Our Doctors – Setting the Standards for Advanced Vein Care
At the Vein Center, we believe only one type of doctor is best qualified to provide advanced solutions for vein problems: a vascular surgeon. That’s why the Vein Center is staffed exclusively by board certified vascular surgeons, all with extensive experience in minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins, spider veins, and other vascular conditions. Learn more about how our vascular surgeons can help you. Schedule a consultation at one of our state-of-the-art facilities, conveniently located in Westfield, Clifton and Springfield, New Jersey.
Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA joined the practice in 1993. Dr. Sales is active locally and nationally in the field of vascular surgery. His clinical expertise is in the management of lower extremity vascular disease and the management of vein disorders. He is actively involved in clinical research serving and serves on many committees at the local, regional and national level. He has been voted by his peers a number of times for the Top Doctor award featured in New York Magazine and New Jersey magazine.
He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and is the Director of the Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory in the Atlantic Health Care System at Overlook Hospital in Summit. He also is the Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery at Overlook Hospital. He obtained his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and completed a fellowship in vascular surgery at the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Jonathan Levison, MD joined the practice in 1999. Dr. Levison is well versed in all techniques of endovascular surgery and holds an expertise in open aortic surgery. He obtained his Doctorate in Medicine from the Chicago Medical School in Chicago, Illinois and completed a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.
He has served as sub-investigator and principal investigator in recent industry-sponsored studies in which The Cardiovascular Care Group participates. Dr. Levison has serve as the Medical Director of the Wound Center at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, NJ and serves as Chief of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Clara Maass Medical Center. He currently holds the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is Past President of the Vascular Society of New Jersey and is representative to the CMS Medicare Center Advisory Committee for the Vascular Society of New Jersey.
Dr. Cuadra obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell University and his Medical Doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey His interests include minimally invasive treatments for peripheral vascular disease and abdominal aortic aneurysms and management of patients with carotid artery disease and hemodialysis access.
- 15 years with The Cardiovascular Care Group, managing The Vein Center, Surgical Suite, Surgical Scheduling, Symposium, Newsletter
- Masters Degree, Counseling and Special Services, Seton Hall University
- Bachelor of Arts Degree, Sociology, American University, Washington, DC
- Served as Associate Director of the New Jersey Renal Network Association
- Assistant Vice President, Renal Services at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey
"You think it's going to be an ordeal – but it isn't. It's easy and painless and quick. And then all those lumpy varicose veins are gone. It's an incredible feeling.”