Columbia, South Carolina

Center for Vein Restoration (CVR) is proud to serve patients at our Columbia vein clinic. The physicians and staff at CVR Columbia have decades of collective experience treating symptoms of vein diseases such as varicose veins, spider veins, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and other vein conditions related to chronic venous insufficiency (vein disease).

The board-certified physicians at Center for Vein Restoration are world-renowned vein specialists, authors, lecturers, and trainers on the latest techniques for diagnosing and treating vein disease. Commitment to patient care goes beyond physician credentials, however. Our entire team works together to provide our patients with a level of comfort and understanding.

Our Vein Clinic in 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.

Meet Dr. Chaipis

Dr. Philip Chaipis is a skilled surgeon with over 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.

Services at Center for Vein Restoration, Columbia

Our board-certified vascular surgeons offer a wide range of innovative treatment options for leg pain, swelling, cramping, itching, varicose veins, spider veins, restless leg syndrome, ulcers, and other symptoms of vascular disease.

Symptoms of vein problems

When the tiny valves in your leg veins fail to circulate blood back to the heart it can be a sign of venous disease.

The result can be:

• Leg pain

• Itching

• Swelling

• Cramping

• Varicose veins

• Spider veins

• Feelings of heaviness

• Skin discoloration

• Ulcers

These symptoms are often the result of venous insufficiency and are unlikely to heal on their own. This common vein condition is progressive, meaning it will get worse without treatment.

Vein treatment options

Vein care providers at vein treatment clinics use the most advanced minimally invasive treatments available today. CVR’s modern outpatient treatment plans are far superior to the older vein-stripping methods used in the past.

Treatments include VenaSeal, a proprietary medical adhesive that safely closes off varicose veins, and ClariVein, a two-in-one approach that uses an ablation device to inject a sclerosing agent that closes the vein with a tiny rotating wire tip, which destroys the diseased vein.

At Center for Vein Restoration we offer a wide variety of other treatment options including:

• Sclerotherapy

• Radiofrequency ablation

• Endovenous laser ablation

• Ambulatory phlebectomy

Vein treatments take approximately an hour or less to complete, and patients can return to their normal routine immediately with few restrictions. No staples or stitches are required because a simple band-aid covers the tiny incisions. Our in-office treatment requires only local anesthetics and recovery and symptom relief are fast, and there is little to no scarring.

How to schedule an appointment with Dr. Chaipis

Scheduling an appointment at Center for Vein Restoration in Columbia, South Carolina, is easy! You can now schedule an appointment online.

CVR accepts all major insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. Don't see your insurance company online? Contact us to find out if you're covered.