Columbia, South Carolina

The Center for Vein Restoration offers a convenient location in Columbia. Our branch at 1725 Devonshire Drive can be accessed from Middleburg Drive.

Here, patients receive state-of-the-art vein care from a team of dedicated professionals. After an initial consultation, the staff thoroughly examines your varicose veins and spider veins and recommends treatment options. Today’s varicose vein therapies are minimally invasive, and range from sclerotherapy to laser or radiofrequency ablation. All procedures are performed in the office, require little to no anesthesia, and allow patients to return to daily activities within hours.

While recovery from vein surgery is brief, the staff at the Center for Vein Restoration in Columbia works with patients on a post-op plan to ensure excellent healing. By making an appointment with our office, you will begin to finally be free of the pain, swelling, and unsightly appearance of varicose veins.

The capital of the state, Columbia is the second-largest city in South Carolina. It’s home to the South Carolina State Museum, which features four floors of exhibits, a planetarium, and a 4D theater. In nearby Hopkins is the Congaree National Park, the largest old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the Southeastern U.S. Flowing through the park are the Congaree and Wateree rivers.

Dr. Philip Chaipis is a skilled surgeon with 25 years of experience in General, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Chaipis recently served eight years as Section Chief of General Surgery at the William Bryan Jennings Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Chaipis also served as Site Director, and Assistant Program Director for the General Surgery Residency program at USC, in Columbia SC.

After earning his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. (Rutgers Medical School), Piscataway, New Jersey. Dr. Chaipis completed his general surgery internship and residency training at Saint Francis Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Trenton, New Jersey.