• LE&RN expands to 70 Centers of Excellence, a global multidisciplinary network across 20 countries to advance expert care
• LE&RN launches three groundbreaking reports addressing healthcare disparities and improving standards of care: National Indicator Report on Cancer-Related Lymphedema, Standardized Approach for the Diagnosis and Management of Lymphedema and Lymphatic Diseases, and Gaps in the Field of Lymphatic Research
• LE&RN celebrates the 10th anniversary of Kathy Bates as Global Spokesperson
• Dame Joanna Lumley joins LE&RN’s Honorary Board
• “A Transformative Year for Lymphatic Disease Research and Treatment” is published in Healthcare Business Today

• LE&RN celebrates its 25th Anniversary
• The National Institutes of Health Open Session features the establishment of the National Commission on Lymphatic Diseases, a result of LE&RN's advocacy efforts
• The LE&RN Resource Center™ was launched as a complementary global support service to assist the lymphatic community in navigating the complexities of lymphatic diseases, including lymphedema, lipedema, and lymphatic anomalies
• LE&RN grows to 62 Centers of Excellence and 34 Chapters worldwide
• The LE&RN Global Registry for Lymphatic Diseases™ was revitalized to address the urgent need for lymphatic data
• LE&RN successfully advocates for Congress to add lymphedema and lymphatic diseases to the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, opening its $370M medical research budget to lymphatics

• LE&RN's Advocacy results in Congress calling for creation of a National Commission on Lymphatic Diseases
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) establishes a Working Group to pursue the National Commission
• LE&RN succeeds at getting Congress to add LE and LD to the Dept. of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) opening its $400M medical research budget to lymphatics
• NIH creates categories for LE and LD for the first time in its history
• LE&RN welcomes its 50th Center of Excellence into the program

• LE&RN announces thirty-five Centers of Excellence in Diagnosis & Treatment of LDs, and held second Global Virtual Summit 
• LE&RN succeeds in effort to have FY2022 Senate Appropriations Bill, continues to call for establishing of National Commission on Lymphatic Diseases
• LE&RN is awarded a three-year CDC Lymphedema Awareness Grant for a national campaign

• LE&RN announces first Centers of Excellence in the Diagnosis and Treatment of LD
• LE&RN was awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant for the Centers of Excellence
• LE&RN creates Physician CME Seminar—COE 2020 Virtual Summit: State-of-the-Art Lymphatic Medicine
• LE&RN and LSN create Covid-19 Guidelines for the LD community
• LE&RN establishes National Action Week to establish National Lymphatic Commission at NIH
• LE&RN created the video An American Tragedy: Neglected Lymphatic Diseases

• LE&RN creates lymphatic researcher database for NIH
• LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
• LE&RN's New York #LymphWalk marks 10-year anniversary, breaking attendance and fundraising records
• LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates honored at The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala for her advocacy work with LE&RN
• LE&RN joins NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) Coalition

• LE&RN creates Physician CME Seminar in Lymphatic Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
• LE&RN inaugurates first Legislative Lobby Days in Washington, DC to advocate for research funding
• LE&RN establishes standards for lymphatic disease Centers of Excellence
• LE&RN authors New York State first-in-nation bill mandating all hospitals give lymphedema information packets to all at-risk patients

• LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates honored by Research America with "Impact on Public Opinion Award"
• LE&RN co-organizes the inaugural biennial researcher event Lymphatic Forum: Exploring the Lymphatic Continuum in Chicago, June 2017
• LE&RN partners with Harvard University Medical Schools for the first Lymphedema Symposium in Boston, MA

• March 6 officially established as World Lymphedema Day by U.S. Senate, New York legislature, and countries around the world
• International Chapters inaugurated
• LE&RN spearheads $70M US Senate Appropriations request sponsored by Sen. Schumer (NY)
• Spokesperson Kathy Bates takes LE&RN's mission center stage on a multitude of network television shows and print cover stories

• LE&RN/Fat Disorder Research Society Lipedema Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards established
• LE&RN/NAVBO partnership to establish biennial conference in lymphatics
• Agreement to transfer University of Pittsburgh’s Family Lymphedema Study bio-specimens into LE&RN’s tissue bank
• State Chapters inaugurated
• First Virtual Expo established
• LE&RN receives GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Award

• “Ask the Experts” web feature established to connect patients to leading authorities
• The LE&RN/LymphNotes Lymphedema Therapist Scholarship Program is founded
• NYC Walk to Fight Lymphedema and Lymphatic Diseases crosses Brooklyn Bridge for the first time
• The Face of Lymphedema Challenge and Membership Campaign are kicked off
• Academy Award-winning Actress Kathy Bates becomes LE&RN’s Spokesperson
• New York State Legislature awards funding for National Patient Registry & Tissue Bank

• LRF becomes LE&RN with an expanded mission and opens New York City office
• Live-streamed Medical & Research Symposium Series established

• LE&RN National Lymphatic Disease and Lymphedema Tissue Bank established
• Breakthrough study, blood test for diagnosis of lymphedema published—Stanford University School of Medicine Endowed Chair

• First annual Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases
• LE&RN National Lymphatic Disease and Lymphedema Patient Registry created

• First-ever Endowed Chair of Lymphatic Research and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine established

• Postdoctoral fellowship awards program inaugurated

• Grants and Awards Programs established

• The Biennial Gordon Research Conference Series, Molecular Mechanisms in Lymphatic Function and Disease established

• Lymphatic Research and Biology, an international peer-reviewed journal, has its first printing

• Congressional and National Institutes of Health (NIH) support for lymphatic research and lymphatic diseases secured

• LE&RN is founded under the name Lymphatic Research Foundation to promote research, treatments and cures