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SMMC Vascular Center Opens
Southern Maine Medical Center recently expanded its partnership with Spectrum Radiology by adding a new service line for SMMC patients. Spectrum Interventional Radiologists Paul Kim, MD, Derek Mittleider, MD, and Joseph Gerding, MD offer consultation for any of the following diseases:
1) Peripheral Arterial Disease
2) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
3) Carotid Disease
4) Vericose Veins
Call 207.347.2660 to schedule an appointment.
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Legs for Life FREE Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Do your legs hurt when walking and feel better when you stop? Do you have numbness in your legs or sores that won't heal?
Call (207) 347-2660 for a FREE screening during the month of September.
Maine Medical Center Offers New “Clot-Busting” Treatment of DVT
Vascular & Interventional Physicians Welcome Dr. Derek Mittleider
The Southern Radiology Division has added vascular and interventional radiologist Derek Mittleider, MD to its team. Dr. Mittleider obtained his medical degree from Louisiana State University Medical School. He completed his radiology residency at Maine Medical Center and his interventional radiology fellowship at Baptist Cardiac & Interventional Institute.
Technology Updated
Did You Know? We treat varicose veins and spider veins? Varicose veins are swollen veins which protrude in a rope-like manner under the skin. Normal veins, by virtue of one-way valves, channel blood against gravity up the leg and back to the heart. When a valve becomes defective, it allows blood flow to leak back down the leg resulting in congestion and swelling of the vein. This is a medical condition called Venous Insufficiency.
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