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Techniques & Technology

86,400 Points of Light! From Raw Thermographic Data to Useful Clinical Insight

A point of care thermographic camera can record 86,400 temperatures measurements across the human body nine times per second and present the data in real-time on a screen. But how do we transform the data that has always...Continue Reading

A point of care thermographic camera can record 86,400 temperatures measurements across the human body nine times per second and present the data in real-time on a screen. But how do we transform the data that has always...Continue Reading


Sonographer-Patient Communication

Additional reporting by Jenny Bogert, Alyssa Collantes, Jessica Flynn, Eduard Marmut, Jennifer VargaAS SONOGRAPHERS, we tend to focus our improvement efforts on image optimization, protocols, and ergonomics. One muscle we...Continue Reading

Additional reporting by Jenny Bogert, Alyssa Collantes, Jessica Flynn, Eduard Marmut, Jennifer VargaAS SONOGRAPHERS, we tend to focus our improvement efforts on image optimization, protocols, and ergonomics. One muscle we...Continue Reading


A Novel Platform Technology to Treat VTE

The Bashir™ Endovascular Catheter (Thrombolex, Inc., New Britain, PA) was invented by Riyaz Bashir MD, from Temple University, Philadelphia, in order to (1) create a channel for immediate blood flow through the culprit...Continue Reading

The Bashir™ Endovascular Catheter (Thrombolex, Inc., New Britain, PA) was invented by Riyaz Bashir MD, from Temple University, Philadelphia, in order to (1) create a channel for immediate blood flow through the culprit...Continue Reading


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Featured Doctor

Paths to Practice: One “Non-Core” Physician’s Path to the Vein Specialty

Paths to practice is a new series intended to highlight physicians different journeys into the vein specialty. Here VEIN Magazine’s newest editorial advisor, Dr. Manu Aggarwal, shares her personal story. There was a for...Continue Reading

Paths to practice is a new series intended to highlight physicians different journeys into the vein specialty. Here VEIN Magazine’s newest editorial advisor, Dr. Manu Aggarwal, shares her personal story. There was a for...Continue Reading


Up Close with Dr. Frank J. Veith, Part 2: Embracing the New in an Imperfect World

This extensive interview which appears in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Vein Magazine appears here in two parts: Be sure to check out part 1: Veith on VEITHsymposium In this second part entitled "Embracing the New in an...Continue Reading

This extensive interview which appears in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Vein Magazine appears here in two parts: Be sure to check out part 1: Veith on VEITHsymposium In this second part entitled "Embracing the New in an...Continue Reading


Up Close with Dr. Frank J. Veith

This extensive interview which appears in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Vein Magazine appears here in two parts: Part 1: Veith on VEITHsymposium (see below) Part 2: Embracing the New in an Imperfect World -- Steve Elias...Continue Reading

This extensive interview which appears in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Vein Magazine appears here in two parts: Part 1: Veith on VEITHsymposium (see below) Part 2: Embracing the New in an Imperfect World -- Steve Elias...Continue Reading


Mentors Who Made Me: Drs. Kitty and Arnost Fronek

Long-time VEIN contributor Helane Fronek introduces her parents-in-law, Kitty and Arnost Fronek—two illustrious innovators in cardiovascular technology...Continue Reading

Long-time VEIN contributor Helane Fronek introduces her parents-in-law, Kitty and Arnost Fronek—two illustrious innovators in cardiovascular technology...Continue Reading


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Work & Life Balance

Maintaining our Wholeness as Physicians in the Age of Covid-19

by Helane Fronek Physicians were struggling with epidemic levels of burnout – before a pandemic upended our lives and strained our coping mechanisms. Anxiety has risen as we fear our and our loved ones’ health, the fu...Continue Reading

by Helane Fronek Physicians were struggling with epidemic levels of burnout – before a pandemic upended our lives and strained our coping mechanisms. Anxiety has risen as we fear our and our loved ones’ health, the fu...Continue Reading


Avoiding the Trap of Comparison

Here's what yoga taught Dr. Helane Fronek about our drive to compare ourselves with others...Continue Reading

Here's what yoga taught Dr. Helane Fronek about our drive to compare ourselves with others...Continue Reading


The Best Time to Plant a Tree

How much more joy might we feel, excitement might we experience, or inspiration might we become for others if we planted those trees in our lives?...Continue Reading

How much more joy might we feel, excitement might we experience, or inspiration might we become for others if we planted those trees in our lives?...Continue Reading


Physician Burnout: The End of a Career or an Opportunity for Growth?

