Doctor Mowatt-Larssen of the Vein Specialists in Monterey was honored to be part of a humanitarian medical trip to treat 650 varicose vein patients in Nicaragua this month.  The eight-doctor medical team was comprised of some of the world’s experts in vein disease, including Drs Tessari and Mosti, sclerotherapy and wound care specialists from Italy, and Dr. Morrison, the upcoming president of the International Union of Phlebologists (vein doctors).  The team was hosted by the Fara Foundation, farafoundation.org, which provides medical care, education, and food assistance to the indigent poor in Nicaragua.  The patients had severe vein disease, including ulcers that had reached the bone, and some of the patients had traveled two days by bus to reach the clinic.  Dr. Larssen and the Vein Specialists thank our many donors who helped us to bring compression stockings, sclerosant medicine, medical supplies and equipment to Nicaragua.  Dr. Larssen at the Vein Specialists of Monterey is the only vein doctor credentialed by the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine in the Monterey bay.  He is also the editor and author of the specialty’s textbook Phlebology, Vein Surgery and Ultrasonography, published by Springer Publishers in a number of languages http://www.springer.com/medicine/surgery/book/978-3-319-01811-9.