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Mr Colin Weir is a Consultant Surgeon and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Surgery. He has been at the forefront of introducing new technologies in vein treatment in Northern Ireland over many years of experience.
He treats all vein types mainly in the legs, including cosmetic issues, symptomatic veins and complications from veins. He has particular expertise in microsclerotherapy, foam sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and endovenous laser ablation, and was the first to use these techniques in Northern Ireland.
Mr Weir qualified from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1984. He continued his training in Northern Ireland before taking up postgraduate research, resulting in amongst other things, travelling fellowships to Baltimore and Philadelphia. He completed his training in vascular surgery before appointment to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland.
Since then, his appointments have included: Honorary Lecturer in Surgery at Queen’s University, Belfast, Associate Medical Director, Education and Training for the Southern Trust. He has been a regional surgical advisor to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is a fellow of this college and The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
He is a member of the British Association of Sclerotherapists and has been one of its board members and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.