Dr. Jennifer Avise is a Vascular Surgeon located in Pleasanton California. Dr. Avise's areas of expertise is on early detection and disease prevention, minimally invasive (endovascular) techniques, and complex open surgery. She treats a wide variety of conditions, including aortic aneurysm, limb salvage, varicose veins, peripheral artery disease (PAD), carotid disease, dialysis access and spinal access surgeries.
Dr. Jennifer Avise grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area and completed her medical school and general surgery residency training at Emory University, a rigorous and high volume program, followed by vascular and endovascular surgical fellowship at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. She relocated to the Bay Area to be closer to family and her first 7 years were spent building out a practice in the Oakland and Tri-Valley region for Stanford where she served as an associate professor and medical director of the Heart and Vascular center. She now joins BASS Medical Group to focus on a patient centered practice providing high quality care for the community of the East Bay.
"I highly recommend the BASS Vein Center, even if you must travel to see them. The staff at BASS show great concern, and spend ample time getting to know their patients as a person as well as their medical history. They provided an excellent treatment plan to help guarantee that I’d receive the best possible care!"
Read More ReviewsGiven that varicose veins are not a life- threatening problem, some patients achieve adequate relief with conservative therapy. This includes leg elevation and the use of compression stockings for symptom relief.Some insurance companies require a trial of compression stockings for 6-12 weeks prior to approval for a more definitive treatment.
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Radiofrequency ablation therapy uses precision focused radio-frequency energy to treat varicose veins. During the procedure, a small catheter is inserted into the vein. The catheter is heated using radio-frequency energy. The heat from the catheter shrinks and collapses the diseased vein, effectively sealing off the malfunctioning portion of the vein.
Ambulatory Phlebectomy, Micro-phlebectomy, or “hook” phlebectomy, is a micro-extraction procedure used to remove bulging varicose veins, both large and small, that are close to the surface.
Also known as ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, this procedure targets and eliminates varicose veins that are hidden from the naked eye and only seen by ultrasound.
The VenaSeal™ system delivers a small amount of a specially formulated medical adhesive to seal — or close — the diseased vein, rerouting blood to nearby healthy veins, which provides symptom relief.
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