Leading the Fight Against Vascular Disease in Santa Clara County: When Imitation Falls Short
Leadership Isn’t Claimed. It’s Proven.
For almost three decades, South Bay Vascular Center & Vein Institute has lived that leadership—brick by brick, patient by patient, and community by community across Santa Clara County.
While others copy our look, language, and even our structure, one truth remains: when the moment of truth comes—when a patient’s limb, life, and future hang in the balance—imitation always falls short.
At South Bay Vascular, we don’t follow trends. We set standards. And for nearly thirty years, those standards have defined what exceptional vascular care looks like in Silicon Valley.
Expanding Our Reach: The Movement Grows
Success breeds success. That’s why the best of the best are joining us.
We are proud to announce that our fifth office—located in East San Jose—is on track to open before the end of 2025. This expansion will bring our nationally recognized vascular expertise closer to more patients than ever before, offering faster access to advanced diagnostics, minimally invasive endovascular procedures, and limb-salvage care.
From Campbell to Gilroy, Santa Cruz to Fremont, and soon East San Jose, every South Bay Vascular office shares one DNA:
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IAC-accredited vascular laboratories staffed by registered vascular technologists.
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A nationally accredited ambulatory surgery center offering cutting-edge endovascular procedures without hospital delays.
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Direct physician oversight at every step of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Our expansion isn’t about empire building—it’s about impact. The need is great, and our commitment is greater.
World-Class Physicians. One Shared Vision.
South Bay Vascular continues to attract the best vascular surgeons in the region—not because they need a job, but because they recognize a mission worth joining.
Dr. Ruby Lo, who trained at Harvard, taught at Brown University, and spent three years at another general surgical practice, experienced firsthand how far ahead of the curve South Bay Vascular truly is. She chose to join us because excellence recognizes excellence.
Dr. Ryan Gupta, a board-eligible vascular surgeon soon to be fully board-certified, brings exceptional skill in the latest minimally invasive and endovascular techniques. His technical mastery, humility, and hunger for perfection represent the future of our specialty.
Together, under the leadership of Dr. Polly Kokinos, a trailblazing vascular surgeon with almost three decades of independent practice in Silicon Valley, our team continues to set the pace—proving that leadership isn’t inherited or imitated. It’s earned.
Innovation That Protects Patients
Our independence allows us to innovate—not imitate.
We built and operate our own nationally accredited ambulatory surgery center to deliver complex vascular procedures without hospital bureaucracy.
We maintain a fully staffed, on-site IAC-accredited vascular lab where studies are performed and interpreted by vascular surgeons—not delegated to non-specialists.
We invest relentlessly in new imaging technologies, hybrid endovascular systems, and physician training so that no patient ever hears, “There’s nothing more we can do.”
These are not buzzwords or borrowed blueprints—they are the fruits of years of sacrifice, reinvestment, and clinical discipline.
Others may now check similar boxes, but checklists don’t save limbs—experience, integrity, and judgment do.
Why “Same Certifications” Doesn’t Mean “Same Care”
Let’s be honest. Many of the offices that once looked to South Bay Vascular for inspiration now boast the same accreditations, same machines, and same marketing phrases.
But shared form is not shared substance.
A practice can buy the same ultrasound equipment—but not the wisdom that interprets what it reveals.
It can copy our procedures—but not our discipline.
It can mirror our website—but not our results.
That’s why we remind patients: certifications are the floor—not the ceiling. What matters most is who stands behind the credential.
At South Bay Vascular, it’s the physicians themselves—not physician extenders—who meet, evaluate, and operate on every patient. Our surgeons don’t outsource their responsibility or hide behind corporate layers. We shoulder it personally, every single day.
That’s the difference between having accreditation and living accreditation.
The Truth Patients Deserve
Vascular disease is unforgiving. Delay, misdiagnosis, or poor technique can cost a limb—or a life.
So yes, you’ll find other practices advertising “accredited labs” and “limb-salvage programs.” But when you look deeper, ask:
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Who actually reviews your vascular studies? A certified vascular surgeon—or a mid-level provider?
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Who makes your treatment decisions? A doctor you’ve met—or a system administrator balancing quotas?
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How many years—not months—has the practice sustained independent, physician-driven excellence?
Your life depends on the answers.
At South Bay Vascular, those answers are clear: real surgeons, real results, and a record that spans nearly 30 years of proven excellence in limb salvage, amputation prevention, and vascular innovation. At South Bay Vascular our goal is simple: To Earn Your Trust.
We didn’t arrive here by copying anyone. Others arrived here by copying us.
The Path Forward
As we open our fifth office in East San Jose, our mission endures:
to fight vascular disease with courage, compassion, and integrity.
Because when the stakes are high—and they always are—only leadership born of conviction can make the difference between walking and never walking again.
South Bay Vascular Center & Vein Institute
Campbell • Gilroy • Fremont • Santa Cruz • Coming Soon: East San Jose
Call (408) 376-3626 or visit southbayvascular.com to schedule your consultation.
