Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

In July 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the FY2022 appropriations bill. There was a dramatic edit to the bill, supported by Committee Chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Committee Member Rep. Tom Cole. Rather than “encouraging” the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a

Two years ago, Dr. Stanley G. Rockson (Stanford University Endowed Chair in Lymphatic Medicine) drafted an article for the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) to highlight the issues faced by the lymphatic disease community.

The article, "Lymphatic Medicine: Paradoxically and Unnecessarily

Dear Dr. Collins,

My son is 45. A father, husband, and an important part of the art and humanities world in Chicago.

He developed lymphedema possibly from a fall that infected his leg about ten years ago. He carried on his healthy life until 2 years ago when one leg began to swell and then

Dear Dr. Collins:

This is my story of so-called lymphatic disease. It reads the same as many but I am hoping that my letter will add to the impact of a system that has failed so many, including me. 

After being seen in the ER 11 years ago for chest pain. I was told I probably had an

Call for Papers: Lymphatic Pathophysiology

The journal Microcirculation will publish a Special Topics Issue on “Lymphatic Pathophysiology,” featuring the emerging role of lymphatics in the progression in disease states. This Special Issue represents a collaborative interest between the

Centers of Excellence Lymphatic Summit 2021: The Continuum from Evolving Research to State-of-the-Art Lymphatic Management will be presented online in its entirety on November 12 & 13, 2021. CME credits are available. For more information or to register, click here.

The LGDA/LMI International Conference on Complex Lymphatic Anomalies will be held October 2-3, 2021. This virtual two-day event will bring together patients and their families, clinicians, and researchers from around the world to advance patient-driven solutions for complex lymphatic

NIH video below. Presentation by LE&RN President & CEO William Repicci begins at about the 16:00 mark. Transcript is provided beneath the video.

NIH-OSTP listening session on Advanced Research Project Agency—Health (ARPA-H) with focus on allergies and

Dear Dr. Madara and Dr. Collins:

I first encountered the disease of lower-limb lymphedema in my father, who complained of “this damn leg” as it swelled to twice its normal size from prostate cancer treatments. He was a professor of surgery at Yale. He died of his cancer before I was

Dear Dr. Collins, 

Thank you for taking the time to read my LE story.

In 1997, my dermatologist found a suspicious mole on the back of my left calf. The mole was surgically removed and the pathology report came back as “inconclusive” for
melanoma.

Subsequently, I was scheduled for surgery