicing Cardiac Surgery in the hospital of his birth, The Washington Adventist Hospital. Dr. Calure completed his undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering as a Chancellor's Scholar at The University of Maryland. While working part time as an engineer at The NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, he earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Calure completed his General Surgery Residency as well as his Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore.
Dr. Calure is one of the first physicians in the Baltimore-Washington area to perform Radiofrequency ablation to treat saphenous vein reflux, known as the VNUS Closure® procedure. Dr. Calure currently performs 35-45 closure procedures per week and has one of the busiest practices devoted to vein care on the East Coast. He has performed over 2,000 major cases including open heart surgeries, vascular and general surgeries. Dr. Calure's practice, Maryland Vein Professionals, is a National Center of Excellence for the techniques of Vein Care, and he has trained other physicians in the latest techniques of Vein Care.
Dr. Calure is a member of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The American Board of Thoracic Surgery, The American Board of Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Prior to opening his own Surgical Center, Dr. Calure held privileges at The Washington Adventist Hospital, Holy Cross, Suburban, George Washington University Hospital, and The Washington Hospital Center. In his spare time, Dr. Calure enjoys the outdoors, is an avid fan of the Orioles, Ravens, and Redskins, and is active in his Church. He resides in Ellicott City with his wife and three children.
Dr. Michael C. Banker joined Dr. Jonathan Calure at Maryland Vein Professionals in 2008. He completed his undergraduate studies at Colgate University in 1981 prior to obtaining his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1985. Dr. Banker received his General Surgery training as well as his Cardiac Surgical training from the University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital from 1993-2000.
Dr. Banker practiced adult cardiac surgery at Albany Medical Center and St. Peter's Hospital performing over 2,000 open-heart procedures. He was on staff at the Morristown Memorial Hospital from July 2000 - January 2002 before he became the Director of Cardiac Surgery at The University Hospital-UMDNJ in January 2002. In 2005 he joined the staff of Mary Washington Hospital at the Virginia Heart and Vascular Institute in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His areas of expertise include minimally invasive robotic surgery, aortic surgery, off-pump (beating heart) bypass surgery, as well as pacemaker and defibrillator implantation.
Dr. Banker is Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery, and is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical examiners. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Southern Thoracic Surgical Society, and the Association of Academic Surgeons. His personal interests include golf, scuba diving, and surfcasting.
"At Maryland Vein Professionals, we strive to be Maryland's Premier Outpatient Vein Care Specialty Practice. We are dedicated to the diagnosis, proper treatment and ongoing circulatory health of patients who suffer from Venous Insufficiency, a circulatory disorder that causes Varicose Veins".
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