Dr Brian Newman MD FRCS
graduated in medicine from Manchester University in 1968. In 1973 he became a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons and obtained his M.D. in 1977. He is a General and Vascular Consultant Surgeon. After completing his higher surgical training, Dr Newman worked as an NHS consultant general surgeon at the Royal Bolton Hospital and undertook treatment at a number of private hospitals in the North West of England.

Since resigning from the NHS, Dr Newman has concentrated his work on non-invasive and minimally invasive day surgery whilst investigating the causes of Rosacea and Spider Veins, the extent of its severity from patient to patient and the range of treatments claiming to assist in their clearance. During the late 1990’s, having identified a gap in the treatment spectrum for a safe and reliable option in the removal of fine cosmetic spider veins, Dr Newman joined with a group of European specialists to develop a technique utilising the principle of Thermocoagulation and, in July 2001, the resulting Veinwave™ was launched in the UK and across the world.

Since then Dr Newman has trained hundreds of surgeons in its use worldwide and has personally successfully treated thousands of patients in his clinics across the UK.

Dr Lowell S. Kabnick, MD
Internationally recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease. Dr. Kabnick is the Director of the New York University Vein Center. He is a world-renowned surgeon-teacher whose patient-centered approach to vein care has enabled him to create and improve a number of today’s most advanced non-invasive surgical techniques.

Dr. Kabnick is recognized by his peers as an international authority on the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease. He was the first vascular surgeon in the United States to perform the Closure™ (radiofrequency) procedure and the VenaCure™ (laser) procedure—two breakthrough technologies for treating the underlying causes of many varicose vein problems. Additionally, he is regarded by both physicians and patients as one of the best sclerotherapists.

Highly sought after as a consultant and teacher by medical societies the world over, he has been consistently recognized as one of the areas “Top Doctors” and is listed in the Guide to “Americas Top Surgeons”.

Dr. Kabnick devotes his practice entirely to venous diagnosis and treatments and has written and published numerous chapters and papers.

Dr. Kabnick is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Phlebology.

Dr. Kabnick is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Venous Forum, and the Society of Vascular Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American College of Phlebology. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for the American College of Phlebology.

A graduate with Special Honors from the George Washington University School of medicine, Dr. Kabnick received his postdoctoral graduate school training at New York University and Long Island Jewish medical Center. He completed his Vascular fellowship at Mt. Sinai in New York

Professor Nadey Hakim PhD MD FRCS FRCSI FACS FICS (Hon) FASMBS
is the Surgical Director of the West London Transplant Unit. He received an MD from Paris Descartes University with surgical training from Guy's University and a PhD from UCL. Professor Hakim also has a Gastrointestinal Fellowship from the Mayo Clinic and Transplant University of Minnesota, and is a transplant tutor for the London School of Surgery.

He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and has written/edited 18 textbooks in the field of general, transplant and bariatric surgery. He is Editor in Chief of International Surgery and is on the editorial board of Transplantation proceedings, graft, experimental and clinical transplantation.

He founded the first Pancreas transplant programme in the south-east of England, is a past president of the transplantation section of the RSM, and was the 35th president of the International College of Surgeons. He represented Britain in the international team which performed the world's first arm transplant. He is the first Max Thorek Professor of Surgery and was awarded honorary professorships from Lyon, Lima Peru and Bashkent Ankara universities. He is also visiting professor at several institutions worldwide, including Harvard.

Professor Hakim was awarded the 2007 J. Wesley Alexander prize for outstanding research in the field of transplantation. In 2002, Professor Hakim was certified in the use of Veinwave and has since offered the treatment from his private clinic at 84 Harley Street, London.

Dr Tim Cutler MA MB BChir FRCP FLS
is a leading Consultant Dermatologist in the UK based at the Nuffield Ipswich Hospital. Having qualified in 1973, Dr Cutler’s areas of interest include Paediatric Dermatology, Dermato-oncology, contact dermatitis and phototherapy, with special interest in Acne and Psoriasis. He practices as an NHS Consultant at The Ipswich Hospital and privately at the Nuffield Heath Ipswich Hospital.

In 2001, Dr Cutler was the first Consultant in the UK to be introduced to Veinwave and has been offering the treatment ever since from his private practice.Speaking at a recent convention, Dr Cutler commented on his view of Veinwave… “I find Veinwave uniquely helpful in treating the telangiectatic aspect of Rosacea, the one part of the disease that is not addressed by any other form of treatment”.

Dr Samir Issa MD
is a highly regarded Vascular and Transplantation Surgeon. He iscurrently a practicing in the leading private facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with special concentration on common vascular pathology mostly varicose veins and its non-invasive treatments. Dr Issa holds appointments with three universities with active teaching duties and boasts a broad educational background including certifications in Biology, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Organ Transplantation having completed his surgical training in Europe and in the United States.

He has practiced internationally including the Middle East, France, The United States and Canada; mostly relating to Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplantation appointments which have lead to a long list of major surgical interventions that spans Carotid surgery, Aortic Surgery, Liver and Kidney Transplantation, and major abdominal surgery. Dr Issa has successfully secured several research contributions (amounting to $500,000+) in all fields of activities, some of them leading to a significant impact on related practice.Lately, Dr Issa has pursued his special interest in the diagnosis and management of varicose veins disease in all its degrees and presentations.

One aspect which he has never relishedis in the treatment of spider veins – “Generally, this was an unpleasant undertaking for me as a vascular surgeon. Most of the time I used to refer my patients to be treated at Dermatology clinics using skin laser machines but the patients often returned complaining of pain, burning, and mostly of recurrence of the treated spider veins. At the beginning of 2008 I was introduced to Veinwave which proved to be a revelation and offered myself and my patients a most rewarding experience.

I was immediately able to offer them a complete service for their varicose veins starting from diagnosis, to endovenous ablation, and finally eliminating their reticular and spiders totally by micro-sclerotherapy and Veinwave. One of the most pleasant surprises was that the my patient base soon doubled by virtue of the fact that the lure of Veinwave meant that I began to also receive patients seeking ablation of their spider veins whilst in fact they suffered from saphenous reflux disease that indicated endovenous ablation. Overall the addition of Veinwave in my clinic has increased my patient census and, more significantly, increased their general satisfaction”.