Decatur Vein Clinic

Tom Whitten

Tom Whitten, MD, FACS Education: Resident Physician, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center Research Fellow, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Graduate Education, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology,Indiana University School of Medicine BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Purdue University Honors and Achievements: American Board of Phlebology Board Certified Phlebologist James B. Angell Scholar Awarded Robert Wood Johnson award thesis on smoking & chronic pain

Why I enjoy phlebology:

I love phlebology because it allows me to help people with serious problems - leg ulcers, chronic pain, or chronic dermatitis and restore their quality of life. Many of my patients have already been through other procedures, which have failed them. I am always happy when a patient comes in and tells me that for the first time in years they are without pain, feel good about their legs, and are even showing them off to friends. Also, it is a challenging field - there is always something new to learn and offer to my patients

Publications

1. Whitten TM, Wallace TW, Bird RD, Turk PS. Image-Guided Core Biopsy Has Advantages over Needle Localization Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer. Am Surg. 1997;63(12):1072-1077.
2. Whitten TM, Fraser HR, Christensen WN, Turk PS. Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Stage T1a Breast Cancer: A Pathologic Review of 82 patients. Am Surg. 1997; 63(2):144-149.
3. Whitten TM, et al. Identification of the Hepatitis B Factor that Inhibits Expression of the $ Interferon Gene. J Virol. 1991;65(9):4699-4704.
4. Ritter SE, et al. An Internal Domain of the Hepatitis B Virus X Antigen is Necessary for Transactivating Activity. Virology. 1991;182(2):841-845.

Posters

1. Zollinger- Ellison Syndrome: The evolution of management. Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 1999.
2. Laparoscopic Marsupialization of Symptomatic, Non-parasitic Hepatic Cysts. Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 1998.
3. Image-Guided Core Biopsy Has Advantages over Needle Localization Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer. Society of Surgical Oncology, March, 1997.

Presentations

1. Zollinger- Ellison Syndrome: The evolution of management. Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 1999.
2. Laparoscopic Marsupialization of Symptomatic, Non-parasitic Hepatic Cysts. Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 1998.
3. Image-Guided Core Biopsy Has Advantages over Needle Localization Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer. Society of Surgical Oncology, March, 1997.
4. Image-Guided Core Biopsy Has Advantages over Needle Localization Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer. North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Resident’s Forum, July, 1997.
5. Image-Guided Core Biopsy Has Advantages over Needle Localization Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer. Southeastern Surgical Congress, February, 1997.
6. Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Stage T1a Breast Cancer: A Pathologic Review of 82 Patients. North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Resident’s Forum, July, 1996.
7. Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Stage T1a Breast Cancer: A Pathologic Review of 82 patients. Southeastern Surgical Congress, January, 1996.