Mr Zola Mzimba

Mr Zola Mzimba is a highly skilled, and experienced consultant vascular surgeon who specialises in venous disease. With over 30 years medical experience, he dedicates his full-time NHS practice and private practice to the management of venous disease and currently practices at Kingsbridge Northwest private hospital in Ballykelly (just outside Derry/Londonderry).

Areas of his expertise include treatment of cosmetic facial and leg thread veins assessment, treatment of varicose veins, management of venous complications such as ulcers, bleeding, and clots. Mr Mzimba offers a comprehensive range of vein treatments all of which are performed under local anaesthetic with minimal downtime. Mr Mzimba successfully obtained his MB ChB from the University of Birmingham in 1990 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1996.

He completed his surgical training in the West Midlands with time spent in South Africa and Northern Ireland. Having settled in Northern Ireland in 2001, he has become highly valued both locally and regionally. He is currently the clinical chair for the NHS delivery of varicose vein services in Northern Ireland and is an accredited and registered Phlebology Sonographer (RPhS).

He is a board member of the British Association Sclerotherapists and a council member of the Venous Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine. He has been an invited speaker at several national and international venous meetings. He was one of the first people in Ireland to successfully complete the diploma in phlebology from the European College of Phlebologists.