April 6, 2009 Clarksville, Tennessee

Stephen F. Daugherty, MD, FACS, RVT, was elected to membership in the American Venous Forum (AVF) recently at the annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The American Venous Forum is an international consortium of specialists in diseases of the veins and lymphatic tissues. Founded in 1989 and including about 500 members, the mission of the American Venous Forum is to improve the care of patients through education and exchange of clinical information. Members of the AVF are leaders in academic and private vein and vascular medical practices nationally and in their communities.

Dr. Daugherty is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He is one of only five physicians in Tennessee and Kentucky who is certified by the new American Board of Phlebology and he has been certified by the American Board of Surgery since 1985. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American College of Phlebology and numerous other medical societies.

Dr. Daugherty has been the leader in bringing non-invasive vascular diagnostic testing and modern vascular surgical procedures to Gateway Medical Center since 1994. He has performed thousands of procedures for vein problems over the past 30 years and he founded VeinCare Center of Tennessee in Clarksville in 2004. VeinCare Center of Tennessee is devoted to excellence in care of diseases of the veins and is located in Medical Office Building One, Suite 100, 647 Dunlop Lane, Clarksville, Tennessee at the new Gateway Medical Center campus. Dr. Daugherty and VeinCare Center of Tennessee may be reached at 931-551-8991 or toll-free at 1-866-551-8991.