Zimmet Vein & Dermatology, Austin, Texas | Steven E. Zimmet, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Printable Version of Dr. Zimmet's Curriculum Vitae

MEDICAL DEGREE

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1978

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Residency: 1978-1981 Department of Family Medicine, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Medical School: 1974-1978 Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Research: 1975 Research Assistant, Dept. of Nephrology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Premedical Education: 1970-1974 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania

FELLOWSHIP

Fellow of the American College of Phlebology 2004
Emeritus Fellow of the Australasian College of Phlebology 2007

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Family Practice 1981; re-certified 1988, 1994, 2000
Registered Vascular Technologist 2007

FACULTY POSITIONS

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Procedural Dermatology Fellowship and Advanced Surgical Dermatology Fellowship- Program Faculty

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

1981-1988 Austin Regional Clinic, P.A., Austin, Texas
1983-1985 Board of Directors, Austin Regional Clinic, P.A.
1988-1996 Center for Skin and Vein Disorders, affiliated with Austin Regional Clinic, P.A.-practice limited to skin and vein disorders, Austin, Texas
1996- present: Zimmet Vein & Dermatology, Austin, Texas

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Board of Phlebology: President (November 2007)
American College of Phlebology:

Immediate Past-President: January 2007
Officer: President: January 2005
Officer: President-Elect: January, 2003
Officer: Treasurer: January, 2001
Officer: Secretary: January, 1999
Board of Directors: January, 1997
Board Certification Program Development Task Force- Chair
Ethics and Professional Standards-Past Chair
Public Education Committee -Past Chair
Annual Meeting Planning Committee-Chair- 1999
Annual Meeting Planning Committee-1996-1998

American College of Phlebology Foundation (Chair: November 2006)
American Academy of Dermatology
American Venous Forum
Travis County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
American Medical Association

JOURNAL ACTIVITIES (reviewer for)

Biomedical Engineering
Dermatologic Surgery
Government of the Netherlands- Grant Review
Journal Vascular Interventional Radiology
Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease (North American Editor)

HONORS, AWARDS and SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS

International Advisory Board of the International Union of Phlebology.
Scientific Committee of the French Journal Phlébologie Annales-Vasculaires.
VENGLOS Consensus Meeting- invited expert. Charleston February 22, 24th, 2008.
Fellow Emeritus of the Australasian College of Phlebology. This is awarded by invitation only to a person who has given long and distinguished service to the specialty of phlebology.
North American Editor: Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease (January 2007)
Chairman: American College of Phlebology Foundation (Nov 2006)
Forum Director: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins: American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2007, Washington, DC.
International Advisory Board member, World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology: Asian Chapter Meeting, June 18-20, 2007, Kyoto.
Listed by the Consumers' Research Council of America in the "Guide to America's Top Physicians".
Forum Director: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins: American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, March 3-7, 2007, San Francisco, CA.
1st Place Platinum Abstract Award- November 2002 Annual Meeting of the American College of Phlebology.
Co-chair: Latest Advances in Image-Guided Venous Treatment: Symposium at 14th World Congress of the UIP, Rome, September, 2001.
International Advisory Board, 14th World Congress of the UIP, Rome, September, 2001.
Program Chair: 13th Annual Congress of the American College of Phlebology; Scottsdale, November, 1999.
Member, Scientific Advisory Council, XII World Congress of Phlebology, London. September, 1995.
North American Society of Phlebology Research Award for "The prevention of cutaneous necrosis following extravasation of hypertonic saline and sodium tetradecyl sulfate." 1992.

PUBLICATIONS: TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS

Zimmet SE. Contributing Author. In Fronek HS, editor. The Fundamentals of Phlebology: Venous Disease for Clinicians, Second Edition. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press (2007).
Zimmet SE. Endovenous Laser Ablation. In Ren S, editor. Novel Minimally Invasive Therapy for Venous Disease. China: Science Press (2007).
Zimmet SE. Complications of Sclerotherapy. In Ren S, editor. Novel Minimally Invasive Therapy for Venous Disease. China: Science Press (2007).
Zimmet SE. Endovenous Ablation. In Ngyugen, T and Alam M., editors. Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series- Leg Veins. London: Elsevier Science, 2006.
Zimmet SE. Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins. In Bergan, JJ editor. The Vein Book. London: Elsevier Science, 2006.

