St. Mary's Vein Center (415) 750-5545
Are you tired of unsightly veins on your legs? Do you suffer from a venous disease?
At St. Mary's Vein Center...
* Patients are seen and evaluated by a physician at every visit
* All procedures are done in our dedicated Center located on the 2nd Floor of St. Mary's Medical Center
* We offer non-surgical treatment options including laser treatments, injections and compression appliances/garments
* We offer minimally invasive treatments such as radiofrequency ablation for varicose veins
No need to wait, call today. We can typically see patients within 5 business days.
415-750-5545
St. Mary's Vein Center
450 Stanyan Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94117
Meet our Physicians
Melinda Aquino, MD
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Education: Dr. Aquino received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at Boston Medical Center (Boston University) and continued as a Smithwick Fellow of Vascular Surgery. After this, Dr. Aquino went to Eastern Virginia Medical Center where she completed a specialized fellowship in endovascular surgery.
Special Interests: Open vascular and endovascular surgery, venous disorders and varicose veins
Marlene Grenon, MD, CM
Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at UCSF
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Education: Dr. Grenon received her medical degree from McGill University Medical School and obtained a master's degree from the Scholars in Clinical Science Program of Harvard Medical School along with a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular space medicine and endocrinology from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has completed training in cardiac, vascular and endovascular surgery.
Special Interests: Abdominal aortic aneurysms, cartoid artery disease, deep vein thrombosis, diabetic vascular disease, mesenteric, peripheral and renal artery disease, thoracic aortic aneurysms, varicose veins, vascular malformations and venous insufficiency
Eugene C. Groeger, MD FACS
Chief of Surgery at St. Mary’s Medical Center
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Education: Dr. Groeger received his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. He completed his general surgery residency at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco where he served as chief surgical resident. He then also completed a vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Iowa.
Special Interests: Venous and arterial diseases to include open and endovascular procedures.
Involvement: Dr. Groeger has been on St. Mary’s Medical Staff for the past thirty years. He has been very active, serving on the Medical Executive Committee for nearly 20 years and he is the current Chair of the Surgical Services Committee.
Jade S. Hiramoto, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at UCSF
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery and American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Education: Dr. Hiramoto earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery, as well as fellowships in both interventional radiology and vascular surgery at the University of California San Francisco. She is an assistant professor of surgery at UCSF.
Special Interests: Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections, carotid artery disease, renovascular disease, lower extremity arterial and venous disorders, venous insufficiency and varicose veins
Charles K. Lee, MD, FACS
Director of Microsurgery and Wound Care at St. Mary's Medical Center
Board Certified: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Education: Dr. Lee received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the Univ. of Chicago and then completed a fellowship in hand and microsurgery at the Buncke Clinic, San Francisco.
Special Interests: Complex upper/ lower extremity reconstruction, breast reconstruction using the DIEP and perforator flaps, varicose vein laser treatment, peripheral nerve surgery and microsurgery, wound care and soft tissue reconstruction.
Robert E. Murray, MD, MPA, FACS
Board Certified: American College of Surgeons
Education: Dr. Murray received his medical degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He completed his internship at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco and then a surgical residency at St. Louis University Group of Hospitals in St. Louis.
Special Interests: General, vascular and thoracic surgery
Involvement: Dr. Murray has been a very active member of St. Mary’s Medical Center’s Medical Staff for more than 20 years. He served two terms as President of the Medical Staff, served on the Board of Directors, served as Director of Physician Recruitment, was Associate Director of the Surgical Residency program and played a vital role in hospital-wide quality initiatives.
Yolanda Vea, MD
Board Certified: American Board of General Surgery
Education: Dr. Vea received her medical degree from UC Davis School of Medicine. She completed her internship and a general surgery residency at UCSF - East Bay in Oakland, where she was also chief resident. Dr. Vea the completed a vascular surgery fellowship at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N. J.
Special Interests: Open vascular surgery, arterial and venous disorders, minimally invasive endovascular surgery and endovenous radiofrequency of varicose veins
