We are a boutique vein clinic operated by an experienced and dedicated team. Owned and operated in Dunedin, our team will tailor a treatment plan specifically for your personal vein complaints.
Arteries carry blood that are full of oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the body. In contrast, veins return deoxygenated blood and by-products back to the heart with the aid of muscular contraction and a one-way valve inside the veins.
Together these valves keep the blood traveling in the correct direction, particularly when standing upright. When valves falter blood travels back down the veins and creates varicose vein’s which can present with a variety of symptoms.
• Genetics ie: familial inheritance
• Trauma
• Occupation i.e. standing jobs
• Pregnancy
• Cramping in the legs
• Restless legs at night time
• Swelling particularly around the ankles
• Discoloration of the skin
• Ulceration
• Burning sensation
• Itchiness
• Patches of dry skin and eczema
• Increasing leg tiredness as the day progresses
• Poor healing of skin when integrity is compromised.
• Genetics ie: familial inheritance
• Trauma
• Occupation i.e. standing jobs
• Pregnancy
• Cramping in the legs
• Restless legs at night time
• Swelling particularly around the ankles
• Discoloration of the skin
• Ulceration
• Burning sensation
• Itchiness
• Patches of dry skin and eczema
• Increasing leg tiredness as the day progresses
• Poor healing of skin when integrity is compromised.
Our seven-step process takes the
worry out of treatment;
1. Contact Us
2. Free vein assessment
3. Ultrasound mapping
4. Consultation with specialist
5. Treatment
6. Follow-up treatments
7. Discharge
An ultrasound mapping scan and a detailed patient history will be used to provide information for the treatment plan. All treatments are a walk-in/walk-out process, followed by the need to wear specific compression stockings for around two weeks, supplemented by regular walking.
James is an Otago University Graduate completing his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1999 before embarking on specialist training with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, graduating in 2009.
James has subspecialty interests in Head & Neck Radiology, with an emphasis on head and neck cancer, and in-image guided interventions, predominantly tumour diagnosis and phlebology. He is a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society and the American Head & Neck Society.
He is a pathology examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and is devoted to the ongoing education of radiology trainees.
James offers varicose vein treatment including consultation, assessment, Ultrasound Guided Injection Sclerotherapy and Endovenous Ablation.