INVITED INTRODUCTIONS

Zimmet SE. In Ren S, editor. Novel Minimally Invasive Therapy for Venous Disease. China: Science Press, 2007.
Zimmet SE. In Staudinger P, editor. Compression Bandaging Step by Step, Hamburg: Volker Verlag, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Zimmet SE. Epilogue. Special Issue on Venous Malformations. Phlebology 2007;22(6):303.
Guex JJ, Zimmet SE, Bousetta S, Nguyen C, Taieb C. Construction and Validation of a patient-reported outcome dedicated to chronic venous disorders: SQOR-V (specific quality of life and outcome response- venous). J des Maladies Vasculaires, 2007;32:135-47.
Zimmet SE. Endovenous Laser Ablation. Phlebolymphology, 2007;14(2):51-58.
Zimmet SE. Phlebology (Editorial). Phlebology 2007;22(2):47-8.
Zimmet SE. Perivenous Thermal Injury Secondary to Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA). Phlebologie (German Society of Phlebology), 2006;35:A54-55.
Zimmet SE. Untoward events of atypical location after sclerotherapy. Phlebologie: Annales Vasculaires, 2005; 58,3:289-91.
Zimmet SE. Treatment of Leg Veins. Endovascular Today: Supplement 2004 Nov-Dec;23-27.
Zimmet SE. Sclerotherapy of Telangiectasias and Varicose Veins. Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2003 September; 6 (3):116-120.
Min RJ, Khilnani N, Zimmet SE. Endovenous Laser Treatment of Saphenous Vein Reflux: Long-Term Results. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2003 Jul;14:991-6.
Zimmet SE, Min RJ. Temperature changes in perivenous tissue during endovenous laser treatment in a swine model. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2003 Jul;14(7):911-5.
Forrestal MD, Min RJ, Zimmet SE, Isaacs MN, Moeller MR. Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT) for Varicose Veins: A Review. Today's Therapeutic Trends 2002; 20(4):299-310.
Min RJ, Zimmet SE, Isaccs MN, Forrestal MD. Endovenous Laser Treatment of the Incompetent Greater Saphenous Vein. J Vascular Interventional Radiology, 2001; 12:1167-1171.
Zimmet S. Image-guided treatment of the greater saphenous vein: a comparison of techniques. International Angiology, 2001; 20, supplement 1:9.
Zimmet S. Venous Leg Ulcers: Modern Evaluation and Management, Dermatologic Surgery, 1999; 25:236-241.
Zimmet S. Venous Leg Ulcers. Australian Venous Forum, 1998; 2:8-14.
Zimmet S. Hyaluronidase in the Prevention of Sclerotherapy-induced Extravasation Necrosis: A Dose-response Study. Dermatologic Surgery, 1996; 22:73-77.
Zimmet S. Treatment of stasis dermatitis and ulceration. Letter to the Editor. American Family Physician, 1994; 49:1080-81.
Zimmet S. The Prevention of Cutaneous Necrosis following Extravasation of Hypertonic Saline and Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate. J. Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1993; 19:641-646.
Zimmet S. Therapeutic interventions in the prevention of extravasation necrosis. In Phlebologie Œ92. Eds. P. Ramond-Martimbeau, R. Prescott, M. Zummo. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris, 1992; 870-872.
Zimmet S. Leg ulcers. JAAD, 1992; 27:487-489.
Zimmet S. Treatment of varicose and telangiectatic leg veins with hypertonic saline. JDSO, 1990; 16:876-877.
Zimmet S. Visual disturbance following the use of scleremo in the treatment of leg telangiectasias. JDSO, 1990; 16:1063.
Tavani N Jr, Calcagno P, Zimmet S et al. Ontogeny of single nephron filtration distribution in canine puppies. Pediatr Res. 1980 Jun;14(6):799-802.

