Vein and Vascular Specialists at Danbury Hospital

Specialized vein and vascular specialists, close to home

Medical Practice

41 Germantown Rd.
Suite 101
Danbury, CT 06810

Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm

Nuvance Health Vein and Vascular Specialists at Danbury Hospital is a full-service vascular disease center. You receive care from board-certified, fellowship-trained vascular surgeons and their specialized advanced care providers who excel in the diagnosis and treatment of arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. Our skilled vascular surgeons have an intimate understanding of the body’s circulatory system, their interrelationships and the diseases that affect them.

IAC Accredited Vein Center

Located in our office in Danbury, CT, we are the only IAC accredited vein center in the state of Connecticut. We offer numerous minimally invasive, advanced and open surgical treatments for the entire spectrum of venous diseases including:

Superficial Venous Disease: varicose veins with or without extremity swelling, spider veins and venous skin ulcers
Deep Venous Disease: swelling, May-Thurner Syndrome, venous skin ulcers with advanced skin change
Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism
Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Venous aneurysms

Accredited Diagnostic Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory

The noninvasive vascular laboratory provides outpatient and inpatient diagnostic vascular testing for Danbury and New Milford hospitals. The lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), a non-profit organization that provides accreditation to healthcare facilities in the United States, in all 6 areas of testing. This level of accreditation has been achieved by fewer than 25 labs in the country. Included are noninvasive tests for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), venous insufficiency and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), aneurysms of the aorta and other smaller arteries, carotid artery disease, assessment of dialysis access grafts and fistulas, erectile dysfunction and many other specialized tests to diagnose vascular disease.

Patient Care for Venous Disease

Nuvance Health Vein and Vascular Specialists are uniquely qualified to provide the best care for the management of everything from the most common to the most complex vascular problems without bias because of limitations in their training. This is because, as vascular surgeons, they are the only medical specialists trained in, and capable of, providing all options for vascular disease treatment including non-operative medical minimally invasive and open surgical choices for the most advanced and informed management of their patient’s vascular diseases.

Treatment of Venous Disease

Our team of vascular surgeons are pioneers in the treatment of venous disease. More than 20 years ago, they were some of the first physicians in the country to use minimally invasive techniques to treat varicose veins and venous diseases. Our physicians have presented their work at national and international conferences and have published numerous articles on vein treatments. They are also routinely listed in New York Magazine’s and Connecticut Magazine's Best Doctors issue.

Our physicians and advanced care providers are dedicated to offering our patients the most complete and compassionate care in addition to the most advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities for their venous problems.

Superficial Venous Disease
Varicose Veins with or without swelling and or skin ulcers:

Saphenous vein ablation (closure)

Radiofrequency - heat

Mechanico-chemical - mechanical injury to the vein wall in combination with chemical irritation

Chemical only - microfoam

Medical adhesive - glues the walls of the vein shut

Microphlebectomy – removal of varicose veins using very small incisions (no sutures)

Spider veins and very small varicose veins

Sclerotherapy – painless, mild chemical detergents injected with hair-fine small needles designed to injure the inside of the vein and cause it to close and disappear

*All of the above procedures are performed in our office using local anesthesia
Deep Venous Disease
Leg ulcers (treatments will depend on cause of ulcer)

Perforator vein ablation - Radiofrequency or Chemical (office procedure)

Venous balloon angioplasty and stent

DVT and Pulmonary embolism (treatments will depend on location, severity and age of clot)

Blood thinner medications

Venous thrombectomy (removal of clot) with minimally invasive devices

Lytic therapy – drugs to dissolve clot with placement of a specialized catheter into the clot

Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (VTOS) - performed in operating room

Removal of clot if the major deep veins of the arm have DVT

First rib resection and possible repair of the subclavian vein with vein patch

Swelling and or leg ulcers secondary to chronic venous occlusion in the pelvis/abdomen

Balloon venoplasty and stent

Open surgical venous bypass

Venous aneurysms

Open surgical repair