Physicians and Staff

Physician Training Program

Board-certified cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Jonathan Calure is one of the first physicians in the Washington, DC-Baltimore region to perform the VNUS Closure and has treated thousands of patients since 2005 with the revolutionary procedure. He founded Maryland Vein Professionals in 2006 with the mission of being Maryland's Premier Vein Care Specialty practice. In the three years following, the practice has grown to 5 offices and 35 staff, including 3 Physicians, 5 nurse practitioners, 4 sclerotherapists, 4 sonographers, 6 administrative staff, and 14 technical assistants. He is now offering physicians a two-day advanced training course that also includes business start up and marketing models for success.



Comments from a recent course participant

"I have had nearly two days to digest everything you taught me. I will start by saying I thought your course was excellent. Your office, directions and introduction were perfect. I had no problems finding the hotel or your outpatient clinic. Your clinic is aesthetically pleasing and welcomes people into it simply by it appearance.

You wasted no time showing me your procedure, introducing me to your staff and basically treating me as an important part of your day despite how busy you are. As far as the lectures and discussion between cases, I thought this was great. You allowed plenty of time for my questions and always had explanations. I appreciate all I learned at the dinner Monday night (internet marketing) and am still trying to figure out how I am going to utilize that in my day to day practice.

Your approach to venous insufficiency is refreshing because everyone else I had ever heard of doing this seemed to approach it through more of a cosmetic approach instead of the real medical condition it is. Clearly you approach your job with the enthusiasm of a cardiac surgeon and I really appreciated that.

You remain a cardiac surgeon in my eyes even though your energy is now channeled into being an entrepreneur and a world renowned venous closure expert. I really appreciate what you are doing and have recommended you to a number of people already including one of my partners here in Richmond.

I anticipate performing the procedure on a weekly basis in my practice but not making it my only surgical procedure. Although I will be honest after spending two days with you, the personal, professional, clinical and financial reward you are receiving from your practice emulates from every person in your practice, making it hard for me to want to stay in cardiac surgery. I am thinking about applying for a Maryland medical license. You can actually feel the happiness inside each of your staff members. Clearly your patients are happier than I have ever seen patients. I have never done any procedure in my life and had the patients so happy post op.

Please let each staff member know I appreciated their involvement in my learning and that they are working for a top notch professional, yourself, and a great clinical enterprise. Thank you for your time and feel free to share this with VNUS or anyone else you think is appropriate."

Joseph M. McClain, MD, MS, FACS
Assistant Professor VCU/MCV
Staff Cardiac Surgeon VAMC

See Dr. Calure performing the VNUS Closure procedure on Fox 5 News
Dr. Calure founded Maryland Vein Professionals in 2006 and since then, the practice has grown to over 40, including 2 Board Certified Cardiovascular Surgeons, 4 nurse practitioners, 6 sclerotherapists, 3 sonographers, 4 administrative staff, and 16 technical assistants. The practice is the largest outpatient specialty vein practice by volume in the State of Maryland, and averages over 200 new patients per month. Using VNUS Closure exclusively, Dr. Calure currently performs more RF ablations than any other single physician in the United States, more than 120 per month.

The two-day course is designed for Physicians new to VNUS Closure who are looking to set up vein practices. This dynamic on-site program compliments the VNUS Total Vein Care (TVC) Course with a living, breathing, thriving example of the TVC lectures put into practice. Once you have completed the TVC course and this course, you will have everything you need to set up a practice specializing in the VNUS Closure procedure.

Physicians will have the opportunity to learn the practical side of using the VNUS Closure procedure to treat patients in the context of a busy, working practice. In the course of the two day training program, you will observe at least ten VNUS Closure procedures. In addition to training, you will learn about the business side of establishing a specialized vein treatment practice including how to build a referral network, how to handle insurance issues, and how to market your practice using traditional advertising and the Internet.

Limit of Two Attendees Per Course: Because the course takes place in a working practice, and the treatment observation takes place in the practice's treatment rooms, the number of physicians in each course is limited to two. This limitation assures that you will have a lot of opportunity for direct interaction with Dr. Calure, not as one of a group of students but as a colleague treated as a guest in the practice.

