We are a boutique vein clinic operated by an experienced and dedicated team. Owned and operated in Dunedin, originally established by DrJames McCormick, and now lead by Dr Amy Fong, 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.
Amy was educated in Melbourne and graduated with her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1994. She completed a postgraduate diploma in Child Health with distinction from the University of Otago in 2000. After that, she undertook specialist training with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, graduating in 2005.
Amy has subspecialty interests in Head & Neck, Eye, and Breast Radiology, with an emphasis on head and neck cancer. She performs image guided interventions, predominantly tumor diagnosis. She is a member of The American College of Radiology and Radiological Society of North America.
She is a pathology examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and is devoted to the ongoing education of her colleagues, radiology trainees, and medical students.
Amy offers varicose vein treatment including consultation, assessment, Ultrasound Guided Injection Sclerotherapy and Endovenous Ablation.