Dr. Antonio Reina
Phlebologist and vascular surgeon, a specialist in modern surgical treatment of vein diseases using advanced medical technologies based on atraumatic, minimally invasive interventions.
Dr. Antonio Reina has almost 20 years of surgical experience and a large store of knowledge in treating and aesthetically correcting pathologically dilated veins of the lower limbs. He takes an individual approach to each patient and believes that after treatment he must stay in touch with the operated patient and accompany him until an effective treatment result is formed.
Dr. Antonio Reina was born in Argentina and received his higher medical education at the Faculty of Medicine of Argentina's largest university, the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, graduating with a diploma as a general surgeon. In 1980 Antonio Reina moved to Israel, where he specialized in general surgery (fellowship at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba) and in vascular surgery at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. Since 1993 he has worked as a phlebology surgeon, constantly improving his skill. During his clinical practice he trained at university centers in France, the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany and the USA, and obtained the status of a specialist of the highest professional category and the degree of doctor of medicine.
Today Dr. Antonio Reina is an experienced and authoritative phlebology surgeon, a leading specialist in venous surgery at the Maccabi health fund and head of the vein surgery department at the multidisciplinary Assuta clinical center. He masters all modern methods of vein surgery; he was one of the first to apply radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins in his surgical practice using the new-generation VNUS ClosureFAST catheter, and the first to introduce into Israeli clinical phlebology the progressive technology of steam thermal treatment of damaged veins.
Dr. Reina constantly conducts research in search of innovative approaches to treating lower limb vein pathology, is a member of the Israeli Society of Vascular Surgeons and the American College of Phlebology, teaches a course on therapeutic and aesthetic vascular surgery to medical students, and publishes scientific articles in Israeli and international journals.
Dr. Antonio Reina is a specialist in therapeutic and aesthetic vein surgery who treats varicose disease of any complexity level, thrombophlebitis, spider veins and dilated superficial veins forming a visible vascular network under the skin. Thanks to advanced minimally invasive technologies, Dr. Reina simplifies the surgical procedure as much as possible, spares the patient pain and restores the body's beauty. The surgeon's arsenal includes:
- sclerotherapy of veins by intravascular injection of foam sclerosant;
- radiofrequency ablation using VNUS ClosureFAST;
- laser therapy of veins;
- thermal treatment of varicose veins using steam;
- endovascular resection of the affected vein by ClariVein technology, which allows the procedure to be done on an outpatient basis.
Dr. Reina masterfully uses the newest surgical instruments for high-tech operations on veins of any caliber, uses modern methods of local and general anesthesia, and stays in contact with his patients after surgery until their full recovery.