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vascular professional | issue 02 · 2022

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FRIENDS TELL ABOUT

Sharing The Same Vision

BY KASUO MIYAKE MD, PHD
CLÍNICA MIYAKE, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIl

I met Dr Petar Dragić almost 10 years ago at the CICE congress in São Paolo where he won the
award for the presentation about endovenous laser therapy. He was already an international

reference in endovenous laser treatment with several thousands of treatments which made
him one of the most experienced in the world. Meeting him was the beginning of a great friend-
ship and professional partnership. Dr Petar Dragić is a perfectionist, and by that time I was starting to
use the endovenous laser to substitute the traditional saphenous vein surgery.

I have learned with my father ‒ who has been a pioneer in phlebology since 1962. I’ve graduated at
the University of São Paulo and since the end of my residency in vascular surgery I’ve studied trans-
dermal lasers and diagnosis.

When I met Petar I was already teaching the CLaCS technique and the use of augmented reality

(VeinViewer) to find and treat feeders veins. Since we have met, we’ve continuously exchanged
techniques to treat functional and aesthetic vascular problems. So, Dr Petar was the first in Europe
who has brought the aesthetic technique ‒ ClaCS. Also, he has become one of the keynote spea-
kers in the International Meeting on Aesthetic Phlebology ‒ IMAP (organized in Brazil by me every
year since 2011). Dr Petar Dragić has also spent countless days at Clinica Miyake here in Brazil, both
teaching state of the art endovenous laser techniques and also participating in the advanced ClaCS

technique certification. Dr Petar Dragić received an award at IMAP for being a ClaCS Ambassador and
we’ve organised in 2020 the first CLaCS VIP training in Europe. From that time on, I have been visiting
Dr Dragić at his Clinic in Belgrade and his Europe Training center where we teach ClaCS to doctors all
over Europe.

Dr. Petar Dragić

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