Bucks County Vein Center: Meet the Doctor

Bucks County Center for Vein Medicine was established in 1992 by Board-Certified Vascular Surgeon Michael Jacobelli, M.D.  Our Center is able to treat varicose veins without the need for surgery, hospitalization, scarring, or anesthesia.

About Michael C Jacobelli, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr Michael Jacobelli is a Board-Certified General and Vascular Surgeon. He has been treating Varicose and Spider Veins for over 20 years. He opened the Bucks County Center for Vein Medicine in 1992, dedicated solely to the evaluation and treatment of varicose veins and spider veins along with their associated illnesses (phlebitis, cellulitis, venous stasis ulcer, lymphedema, DVT).

Since 1984, Dr Jacobelli has been associated with Saint Mary Hospital, which was voted among the Top 100 Hospitals in the United States.  Dr. Jacobelli has been Board Certified by the American College of Surgeons since 1985. He was also Director of Trauma Services at Saint Mary Medical Center from 1985-1999.

His practice is located at the Saint Mary Medical Center Medical Building, where he has the  Center for Vein Medicine, along with his General Surgery practice.

About Physician Assistant Ann Marie Swords, PA-C

Ann Marie Swords is a certified, licensed Physician Assistant.  She is also a registered nurse, and a 1990 graduate of the Hahnemann University Physician Assistant program.  She is specialized in the assessment, treatment and maintenance of varicose veins and their associated illnesses.

She has been with the Bucks County Center for Vein Medicine since its establishment in 1992. She has consulted over 6,000 patients. She has performed over 65,000 procedures to treat and eliminate varicose and spider veins. Ann Marie evaluates and treats superficial phlebitis, clots, cellulitis, lymphedema and other illnesses. She also specializes in the measurement and placement of compression stockings.

What is a Physician Assistant?

The physician Assistant (PA) is a unique health care provider certified by the State Board of Medicine. The Boards approve for certification physician assistants who are of good character and reputation, have graduated from a physician assistant training program certified by the Board, and have passed a national certifying examination approved by the Board.

The PA is neither a physician nor a physician trainee (resident, intern, or medical student).  At the direction of a supervising physician and as his employee, a PA provides medical services and other tasks as allowed by law.  The physician assistant augments the physician's data gathering abilities in order to assist the supervising physician in reaching and instituting care plans for the physician's patients.

Tasks performed by physician assistants include screening and evaluating patients to determine the need for medical attention, reviewing patient records to determine health status, taking a patient history, performing physical examination, recording patient data, making decisions regarding data gathering and appropriate management and treatment of patient's being seen for the initial evaluation of a problem or the follow-up evaluation of a previously diagnosed and stabilized condition, preparing patient summaries, initiating requests for commonly performed initial laboratory studies, collecting specimens, identifying findings and abnormal findings on history, physical examinations and lab studies, initiating evaluation and emergency management for emergency situations, performing numerous clinical procedures, and providing counseling and instruction regarding common patient problems.

Patients have the right to be seen by the physician instead of a PA. If this is your wish, please inform the office when you schedule your consultation.

 

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