George Badham 2010
George Badham was appointed to be one of two summer research fellows in 2010 – he was a 2nd year medical student at Cardiff and about to go into his third year at that time.
George's main project was to set up a bench model to optimise the treatment of RFiTT Radiofrequency Ablation of varicose veins.
Before his work the RFiTT procedure had problems with veins re-opening and the device getting stuck due to charcoal formation during treatment.
Under the supervision of Mark Whiteley, George showed why this was occurring and showed that by using the The Whiteley Clinic method of performing RFiTT treatment, both of these problem could be overcome.
George presented his work at an international meeting in Milan where he was the only non-qualified doctor presenting. His talk was received very well, winning 3rd prize.
International Prizes from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
11th International Vascular & Endovascular Course (IVEC) and 4th European Congress of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) - Milan– October 2010
- 3rd Place: An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
Publications from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
An In-Vitro Study to Optimise Treatment of Varicose Veins with Radiofrequency-induced Thermo Therapy (RFiTT)
- Phlebology 2014 (In Press)
G.E. Badham, S.M. Strong, M.S. Whiteley
Published Abstract from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
An in vitro study to optimize treatment of varicose veins with radiofrequency-induced thermo therapy
- Phlebology 2011; 26: 259
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
International Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
11th International Vascular & Endovascular Course (IVEC) and 4th European Congress of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) – Milan, October 2010
- An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley (Winner of 3rd Best Paper) - Read pdf
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2011
- One year experience of Laser Sweat Ablation for the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley - Read pdf
International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery - Odense, Denmark - June 2011
- Two Years Experience Of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) For Axillary Hyperhidrosis And Bromhidrosis And Early Report Of Endoscopic Laser Sweat Ablation (ELSA)
MS Whiteley, SM Strong, GE Badham
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- Early report on effectiveness of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) to treat Bromhidrosis - Sophie Strong
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- Optimising laser technique in Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) - An in-vitro study using porcine skin.
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley
National Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
Annual Spring Meeting of the Venous Forum of The Royal Society of Medicine – London, April 2011
- An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Healing rates following venous surgery for chronic venous leg ulcers in an independent specialist vein unit.
CA Thomas, GE Badham, JD Holdstock, CC Harrison, BA Price, MS Whiteley
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Radiofrequency-induced Thermotherapy (RFiTT): Follow-up at One Year After Treatment of Truncal Veins
G.E. Badham, M. Benson, C.A. Thomas, T. Fernandes-Hart, B.A. Price, M.S. Whiteley
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Optimising Laser Technique In Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) – An In-Vitro Study Using Porcine Skin
S.M. Strong, G.E. Badham, M.S.Whiteley
Venous Forum of The Royal Society of Medicine – London, April 2012
- Radiofrequency-induced Thermo Therapy (RFiTT): Follow-up at 1 year after treatment of truncal veins
G Badham, M Benson, C Thomas, T Fernandez-Hart, BA Price, MS Whiteley - Read pdf
International Poster Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
Ultrasound changes of adipose tissue following treatment with HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) using the Liposonix System
- George Edward Badham, Victoria Carolyn Smith, Mark Steven Whiteley
- Read pdf
International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery - Odense, Denmark - June 2011
- Optimising Laser Technique In Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) – An In-Vitro Study Using Porcine Skin
M.S.Whiteley, S.M. Strong, G.E. Badham - Read pdf
Sophie Strong 2010

Sophie Strong was appointed to be one of two The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellows in 2010. Sophie was a first year medical student in London, about to go into her second.
Her project was to investigate the early results and effects of the new Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) procedure that Mark Whiteley had introduced into the UK in 2009.
Sophie not only went through the cases done so far to help modify the procedure to make it more effective, she also set up a bench model to help us understand how the LSA procedure works.
International Prizes from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
11th International Vascular & Endovascular Course (IVEC) and 4th European Congress of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) - Milan– October 2010
- 3rd Place: An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
Publications from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
An In-Vitro Study to Optimise Treatment of Varicose Veins with Radiofrequency-induced Thermo Therapy (RFiTT)
- Phlebology 2014 (In Press)
G.E. Badham, S.M. Strong, M.S. Whiteley
Published Abstract from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
An in vitro study to optimize treatment of varicose veins with radiofrequency-induced thermo therapy
- Phlebology 2011; 26: 259
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
International Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
11th International Vascular & Endovascular Course (IVEC) and 4th European Congress of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) – Milan, October 2010
- An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley
(Winner of 3rd Best Paper)
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2011
- One year experience of Laser Sweat Ablation for the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley
International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery - Odense, Denmark - June 2011
- Two Years Experience Of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) For Axillary Hyperhidrosis And Bromhidrosis And Early Report Of Endoscopic Laser Sweat Ablation (ELSA)
MS Whiteley, SM Strong, GE Badham
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- Early report on effectiveness of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) to treat Bromhidrosis - Sophie Strong
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- Optimising laser technique in Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) - An in-vitro study using porcine skin.
