KANDY HAMMOND, R.N. B.S.N. MBA/HCM

VVC founder, Kandy Hammond offers medical professionals and practitioners an opportunity to enhance their medical services to the public through her integrated clinical and business system. Her enthusiastic approach to patient care combined with a results-oriented curriculum creating a seamless business model within the clinical environment, highlights her VVC 2-day training programs. In addition to her success-oriented collaborations, she also provides ongoing clinical updates and supportive follow-up after the completion of the initial VVC training program.

For more than two decades she has had an established career in the nursing field, with the last 15 years specifically in clinical practice treating venous disease. Considered one of the foremost consultants in the U.S.A., her management style is defined by an attention to detail supported by solution technologies that have evolved throughout her career at Midwest Vein and Laser Center and as a hospital ICU nurse at Columbus Ohio’s Children’s Hospital (Neo-Natal ICU), Grant Medical Center (Surgical & Trauma ICU), as well as Lima Memorial Hospital (Surgical ICU). As a result of her wide-ranging nursing experience, she has a thorough understanding of patient care and the management skills necessary for successful working models in the medical profession’s clinical environments.

Her current association with Midwest Vein and Laser Center, where she is currently Vice President and Clinical Director, enables her to offer experienced insight and practical assistance to colleagues in the field of venous medicine. Collaborating with and assisting internationally esteemed surgeon and innovative specialist Dr. Ronald Bush, makes her a desirable consultant to others in the growing field of vein treatment and laser surgery. Since 2006 she has been President of Varicose Vein Consulting and Clinical Director of Vein Affiliates – an organization of over 75 surgeons specializing in the treatment of venous disease. As a national consultant and educator she has also provided training for Dornier Med Tech and Sciton; training physicians and nurses in laser therapy and pulsed light therapy. She is a co-presenter for the Advanced Venous Symposium where she instructs surgeons on the techniques used in Midwest Vein and Laser Center.

She has co-authored several articles specifically about innovative techniques and procedures concerning venous conditions in such publications as Journal of American College of Surgeons, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, Annals of Vascular Surgery, Phlebology, and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

To date, she has attended more than 100 seminars where she has trained countless medical professionals. She has been a guest speaker at the International Vein Congress for the past 8 years, with additional presentations at INVein Techniques. In 2009 she will participate in the International Varicose Vein Congress in Miami, Florida.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERIENCE
Children’s Hospital: Staff Nurse/ NICU, 1986-1987
Grant Medical Center: Staff Nurse/SICU, 1987-1990
Lima Memorial Hospital: Staff Nurse/ICU, 1990-1995
Midwest Vein Treatment Clinic: Director of Clinical Operations/ Office Manager,
1995-present
RN Vein Consultants: President, 2006-present
Vein Affiliates: Clinical Director, 2006-present

1. Vice President and Clinical Director of the Midwest Vein and Laser Centers in Dayton, Ohio
2. Clinical Director of Vein Affiliates
3. Seminar co-presenter on In Office Venous Surgery training surgeons techniques used in our offices
4. National consultant and educator for Dornier Med Tech training physicians and nurses on laser therapy
5. National consultant and educator for ESC/Sharplan training physicians and nurses on laser and pulsed light therapy
6. Guest speaker for the International Vein Congress, IVC
7. Guest Speaker for INVein Techniques
8. Business/Clinical consultant

CERTIFICATIONS
CCRN: 1992-1998
ACLS: 1988-1996

PUBLICATIONS

• “Effective Treatment of a Laser-resistant Port-Wine Stain with Photoderm VL Therapy”, 1998 ESC Medical Systems LTD PB-100-3000
  
  
• “Tumescent Anesthetic Technique for Long Saphenous Stripping.” Journal of American College of Surgeons, Volume 189, No. 6, December 1999.
  
  
• “940-nm Laser for Treatment of Saphenous Insufficiency: Histological Analysis and Long-term Follow-up.”  Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, Volume 23, No.1, February 2005
  
  
• “Treatment of Incompetent Vein of Giacomini (Thigh Extension Branch)  Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2007
  
  
• Major Neurologic Events Following Foam Sclerotherapy. Phlebology 2008;
  23:189-192
  
  
• Histological Changes Occurring After Endoluminal Ablation With Two Diode Lasers (940 and 1,319 nm) From Acute Changes to 4 Months  LSM  Volume 40,
  No. 10 December 2008