Canela Clinic
La Romana, Dominican Republic

Office-based venous surgery is an expanding field with attractive opportunities for medical providers. Minimally invasive venous surgery is currently practiced by a number of specialties. This unique program is limited to eight participants and is specifically focused to sharpen skills in venous surgery and enhance medical practices.

During this 3 1/2-day program, all participants will perform

  • endovenous ablation (4 procedures)
  • ambulatory phlebectomy (4 procedures)
  • sclerotherapy (4 hours)
  • venous ultrasound (4 hours)

Who should attend?

The course will have value for physicians currently practicing in the fields of dermatology, vascular surgery, general surgery, interventional radiology and phlebology as well as related specialties.

CME

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

  • Perform preop duplex and clinical evaluation of the patient: How to determine which procedure for which patient.
  • Perform intraop, and postop venous duplex ultrasound.
  • Demonstrate ultrasound guided percutaneous access to the great saphenous vein.
  • Perform guidewire exchanges and placement of ablation catheter and tumescent anesthesia.
  • Understand and demonstrate endovenous thermal ablation.
  • Demonstrate placement of subcutaneous tumescent anesthesia as well as ambulatory phlebectomy.
  • Administer liquid and foam sclerotherapy with and without ultrasound guidance.
  • Implement compression therapy for venous procedures.
  • Discuss office management issues: billing and coding, office set-up, staffing.

Accreditation Statement

Complete Conference Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Complete Conference Management designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physicians Recognition award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure

Complete Conference Management, in accordance with accreditation requirements, will disclose any significant financial interest or other relationship between presenters and the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation with any commercial supporters of this activity.


Informal discussions, such as this one held over lunch, and didactic lectures held in a classroom setting complement the clinical training.

An attendee of the Masters Practicum performs sclerotherapy on a patient.

Course director Jose Almeida, M.D., left, watches closely as an attendee performs an endovenous radiofrequency ablation and another observes the procedure.

Course director Edward Mackay, M.D., left, supervises an ambulatory phlebectomy performed by an attendee as another observes the procedure.