SM Strong, GE Badham, MS Whiteley
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- Endoscopic Laser Sweat Ablation (ELSA) - a new technique for the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis and bromhidrosis.
MS Whiteley, SM Strong
IMCAS – International Master Class for Aging Skin – Paris, January 2012
- 2.5 year results of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) for axillary hyperhidrosis
MS Whiteley, SM Strong
National Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
Annual Spring Meeting of the Venous Forum of The Royal Society of Medicine – London, April 2011
- An in Vitro Study to Optimise the Treatment of Varicose Veins with RFiTT
GE Badham, SM Strong, MS Whiteley - Read pdf
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Healing rates following venous surgery for chronic venous leg ulcers in an independent specialist vein unit.
CA Thomas, GE Badham, JD Holdstock, CC Harrison, BA Price, MS Whiteley
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Radiofrequency-induced Thermotherapy (RFiTT): Follow-up at One Year After Treatment of Truncal Veins
G.E. Badham, M. Benson, C.A. Thomas, T. Fernandes-Hart, B.A. Price, M.S. Whiteley
2011 National Medical Student Research Conference – October 2011
- Optimising Laser Technique In Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) – An In-Vitro Study Using Porcine Skin
S.M. Strong, G.E. Badham, M.S.Whiteley
International Poster Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
3rd Annual meeting of the ICG-RSM Interventional cosmetics: Recent advances and controversies – London, May 2011
- Ultrasound changes of adipose tissue following treatment with HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) using the Liposonix System
George Edward Badham, Victoria Carolyn Smith, Mark Steven Whiteley
3rd Annual meeting of the ICG-RSM Interventional cosmetics: Recent advances and controversies – London, May 2011
- One year experience of Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) for Axillary Hyperhidrosis
Sophie Strong, Mark Whiteley - Read pdf
International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery - Odense, Denmark - June 2011
- Optimising Laser Technique In Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) – An In-Vitro Study Using Porcine Skin
M.S.Whiteley, S.M. Strong, G.E. Badham - Read pdf
National Poster Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2010
Venous Forum of The Royal Society of Medicine – London, April 2012
- Radiofrequency-induced Thermo Therapy (RFiTT): Follow-up at 1 year after treatment of truncal veins
G Badham, M Benson, C Thomas, T Fernandez-Hart, BA Price, MS Whiteley
Maria Z Boland 2008

Maria is a fourth year medical student at UCL. She was just about to start medical school in summer 2008 when she spent some time doing an audit into whether people who had had one leg treated for varices returned to have a second leg treated and also spent time in theatre looking at the different recoveries of patients treated with different lasers.
In 2010/2011 she returned to investigate the progression of the clinc over the previous five years looking specifically at whether people now came into the clinic for fewer operations/appointments but for the same number of procedures.
International Presentations to learned Societies from The Whiteley Clinic Research Fellow post 2008
Prize session: 10th International Symposium on Endovascular Therapeutics – SITE 2013 – Barcelona, May 2013
- The Evolution of Endovenous Treatment in a Single Unit between 2006 and 2011. Reducing the Number of Treatment Visits and Endovenous Devices required per Patient
Thomas C, Boland M, Whiteley M
Published Abstracts from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2008
- The Evolution of Endovenous Treatment in a Single Unit between 2006 and 2011. Reducing the Number of Treatment Visits and Endovenous Devices required per Patient
Thomas C, Boland M, Whiteley M - Tecnicas endovasculares April 2013; Vol XVI (1): 305-6
International Poster Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Research Fellow post 2008
10th International Symposium on Endovascular Therapeutics – SITE 2013 – Barcelona, May 2013
- The Evolution of Endovenous Treatment in a Single Unit between 2006 and 2011. Reducing the Number of Treatment Visits and Endovenous Devices required per Patient
Thomas C, Boland M, Whiteley M
National Poster Presentations from The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow post 2008
Venous Forum of The Royal Society of Medicine – London, April 2012
- 5 year audit of number of visits and endovenous devices required for walk-in walk-out endovenous surgery for varicose veins under local anaesthesia.
MZ Boland, BA Price, MS Whiteley
