SPOTLIGHTS
P R O F I L E S O F PAT I E N T S A N D C A R E P R O V I D E R S
EMPLOYEE
TomPA-C, Tran MPAS Tom Tran brings a unique and lauded background to the special challenges associated with venous disorders. He worked his way through college and went on to become a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Shands hospital in Gainesville. Tran accepted positions with several emergency departments throughout Florida before capitalizing on his interest in venous health by inventing a medical device — the Transcatheter Extractor — and starting his own company to sell his device throughout the United States. “I often removed a patient’s catheter through surgery,” he says, “This device allows for less downtime for the patient and takes them out of the operating room and into the doctor’s office.” He was named Physician Assistant of the Year for the State of Florida in 2007 and appeared in numerous articles throughout the nation. Today, Tran lends his talents and vast experience to ICE, is actively involved as a board of trustees member of the Physician Assistant Foundation and is an adjunct instructor at Nova University’s physician assistant program.
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D E PA R T M E N T
Vein Care Vein Care at ICE is a revolutionary resource for the treatment of PAD, problem veins, complications from diabetes, spider and varicose veins and the more serious vein disorders that can eventually lead to loss of a limb. For those in dire need, the numbers are frightening: almost one of every 200 Americans has suffered an amputation—about 97% of those to a lower limb. The real tragedy? Many of those losses could have been avoided with swift and adequate intervention. ICE Vein Care was created to do exactly that. ICE combines all of the myriad specialties involved with reversing the declining health of an arm or leg and matches them with the technology, facilities and staff necessary to get the job done. Examination rooms, labs, testing and treatment facilities plus, medical professionals hand-selected for their skills and dedication. All of it is focused on the singular mission to treat and manage peripheral vascular diagnoses. ICE will do whatever it takes to save a limb and give a patient their life back.