55%of American physicians said they suffer from symptoms of burnout in a 2014 Mayo Clinic study. Here’s what you can do today to avoid or overcome this growing affliction...Continue Reading

55%of American physicians said they suffer from symptoms of burnout in a 2014 Mayo Clinic study. Here’s what you can do today to avoid or overcome this growing affliction...Continue Reading


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Industry Spotlight

Remote Access, Remote Education: Collaboration in Medicine

MEDICINE IS A discipline built on a spirit of collaboration that continually advances because it learns from itself. The mantra, “See one, do one, teach one,” describes the transfer of knowledge inherent to medical tr...Continue Reading

MEDICINE IS A discipline built on a spirit of collaboration that continually advances because it learns from itself. The mantra, “See one, do one, teach one,” describes the transfer of knowledge inherent to medical tr...Continue Reading


Lipedema: A Devastating Disease Too Often Overlooked

Why are we letting lipedema happen? This is just one pressing question being answered by Dr. Thomas Wright...Continue Reading

Why are we letting lipedema happen? This is just one pressing question being answered by Dr. Thomas Wright...Continue Reading


Facing Lipedema: A Patient's Perspective

Read about a mom of two who struggled with lipedema until surgery and compression returned her quality of life...Continue Reading

Read about a mom of two who struggled with lipedema until surgery and compression returned her quality of life...Continue Reading


The Patient's Role in Ethical Vein Care: A Physician's Perspective

Here's a look at a patient's role in ethical vein care, and what you can do as a physician to stand your ground in the face of unethical situations...Continue Reading

Here's a look at a patient's role in ethical vein care, and what you can do as a physician to stand your ground in the face of unethical situations...Continue Reading


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Industry Updates

Improving the Care of Venous Patients using a Coordinated Registry Network

By Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen MD, Danica Marinac-Dabic MD, Marlin W. Schul MD, PhD, Art Sedrakyan MD The Institute of Medicine defines the quality of care as the degree to which health care services for individuals and popula...Continue Reading

By Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen MD, Danica Marinac-Dabic MD, Marlin W. Schul MD, PhD, Art Sedrakyan MD The Institute of Medicine defines the quality of care as the degree to which health care services for individuals and popula...Continue Reading


Undertreatment of Venous Disease: A Novel Concept

by Marlin Schul This article is adapted from Dr. Marlin Schul's American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS) Presidential Address given at the 2019 AVLS Annual Congress. We have spent a lot of time discussing the overutilizat...Continue Reading

by Marlin Schul This article is adapted from Dr. Marlin Schul's American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS) Presidential Address given at the 2019 AVLS Annual Congress. We have spent a lot of time discussing the overutilizat...Continue Reading


Appropriate Use: The Wall Street Journal Gets It. Do we?

By Elna Masuda and Steve Elias In September 2019, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Overuse of stenting in arteries in the leg.”1 As a result, a flurry of responses followed in the Society for Vas...Continue Reading

By Elna Masuda and Steve Elias In September 2019, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Overuse of stenting in arteries in the leg.”1 As a result, a flurry of responses followed in the Society for Vas...Continue Reading


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Practice Management

Introducing a PreMed Medical Assistant (PMA) Program into Your Practice

Create Learning Opportunities and Optimize Staffing WHEN A PHYSICIAN begins the arduous task of opening a private practice, they might come to the table with a preconceived notion of what staffing will be needed for their...Continue Reading

Create Learning Opportunities and Optimize Staffing WHEN A PHYSICIAN begins the arduous task of opening a private practice, they might come to the table with a preconceived notion of what staffing will be needed for their...Continue Reading


Offering Graduated Compression Hose Inside Applicable Medical Offices

LIKELY, YOU TREAT many patients within your practice who would benefit from consistent wear of graduated compression stockings. Perhaps you already recommend graduated compression stockings to your patients and wonder how...Continue Reading

LIKELY, YOU TREAT many patients within your practice who would benefit from consistent wear of graduated compression stockings. Perhaps you already recommend graduated compression stockings to your patients and wonder how...Continue Reading


Vein Care Payment in 2021: Federal Government Walks Back Some Cuts, COVID Impacts Practices. What About the Future?

TO SAY THAT 2020 was an unusual year for the U.S. health care system is an understatement. Vein care was certainly swept up in the public health emergency (PHE), and many clinics stopped seeing patients in April and May...Continue Reading

TO SAY THAT 2020 was an unusual year for the U.S. health care system is an understatement. Vein care was certainly swept up in the public health emergency (PHE), and many clinics stopped seeing patients in April and May...Continue Reading


How Physicians Can Gain the Rewards Associated With ASC Ownership

AS A CONSULTANT specializing in helping private practice physicians, a big part of my work is focused on assisting clients with optimizing the site of care for their services. More than 80% of my new project inquiries hav...Continue Reading

AS A CONSULTANT specializing in helping private practice physicians, a big part of my work is focused on assisting clients with optimizing the site of care for their services. More than 80% of my new project inquiries hav...Continue Reading


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