About the Antistax^® Leg Health Centre

The Antistax® Leg Health Centre is overseen by an international panel of leg health experts who are organized in a steering committee.

The role of the steering committee is to advise on content for the Antistax® Leg Health Centre, based on their field of expertise and experience of helping people with leg complaints. They will also provide the latest research and thinking on leg health issues.

The Steering Committee comprises:

Dr. Eckhard Schaefer: chair of the Antistax® Leg Health Centre steering committee

Dr Schaefer is an expert scientist with more than 22 years experience in healthcare. As medical advisor for Antistax®, he is specialised in indication areas related to leg vein disorders (phlebology), blood circulation (angiology) and gynaecology.

Dr Schaefer is the chair of the steering committee. His role includes coordinating with the professional committee to review materials and documents published and the provision of advice for the Center on topics relevant to consumers everyday leg health issues. Moreover Dr Schaefer will be happy to answer your questions on leg issues. Please click on the contact section to send him a question.

Dr. Sarah Jarvis: member of the Antistax® Leg Health Centre steering committee

Dr Sarah Jarvis is a GP, GP trainer, fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Women’s Health spokesperson for the RCGP. Dr Jarvis has extensive experience as a medical writer and broadcaster, and is currently the Radio 2 doctor and doctor to the One Show on BBC1, as well as medical expert for Good Housekeeping, My Weekly and Pregnancy magazines, as well as spending 10 years as ITN lunchtime News doctor.

Dr Jarvis also contributes regularly to GMTV, Sky News, The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and Radio 5 live. She has been a regular contributor to a variety of medical magazines and journals including Update, Doctor, Practice Nurse, the British Journal of Cardiology and Cardiology News and has authored a number of health books.

As a member of the steering committee Dr Sarah will author thought pieces on leg health, review materials / documents published, contribute her thinking to surveys and findings and provide advice for the center on topics relevant to consumers everyday leg health issues.

Start here with "Why leg health is important".