Lymphatic Education & Research Network

LE&RN Centers of Excellence (COE) provide a geographically diverse network of multidisciplinary clinical care and service centers for individuals and families affected by Lymphatic Diseases (LD). In addition to clinical and social services, the Centers provide professional and lay education in the geographic areas they serve, are involved in LD clinical research and work with LE&RN locally and internationally in its efforts to continually improve the lives of those affected by LD and their families.

Our thanks to the esteemed world leaders in lymphatic medicine who volunteered their time and talent to this venture.

The LE&RN Centers of Excellence are made possible by LE&RN Supporting Members like you. Join the fight against LE and LD.

Please click here to read more about LE&RN's Center of Excellence Program.

The current cycle of Letters of Intent (LOI) is now open. All LOIs are due by January 6, 2025.

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COMPREHENSIVE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution can provide the listed services on-site, all within the same institution, and can coordinate provision of the services. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, assessment tools, interventional therapies, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries), genetics, consultation, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

Asan Medical Center (Seoul, South Korea)

The Boston Lymphatic Center (A Joint Program between BIDMC & Boston Children’s Hospital, teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School) (Boston, MA, USA)

Cedars-Sinai Health System (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders, Stanford University School of Medicine (Palo Alto, CA, USA)

Center of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphedema - Lymphatic Diseases for Adults and Children Metropolitan Hospital (Athens, Greece)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV - Dept. of Vascular Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (Lausanne, Switzerland)

The Jill and Mark Fishman Center for Lymphatic Disorders at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

CHU Montpellier (Montpellier, France)

Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian (New York, NY, USA)

Derby Lymphoedema Service - Royal Derby Hospital (Derby, United Kingdom)

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD, USA)

Keck Medical Center of USC (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Nij Smellinghe Hospital Center of Expertise for Lymphovascular Medicine (Drachten, Netherlands)

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (Columbus, OH, USA)

Oregon Health & Science University Healthcare (Portland, OR, USA)

Penn Center for Lymphatic Diseases and Lymphedema (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

St George's, University of London (London, United Kingdom)

The University of Chicago Medicine (Chicago, IL, USA)

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA)

Uppsala University Hospital (Uppsala, Sweden)

COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution can provide the listed services on-site, all within the same institution, and can coordinate provision of the services for patients who have developed lymphedema as a result of cancer treatment. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, assessment tools, interventional therapies, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries), genetics, consultation, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA, USA)

City of Hope (Duarte, CA, USA)

Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)

Nebraska Medicine Buffett Cancer Center (Omaha, NE, USA)

University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City, KS, USA)

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX, USA)

COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution can provide the listed services on-site, all within the same institution, for children and young adults, and can coordinate provision of the services. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, assessment tools, interventional therapies, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries), genetics, consultation, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement, as well as referrals for patients no longer treated due to age restrictions. ... (more) (less)

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA, USA)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation Center (Cincinnati, OH, USA)

Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware (Wilmington, DE, USA)

Texas Children’s Hospital Vascular Anomalies Center (Houston, TX, USA)

COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution and its affiliate institutions (within close geographical proximity) can provide the listed services. For example, University “A” School of Medicine, University “A” Teaching Hospital, University “A” Cancer Center, and University “A” Rehabilitation Facility can provide the listed services, and can coordinate provision of the services. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) within the network, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, assessment tools, interventional therapies, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries within the network), genetics, consultation, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

The ALERT Program at Macquarie University (New South Wales, Australia)

Aristotle University, Plastic Surgery Department (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Centro Linfedema c/o C.C. La Madonnina (Milan, Italy)

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (Baltimore, MD, USA)

Lymphedema Program, McGill University Health Centre (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA, USA)

Mayo Clinic Arizona (Phoenix, AZ, USA)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY, USA)

University of Colorado Health (CO, USA)

University Hospital Zürich and University Children`s Hospital Zurich (Zürich, Switzerland)

University of Washington, Division of Plastic Surgery (Seattle, WA, USA)

Washington University (Saint Louis, MO, USA)

REFERRAL NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that the institution and/or nearby collaborating institutions can provide the listed services, and that these institutions can coordinate provision of the services. For example, University “A” School of Medicine, University “B” Teaching Hospital, “C” Cancer Center, and Private Practice “D” Rehabilitation Facility can provide the listed services, and can coordinate provision of the services. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) within the referral network, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, assessment tools, interventional therapies, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries within the referral network), genetics, consultation, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

Lymphedema Center Santa Monica (Santa Monica, CA, USA)

MedStar Health (Washington, DC)

University of Miami Health Services (Miami, FL, USA)

Vail Health/Shaw Cancer Center (Edwards, CO, USA)

LYMPHATIC DISEASE (LD) SURGERY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution (i.e., a cancer care center or large teaching hospital/network) can provide the listed surgical services. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site or within the network, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries within the network), research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

The Center for Lymphatic Disease, University of California Davis (Sacramento, CA, USA)

The Center for Lymphatic Restoration at Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, CO, USA)

The Institute for Lymphatic Surgery and Innovation (Shrewsbury, NJ, USA)

European Center of Lymphatic Surgery, Brussels (Brussels, Belgium)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS (Rome, Italy)

The Genoa Center for Lymphatic Diseases (Genoa, Italy)

Integrative Lymphedema Institute (Dallas, TX, USA)

Kameda Medical Center (Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Maastricht University Medical Center (Maastricht, Netherlands)

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Santiago, Chile)

Santa Creu i Sant Pau - Clinica Planas (Barcelona, Spain)

Sengkang General Hospital (Singapore)

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea)

LYMPHATIC DISEASE (LD) SURGERY NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution (i.e., surgeons in private practice with full clinical and administrative staff) can provide the listed surgical services on-site and within their referral network. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, imaging, conservative management, surgery (with a minimum of 3 surgeons performing lymphatic surgeries within the referral network - i.e. 1 on-site surgeon and 2 surgeons with whom they collaborate/refer), research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center (Jacksonville, FL, USA)

LYMPHATIC DISEASE (LD) CONSERVATIVE CARE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE designation indicates that an institution can provide the listed conservative care services on-site or within their own network. This includes meeting the minimum requirements of at least three (3) Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) on-site or within the network, and demonstrating proficiency in the following areas: diagnosis, conservative management, assessment tools, research, accountability, collegiality, administration and community involvement. ... (more) (less)

Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network (Newington, CT, USA)

Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, FL, USA)

Montefiore Einstein Lymphedema Program, Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY, USA)

Mt. Wilga Private Hospital (Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia)

Penrose Hospital Out-Patient Rehabilitation (Colorado Springs, CO, USA)

Physio Lympha (St Petersburg, Russia)

Sanwari Bai Surgical Center (New Delhi, India)

Therapy Achievements (Huntsville, AL, USA)