Pelvic venous disorders: Current best practice

Jane's early career was in molecular immunology. She left the laboratory in 1998 and became a trial coordinator in the newly created Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU). As an experienced academic trialist, she established the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit as the leading trials unit for women' health research in the UK. In 2017, Jane moved to become Professor of Clinical Trials and Deputy Director of the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, where she seeks to continue to develop her portfolio of research in women's health and complement this with trials in new clinical areas. She undertakes translational and definitive randomised controlled trials and test evaluation studies, and complements this primary research with systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Her portfolio of research is principally in women’s health, and she is particularly interested in menstrual disorders and pelvic pain. She was commissioned to conduct a series of systematic reviews of the classification, prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of pelvic venous insufficiency for the National Institute of Health Research. Jane Daniels declares that she has no conflicts of interest.

Vivak is a Specialist Trainee in Vascular Surgery based in the North West, and an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester. His research interests include venous disease with a focus on pelvic venous incompetence for which he was awarded his doctorate. He chairs the Manchester Pelvic Vein Study Group which successfully secured two large NIHR project grants to explore the role of pelvic vein incompetence in a definitive case-control study and a pilot randomised controlled trial of its treatment. In addition, he also conducts research in lower limb compression therapy, EVAR and its outcomes and diabetic foot complications. He has experience in clinical trial design and management, systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Dr. Kathleen Gibson is a board-certified vascular surgeon at Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons in Bellevue, Washington. She graduated with highest honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Her fellowship, residency and undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering were all completed at the University of Washington. She serves on the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine; and the Board of the American Vein and Lymphatic Society. She is a distinguished member of the American Venous Forum and is a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery. She has authored or co-authored multiple book chapters and articles for and has been an investigator for more than 40 clinical trials. She has been a speaker at multiple conferences in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.