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

Moderator: Sclerotherapy, American Venous Forum Annual Congress, Charleston, February 21, 2008.
Sclerosants: Importation and Compounding, American Venous Forum Annual Congress, Charleston, February 21, 2008.
Duplex-Guided Foam Sclerotherapy, American Academy of Dermatology, San Antonio, February 2, 2008.
Session Chair: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins, American Academy of Dermatology, San Antonio, February 1, 2008.
Endovenous Ablation: You Can Treat Varicose Veins, American Academy of Dermatology, San Antonio, February 1, 2008.
The addition of corticosteroid to tumescent anesthesia solution may reduc post-operative pain following endovenous laser ablation, American College of Phlebology, Tucson, November 9 2007.
Endovenous Thermal Ablation- Instructional Course, American College of Phlebology, Tucson, November 10, 2007.
Complications of sclerotherapy: preventative strategies. 49th Annual Congress, German Society of Phlebology, Mainz, Germany, September 28, 2007.
The addition of corticosteriod to tumescent anesthesia may reduce pain after endovenous laser. 49th Annual Congress, German Society of Phlebology, Mainz, Germany, September 27, 2007.
Advanced Practical Symposium, American College of Phlebology, Scottsdale, AZ, September 14-15, 2007.
Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins. 30th Annual Congress of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound. Baltimore, MD, June 7-9, 2007.
Endovenous Thermal Ablation of Varicose Veins. American College of Phlebology Regional Symposum. Palm Springs, CA, April 21, 2007.
Endovenous Chemical Ablation Workshop- Co-director. American College of Phlebology Regional Symposum. Palm Springs, CA, April 21, 2007.
Recurrent Superficial Venous Disease. Sigvaris Sedona Days. Sedona, AZ, April 12-15, 2007.
Session Chair: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins: American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2007, Washington, DC.
Principles of Treatment: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins: American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2007, Washington, DC.
Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins, Society of Interventional Radiology Multimodality Symposium. Washington, DC, October 17-18, 2006.
Starting to Do Sclerotherapy: What You Need to Know, Society of Interventional Radiology Multimodality Symposium. Washington, DC, October 17-18, 2006.
Endovenous Laser and the Risk of Perivenous Thermal Injury, 48th Annual Congress of the German Society of Phlebology. Rostock, Germany, October 4-7, 2006.
Endovenous Laser Workshop Advanced Practical Symposium, American College of Phlebology. Chicago, September 8-9 2006.
Endovenous Laser: History and State of the Art. Advanced Practical Symposium, American College of Phlebology. Chicago, September 2006.
Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins. Advanced Practical Symposium, American College of Phlebology. Chicago, September 2006.
Management of Varicose Veins: 2006. Houston Angio Club. Houston, June 2006.
Workshop: Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy. 22nd Regional Symposium of the American College of Phlebology. Scottsdale, May 2006.
Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins. 22nd Regional Symposium of the American College of Phlebology. Scottsdale, May 2006.
Treatment of Reticular and Telangiectatic Leg Veins. 22nd Regional Symposium of the American College of Phlebology. Scottsdale, May 2006.
Director: Controversies in the Management of Leg Veins. 2 hour forum at the Annual Meeting of the AAD, San Francisco, March 2006
Co-Director: ACP Symposium: Treatment of Venous Disease 2006. American Venous Forum. Miami, February 2006.
Treatment of Small Leg Veins. ACP Pre-Congress Symposium. San Francisco, November 2005.
Endovenous Laser: State of the Art. 15th World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology. Rio de Janeiro, October 2005.
Evaluation of Outcomes in Venous Disease: Why a New Survey? 15th World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology. Rio de Janeiro, October 2005.
Endovenous Laser Ablation: State of the Art. 15th World Congress of the International Untion of Phlebology. Rio de Janeiro, October 2005
Evaluating Outcomes in Venous Disease: Why a New Survey? 15th World Congress of the International Untion of Phlebology. Rio de Janeiro, October 2005
Sclerotherapy: Principles and Techniques. 2005 Society of Interventional Radiology
Atypical location of untoward events following sclerotherapy, Paris, March 2005
Endovenous Laser of the Great Saphenous Vein. American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, February 2005
Foam Sclerotherapy Course Co-Chair. American College of Phlebology Annual Congress. Marco Island, Florida November 2004.
Foam Sclerotherapy Interactive Session. American College of Phlebology Annual Congress. Marco Island, Florida November 2004.
Sclerotherapy of spider and reticular veins. American College of Phlebology Annual Congress. Marco Island, Florida November 2004.
Phlebology Education in the United States. American College of Phlebology Annual Congress. Marco Island, Florida November 2004.
Sclerotherapy: Principles, Techniques and Results. Society of Interventional Radiology Meeting, NYC, July 2004.
Workshop on Radiofrequency Ablation and Endovenous Laser Treatment. ACP Regional Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2004.
Endovenous Techniques. ACP Regional Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2004.
Endovenous Laser Treatment of the GSV. AAD Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 2004.
Endovenous Laser Treatment. ASDS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 2003.
Endovenous Laser of the Greater Saphenous Vein: State of the Art. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, March 2003.
