Dr. Steve Elias Voted Top Doctor “Best Vascular Surgery” for Second Year in New York Magazine

June 17, 2010 - PRLog -- (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey-June 17, 2010) Steve Elias, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vascular Surgeon and the Director of The Centers for Vein Disease at both Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Medical Center and at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey was voted “Best Vascular Surgery” in New York Magazine’s 2010 "Best Doctors. He is the only one chosen that specializes exclusively in treating vein disease. (June 14th issue) on newsstands now.
Selected for his contributions to vein care and minimally invasive vein surgery and devotion to patient care, Dr. Elias has been chosen as one of New York's best doctors through a peer-review process from a pool of board-certified physicians who were given an anonymous and confidential opportunity to nominate outstanding physicians in various medical specialties and sub-specialties. The process was conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
Through the nomination system, medical professionals were asked to consider and select the best doctors in each specialized field. New York Magazine published the opinions of these nominators who take into account a physician's education, residency, board certification, hospital appointment, disciplinary record and reputation for dealing with patients of various specialties and sub-specialties.
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a healthcare research, information and publishing company, identifies top doctors in America and provides consumers with detailed information about their education, training and expertise through guide books and online directories. Its survey and research process, under physician management, involves outstanding doctors and the medical leadership of top hospitals. The physicians included in the special annual issue of New York Magazine are representative of the top 2 percent of New York doctors. Dr. Elias is honored to be recognized by his peers.

About Steve Elias, MD, FACS

Director, Center for Vein Disease
Mount Sinai School of Medicine NY

Director, Center for Vein Disease
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center NJ


About Dr. Steven Elias:
Dr. Steven Elias was recently named by Vein Magazine as one of the 25 most influential professionals in vein care worldwide and Voted “Best Doctor” in 2009 and 2010 by New York Magazine.  Dr. Elias lectures, publishes, and teaches extensively about minimally invasive vein care and procedures. As Course Director of the Annual Vascular Fellows Course in Venous Disease, he trains young vascular surgeons in the treatment of vein problems. His clinical interests encompass all aspects of vein care: spider veins, varicose veins, perforator and deep venous incompetence, and venous ulcers. He performs all minimally invasive vein procedures and his work at the Center for Vein Disease includes the prevention and treatment of DVT Deep Venous Thrombosis. Dr. Elias is a fellowship-trained vascular surgeon and member of the American Venous Forum, the American College of Phlebology, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. He is a recipient of the Dardik Research and Education Award and The Fellows Course Education Award.

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