(Located in 30 Corporate Center)
Columbia, MD 21044
Call to ask questions or schedule an appointment. 866-923-VEIN
About Scott Buckner, MD
Education
Doctorate of Medicine, Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Residency
Saint Francis Medical Center
Board Certified
Board Certified, Interventional Radiology
Affiliations
Member, American College of Phlebology
Member, Society of Interventional Radiology
Member, American Medical Association
Local Events
Minimally Invasive Treatment
Dr. Buckner's comprehensive, minimally invasive approach includes ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, as well as Endovenous Laser Treatment (ELT). Neither option requires hospitalization or surgery. Instead, each is performed in the physician's office. You can be back on your feet resuming normal activities the same day.
Experience Matters
Dr. Scott Buckner is a board-certified interventional radiologist. He is highly skilled in treating venous disease using minimally invasive procedures performed with image guided techniques. He has received numerous awards including being named one of Washingtonian Magazine's 'Top Doctors' in 2010; he also received this honor in 2005 and 2008. In addition, he was recognized in 2009 as Consumer Magazine's 'Top Radiologist.'
Upon joining the Vein Clinics of America (VCA) network, Dr. Buckner completed a preceptorship in phlebology, the diagnosis and treatment of varicose vein disease and related disorders.
As an interventional radiologist, Dr. Buckner also specializes in a number of other minimally invasive, targeted diagnostics and treatments using image guidance for conditions such as pelvic venous congestion and varicocele; he also is highly skilled in performing large joint injections, diagnostic aspirations, ultrasounds and ultrasound-guided biopsies of the liver, kidney and other organs.
"Treating venous disease utilizing techniques from interventional radiology is a wonderful and exciting combination."
- Scott Buckner, MD, Interventional Radiologist
Accepted Insurance Plans
Vein Clinics of America is in network with most major insurance plans. If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), reimbursable FSA expenses cover many treatments for vein disorders. If you do not see your insurance provider in the list below, please call 866-923-VEIN for a complete listing.
The Columbia office currently accepts the following providers:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Care First
- Cigna
- Coventry
- First Health
- Great West
- Medicare
- MultiPlan / PHCS
- Southern Health
- United Health Care
Procedures Performed
- Anesthesia - Local, Tumescent, Minimal Sedation and Moderate Sedation
- Biopsy - Breast, Liver, Renal, Soft Tissue and Thyroid
- Central Venous Access Devices - Ports/PICCs
- Diagnostic Ultrasound - Abdominal, Hysterosonography, Pelvic, Renal, Scrotal, Soft Tissue, Thyroid, Vascular
- Fluoroscopy Imaging and Diagnostic Interpretation
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) - With or without recanalization
- Inferior Vena Cava Filter Insertion/Retrieval
- Joint aspiration or Injection
- Paracentesis - Abdominal
- Pelvic Venogram
- Gonadal Vein Embolization - Pelvic Congestion, Varicoceles
- Thoracentesis
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- Venous Stent Placement
- Venous Angioplasty
Dr. Buckner is Located in Columbia near Gaithersburg, Potomac, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Kensington, Chevy Chase, Georgetown, Olney, Washington Grove, Wyngate and Washington D.C.