Course Topics

  1. Conduct of Closure
    1. Case Observation over two days, ten or more Closure Procedures
    2. How to do VNUS Closure Didactic Session
  2. Sclerotherapy
    1. Observation as desired over two days
    2. Didactic session on Sclerotherapy
  3. Components a Vein Practice
    1. Front Office and Back Office
    2. Choosing the right staff
    3. Billing and Reimbursement
    4. Setting up in an existing practice or starting fresh
  4. Practice Marketing for Beginners
    1. Print Advertisements
    2. Setting Up a Website & Internet Campaign
    3. Mass Media
    4. Developing Referring Physicians for Vein Care
  5. Sonography
    1. Vein Sonography Interpretation
    2. Screening Assessment for Insufficiency
    3. Follow up
    4. Advanced topics, Perforators
  6. First Steps
    1. Equipment
      1. What disposables are needed?
      2. Purchasing Medical Equipment
      3. Treatment Tables
      4. Must haves for the start up
    2. Conversion of an existing office
    3. Designing a Vein Practice Facility from Scratch
    4. Satellite Office Concept

The Course Venue: The 2-day course is taught by Dr. Jonathan Calure at the main offices of Maryland Vein Professionals in Columbia, Maryland, just 15 minutes from Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI). The newly built medical facility was designed specifically as a vein treatment center with over 3,600 square feet of office and medical suites space.

Office Tour Video

Meals: Your meals are included in the cost of your course.

Accommodations: Trainee is responsible for their hotel accommodations. We recommend staying at The Hampton Inn, Columbia, Maryland, which is adjacent to MVP's Main Office where the course takes place. (view fact sheet)

Course Dates: The course is offered most weeks on Mondays and Tuesdays, excluding National Holidays. Call Nichelle Cunningham, MVP Clinical Coordinator toll free at 877-7MD-VEIN to find out our next available course dates.

Cost: Tuition for the two-day program is $2,500 per physician attendee. To register, call Nichelle Cunningham, MVP Clinical Coordinator toll free at 877-7MD-VEIN. A registration fee of $500 per person is required at time of scheduling and can be paid by credit card. Full balance payment is due on arrival.

*Dr. Calure and Maryland Vein Professionals, LLC, reserve the right not to offer the course to any entity that Dr. Calure deems, at his sole discretion, to be a competitor. This includes but is not limited to any physician or representative of a physician licensed to practice medicine in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, or the District of Columbia.

MVP Physician Training Schedule

Day 1 Monday
7:00 am Breakfast and Conference 1 How I Do Closure by Dr Calure
7:30 Closure Observation Case 1
Mapping Protocol
9:00 Closure Observation Case 2
10:15 Conference 2 Elements of a Successful Vein Practice by Dr. Calure
10:45 Closure Observation Case 3
12:00 pm Lunch Conference 3 Equipment Overview
12:30 Closure Observation Case 4 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
1:30 Closure Observation Case 5 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
3:00 Conference on Sclerotherapy by Mary Guise, R.N.
4:30 Closure Observation Case 6
6:00 Dinner at Greystone Grill and Conference 4 Marketing 101 for Physicians By Dr. Calure and Dave Roberts, PhD
 
Day 2 Tuesday
7:00 am Breakfast and Conference 5 Our Website by Dr. Calure
7:30 Closure Observation Case 7 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
9:00 Closure Observation Case 8 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
10:15 Conference 5 Venous Sonography by Amy Thompson, RVT
10:45 Closure Observation Case 9 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
12:00 pm Lunch Conference 6 Practice Building Strategies for a New Vein Practice by Dr. Calure
12:30 Closure Observation Case 10 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
1:30 Closure Observation Case 11 or Sclero or Sonography Observation
3:00 Conference 7 Reimbursement by Lindsay Zumbrun, Billing Coordinator MVP
4:30 Closure/Sclero/Sono Observation
5:45 Course Wrap Up First Steps to Take by Dr. Calure