Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

Join LE&RN for this free online Symposium presented by Philip J. Budge, M.D., Ph.D. Register at this link.

Dr. Budge is an infectious diseases physician and researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. His primary research interest is the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and

Join New York Chapter Member Tina Himaya for a reprise of her popular show What About Us? Living With Lymphedema. This will be broadcast on Zoom (and simultaneously on LE&RN's Facebook page) on Friday, August 21, at 7:00pm.

What About Us? Living with Lymphedema brings you Tina's story, from

The Centers of Excellence 2020 Summit, State-of-the-Art Lymphatic Medicine, will be entirely online, October 2-3, 2020, and will highlight presentations from each of LE&RN's newly designated Comprehensive and Network Centers of Excellence.

The Summit is hosted by Stanford University School

Join LE&RN for this free training webinar on Tuesday, August 11, at 2pm.

We'll go over LE&RN's Action Week agenda and discuss how you can make a big impact and improve the lives of those living with LE and LD.

To get started, just sign up here.

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Join forces with other LE&RN activists as we organize to call and email our representatives to change the lives of those living with LE and LD. From August 17 through August 21, we'll convince Congress to support two key goals:

• Establish a National Lymphatic Commission: Our relentless

Join LE&RN on Monday, August 3, at 11am EDT (10am CDT, 9am MDT, 8am PDT) for Current Concepts in Lymphedema Reconstruction, a free Zoom Symposium with Dr. Wei F. Chen.

Dr. Chen is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Cleveland Clinic. He serves as the head of regional microsurgery and

Join LE&RN on July 22, 2020, at 11 am, for this free online presentation delivered by Stanley Rockson, MD, FACP, FACC about lymphatic research and the LE&RN International Patient Registry.

This Zoom call is free and open to all. Just register here in advance or at the time of the event.

Join LE&RN on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at 11 am EDT (10 am CDT, 9 am MDT, 8 am PDT) for this online interview with CLTs Stephanie Kiley and Vicki Ralph. They will share initial reactions, new protocols, telehealth experiences, and patient success stories amid COVID-19.

Bob Hartel (Lohmann &

Patients with Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly (GLA) or Gorham-Stout Disease (GSD) develop ectopic lymphatics in bone and gradually lose bone. The process by which lymphatics invade bone is poorly understood.

On Thursday, June 18, at 12 noon ET (11am CT, 10am MT, 9am PT), Dr. Michael T.

Learn more about this new treatment protocol for lymphedema management. To attend, just visit this url at the event time: https://livestream.com/lymphaticrf/smith.

Robyn “Redd” Smith, M.Ed., COTA/L, CLWT, CLT is an Occupational Therapy practitioner, a Certified Lymphedema and Wound Therapist