Desert Vein Clinic

Dr. Norman Baron -
Imperial Valley’s Leading Vein Specialist

Dr. Norman Baron has been a leading vein doctor throughout the Imperial Valley for over 25 years.

Dr. Baron was raised in Oregon and received his bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University. He went to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. for his M.D., followed by a rotating internship at Misericordia Hospital in the Bronx, New York. He then remained in the Bronx to complete a residency in general and vascular surgery at Montefiore Hospital and later became a staff surgeon at Morrisania City Hospital in the Bronx while also working at a private surgical practice.

Dr. Norman Baron moved to California in 1976 after completing six years as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. He has operated a private practice in general and vascular surgery in Brawley, California since that time.

Now a vein specialist, Norman Baron is licensed in California (currently) and Hawaii, New York and New Jersey (previously). He is affiliated with El Centro Regional Medical Center and with the Pioneers Memorial Hospital District, where he serves as chairman of the Department of Surgery. For more than 25 years, he was a consulting surgeon to a group of clinics that cared for migrant workers and the medically indigent.

Dr. Baron holds numerous memberships in regional and national professional organizations, including the Imperial County Medical Society, where he is past-president; the California Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association (past-president of the Imperial Valley Division), the American Society of General Surgeons, the International Society of Endovascular Surgeons, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery, the American College of Physicians Executive, the American College of Phlebology, the American Academy of Wound Management, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Desert Vein Staff

MIRIAM BARON, RN, BSN, CWCN -- CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DESERT VEIN CLINIC

Miriam graduated from the University of Pangasinan, Philippines, with a bachelors degree in nursing. After working for a time as a nurse in the Philippines she went to Kuwait where she served for two years. Fortunately for us she chose to exercise her talents in Brawley, California where she served as director of nursing for two home health agencies over the next several years. Her interest in wounds, specifically those associated with venous disease, led her to pursue specialty certification in wound care (CWCN). By then our surgical practice had shifted entirely to the care of venous disease and her wound care and administrative training proved to be invaluable to the development and management of a clinic dedicated to the care of the patient with venous problems.

OFFICE STAFF

Office Staff:

We are very proud of our office staff that assists us in every aspect of the care of patients with venous problems. They have been specifically selected for their caring attitude and trained in easing the path from venous disease to wellness to the patients who suffer from venous problems.