Douglas H. Joyce, D.O., is an internationally recognized vein doctor and expert on venous disorders and surgical vein treatment. He is triple board certified in Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, General Surgery and Phlebology (Venous Disease). Because of his unmatched success in offering patients a more permanent cure for all types of venous disease through minimally invasive office procedures, he has attracted patients throughout the United States and abroad.
For most of his career as a physician, Dr. Joyce worked as an cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeon. During that time, he saw a considerable number of patients with serious venous disease who had been misdiagnosed. These patients had a very poor quality of life – many suffered for years with debilitating leg pain, edema and venous leg ulcers that failed to heal. Dr. Joyce knew he could help these patients by giving them access to the treatment that would cure them of their underlying venous disease problem. From that desire, he founded the Joyce Vein & Aesthetic Institute in September of 2001.
Over the past decade, Dr. Joyce has become a leader in the vein treatment field. Originally he pioneered the Subfascial Endoscopic Perforator Surgery or SEPS procedure, performing one of the highest volumes of SEPS procedures and achieving over a 96% cure rate of venous ulcers.
Although SEPS worked well for the most part, it required hospitalization and general anesthesia which was expensive and contributed to a number of complications. Dr. Joyce made it his mission to provide the same or an improved treatment outcome through procedures that could be performed within the office setting using local and tumescent anesthesia. He began to pioneer less invasive technologies and within a short period of time, totally replaced SEPS with Saphenous Vein Laser Ablation and Venous Perforator Laser Ablation. Using these streamlined vascular surgery techniques, he was able to accomplish all of his goals for the treatment of serious venous disease.
Through Laser Ablation for the treatment of incompetent venous perforators and saphenous veins, Dr. Joyce achieved a 99% success rate with virtually no complications. His surgical venous procedures have proved to be highly effective and well tolerated in the office setting with the patient awake and comfortable. At the 2009 American College of Phlebology’s 23rd Annual Congress, Dr. Joyce presented data that unequivocally proved his vein treatment techniques to be the safest and most effective treatment for such venous problems as varicose veins, venous leg ulcers and chronic venous insufficiency. His data represented a total of 5426 cases treated for incompetent Perforator and Saphenous veins in which an average of 99% of the patients achieved a successful outcome with negligible complications.
My leg feels so much better. No burning and no pain. I would not hesitate to recommend this procedure to others. The Doctor & staff are super!” — Maryann B, North Port, FL
I suffered from pain and an open wound on my leg for years. After multiple Doctors visits, the possibility of amputation and huge medical bills I was referred to Dr. Joyce, and he said ‘we can fix that!’ After one surgey the pain was gone and my leg started to heal. After the second surgery it healed completely. Thank God for Dr. Joyce. I don’t know how I can ever repay his kindness & the kindness of his whole staff. THANK YOU!” — Stephen V, Port Charlotte, FL
I truly believe that God has blessed me over the years with the ability to provide the best care for others. My practice has included adult and pediatric open-heart surgery, chest trauma surgery and vascular surgery. I now primarily specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of venous disorders of the legs. I became more and more interested in these diseases over the past 10 years as I realized how prevalent they were. I found that many of the patients sent to me for arterial disease actually had venous problems which were correctable. There was clearly a need for a facility to provide state-of-the-art vein treatment for these patients. This led me to change my practice emphasis and establish Joyce Vein & Aesthetic Institute in Punta Gorda, Florida.
I firmly believe that for people to function at an optimum level, they must be healthy and feel good about themselves. For that reason, a natural extension of my practice was to include the addition of state-of-the-art aesthetic skin care and beauty services.” — Dr. Douglas H. Joyce, D.O.
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Dear Dr. Joyce, Just a quick note to thank you for the excellent job you did on my leg. I am now free of the pain and swelling I’ve had for approximately 15 years. I feel like I have a brand new leg. Once again Thank you very much. (Merci beaucoup)!