Treatment of Spider and Reticular Veins. 16th Annual Congress of the ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, November 2002.
Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT)- Assessing the Risk for Collateral Damage. 16th Annual Congress of the ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, November 2002.
Sclerotherapy Pearls. 16th Annual Congress of the ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, November, 2002.
Endovenous Treatment- Pain, bruising and efficacy: Effect of post-op care and operative technique. 16th Annual Congress of the ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, November 2002.
Endovenous Therapies- State of the Art. 16th Annual Congress of the ACP, Ft. Lauderdale, November 2002.
Endovenous Therapies- What have we learned? 15th Annual Congress of the ACP, Palm Springs, November 2001.
Duplex Ultrasound Workshop. 15th Annual Congress of the ACP, Palm Springs, November 2001.
Non-surgical treatment of varicose veins. 15th Annual Congress of the ACP, Palm Springs, November 2001.
Image-guided treatment of the greater saphenous vein: a comparison of techniques- 14th World Congress of the UIP, Rome, September 2001.
Doppler and Plethysmography Workshop- 18th Regional Symposium on the Advanced Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Varicose and Telangiectatic Veins, Baltimore, June 2001.
Complications of Vein Treatment Techniques- 18th Regional Symposium on the Advanced Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Varicose and Telangiectatic Veins, Baltimore, June 2001.
Endovenous Laser Treatment of Veins- 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology- Washington, DC, March 2001.
Image-Guided Techniques for Varicose Veins: A Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Sclerotherapy, Radiofrequency Occlusion (Closure®) and Endovenous Laser Treatment- 14th Annual Congress of the ACP- Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
Sclerotherapy and Conservative Treatment- 14th Annual Congress of the ACP- Atlanta, GA, November, 2000.
Effectively Manage Your Phlebology Practice, course director- 14th Annual Congress of the ACP- Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
Complications of Sclerotherapy- 14th Annual Congress of the ACP- Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
Sclerotherapy- Annual Congress of the ACP- Scottsdale, November 1999.
Complications of Sclerotherapy- Annual Congress of the ACP- Scottsdale, November 1999.
Pitfalls in Sclerotherapy- Academy 99- AAD, New York City, July 1999.
Fundamentals of Injection Sclerotherapy-14th Special Regional Symposium on Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Lymphedema, the Swollen Leg, Varicose and Telangiectatic Veins, Kansas City, Mo. May 1999.
Venous Ulceration: What's New, What Works- Breakfast session- 12th Annual Congress of the American College of Phlebology, Puerto Rico, November 1998.
Complications of sclerotherapy: How to minimize and treat them-13th Special Regional Symposium on Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Varicose and Telangiectatic Veins, Hunt Valley, MD, June 1998.
Treatment of Reticular and Varicose Veins. Sclerotherapy Course- NASP. Palm Desert, CA; November 1997
Starting a Sclerotherapy Practice. Annual Meeting of the NASP. Palm Desert, CA; November 1997
Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins and Perforators. Advances in the Treatment of Varicose Veins. Chicago, IL; May 1997
Phlebology: Update and Overview. Hands On Laser Workshop. Dallas, TX; January 1997
Post-sclerotherapy Cutaneous Ulceration: It¹s causes and management. Sclerotherapy Society of Australia, Cairns, Australia; September 1996.
Duplex and phlebology: Overview and review of the literature. Sclerotherapy Society of Australia, Cairns, Australia; September, 1996.
Hypertonic Saline: It¹s use in sclerotherapy. Sclerotherapy Society of Australia, Cairns, Australia; September 1996.
Ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy. Canadian Society of Phlebology, Banff, Canada; April 1996.
What's new in cosmetic surgery: Phlebology, cutaneous lasers and treatment of the aging face. Texas Health Information Management Group, Austin, TX; April 1996.
Duplex-guided sclerotherapy: historical perspective and overview. NASP Annual meeting, San Diego, CA; February 1996.
Hyaluronidase in the prevention of extravasation necrosis: A dose response study. Poster at the XII World Congress of the Union Internationale de Phlebologie, London, England; September 1995.
Hyaluronidase in the prevention of extravasation necrosis: A dose response study. Presented at the NASP annual meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL; February 1995.
Skin cancer: types and treatment. Presented at the Seton Good Health School. Austin, TX; May 1993.
Spider and varicose veins. Presented at the Seton Good Health School. Austin, TX; March 1993.
The prevention of necrosis following extravasation of sclerosant. Presented at the annual meeting of the N.A.S.P.. Orlando, Florida; February 1993.
Therapeutic interventions in the prevention of extravasation necrosis. Presented at the XI World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology. Montreal, Canada; September 1992.
Venous ulceration: evaluation and management. Presented at Grand Rounds, Seton Medical Center. Austin, TX; June 1992.
Evaluation and management of venous ulceration. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dallas, TX; December 1991.
A computer assisted thermography system for the visualization and tracing of subcutaneous peripheral venous networks. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Thermology. San Diego, CA; May 1991 (co-author).
Non-surgical treatment of varicose veins. Presented at Grand Rounds, Seton Medical Center. Austin, TX; November 1990.
An Introduction to Phlebology. Presented at Austin Regional Clinic, Department of Family Medicine. Austin, TX; July 1990.