Suffolk, Virginia

Center for Vein Restoration (CVR) proudly serves patients at our Suffolk vein clinic. The physicians and staff at CVR Suffolk 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 Suffolk, Virginia

Center for Vein Restoration's Suffolk, Virginia, vein center is in an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia (meaning that it has no county). Suffolk is in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in Southeast Virginia, which includes Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach.

A quiet rural town, Suffolk is a major peanut processing center and transportation hub. Visitors to Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum can go back in time into Suffolk’s rail past. Built in 1885, the Queen Anne-style building has remained unchanged over the years. Another historic landmark is Riddick's Folly House Museum. Built in 1837, “Riddick’s Folly,” as it’s known, has four floors, twenty-one rooms, and sixteen fireplaces. Penciled messages left on the walls by Union and Confederate soldiers are still legible today. It is open to the public.

Directions to our Suffolk vein center

From downtown Suffolk on Main Street:

• Take US-460 BR/ VA-32/ VA-10/Godwin Boulevard (Suzuki is on the corner).
• Take the ramp to the right for US-58 East towards Norfolk.
• Take the right ramp and follow the signs for VA-642, Turn left onto VA-642 N/Wilroy Road.
• Turn left onto VA-337/ Nansemond Parkway.
• Turn left onto VA-627/ Bennett’s Pasture Road.
• Turn right onto US-17 S/ Bridge Road (Burger King is on this corner).
• Turn right onto Breezeport Way. The vein clinic is just past Levi Solomon Way.

Unsure how to get to CVR? We’re here to assist! Call 800-FIX-LEGS (800-349-5347) and speak to a helpful Patient Services Representative.

Meet Dr. Nichols

Keith C. Nichols, MD, RPVI, has been a practicing physician for over three decades and is the lead vein doctor at Center for Vein Restoration’s Suffolk, Virginia, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, vein center locations.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry and medical degree at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He completed an internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and by the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine. He is a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)

As a vascular specialist, Dr. Nichols is an expert in using minimally invasive outpatient vein procedures to relieve patients suffering from unsightly and painful symptoms of venous disease. Vein treatment options include radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation, ambulatory phlebectomy, sclerotherapy, and newer treatments such as VenaSeal and Varithena.

He is a member of several professional associations, including the American Vein and Lymphatic Society (formally the American College of Phlebology), the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and the Portsmouth Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Nichols speaks English and Spanish.

Services at Center for Vein Restoration, Suffolk

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 and will likely worsen 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 outpatient vein treatments require only local anesthetics. Recovery and symptom relief are fast, and there is little to no scarring.

How to schedule an appointment with Dr. Nichols

Scheduling an appointment at Center for Vein Restoration in Suffolk, Virginia, 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.