John Marano – Co-Founder, President and CEO   Senior executive with over 25 years of corporate management and start-up experience   Management positions for Mobil, Olin, FMC, Aeroquip and Union Carbide   PhD and MS from Yale University; BS from the University of Notre Dame
		Michael Tal, MD – Co-Founder, Chief Medical Advisor   Associate Professor of Radiology at the Yale University School of Medicine since 1999   Graduated from Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel, and completed medical training at MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and Yale University

Scientific Advisory Board

Jean Jerome Guex, MD, FACPh is coauthor of the definitive book on sclerotherapy, Treatment of Varicose and Telangiectatic Leg Veins, 4th Edition. He is Past President of la Société Française de Phlébologie and Treasurer of the Union Internationale de Phlebologie. He is a Member of the American Venous Forum and is a Fellow and Honorary Member of the American College of Phlebology

Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh, is a world-renowned surgeon-teacher. He was the first vascular surgeon in the United States to perform the Closure™ (radiofrequency) procedure and the VenaCure™ (laser) procedure. He is Director of the NYU Vein Center and a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Phlebology, American College of Surgery, American Venous Forum, and the Society of Vascular Surgery.

Nick Morrison, MD, FACS, FACPh is a world-renowned leader in the field of phlebology who has dedicated his medical practice to veins. He is a fellow with the American College of Surgeons and American College of Phlebology and President-elect of the American College of Phlebology. He established the Morrison Vein Institute in Scottsdale, AZ and is a partner in the Morrison Training Institute for physicians, nurses, and ultrasound technologists.

Neil Scott Sadick, MD, FAAD, FAACS, FACP, FACPh is one of the world’s most recognized dermatologists and the author of over 250 publications. Board-certified in internal medicine, dermatology, cosmetic surgery, hair restoration surgery, and phlebology, he is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Cornell University Medical College and past President of the American College of Phlebology.

Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD is a world-renowned vascular surgeon-teacher. He is dedicated to performing randomized controlled trials in order to improve science in venous surgery and is specialized in hemodynamics and venous pathology, diagnostics, and surgery. His interest in innovation is illustrated by the products he has designed: the equiflow axillobifemoral bypass, the closed in situ bypass, a SEPS endoscope, a new venous valve, a special cryoprobe, and recently a new thrombectomy device. He is the Director of the European Venous Centre in Aachen-Maastricht and member of the American Venous Forum, European Venous Forum, the Benelux Society of Phlebology, the European Society of Vascular Surgery, and the Society of Vascular Surgery.

Steven E. Zimmet, MD, RVT, FACPh is a world-recognized expert in the evaluation and treatment of varicose veins. He is Past President of the American College of Phlebology, the inaugural chairman of the American College of Phlebology Foundation, and President of the American Board of Phlebology. Zimmet serves as Editor of the journal Phlebology. He has been faculty at meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American, Australian, Canadian, French and German Phlebology Societies, American Venous Forum, and the Society for Interventional Radiology.