Kim To, currently a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Dr. Brandon Dixon, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Kim to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a bit about her

The LE&RN-GRC Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards in Lymphatic Research are given in the name of Wendy Chaite, Founder and Dr. Stanley G. Rockson, Founding Chair of LE&RN’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Council, and presented every two years at the Gordon Research Conference, Lymphatics. Read More >

Giacomo Rossitto, currently a Ph.D. student at the British-Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Glasgow, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Christian Delles. Giacomo received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked him to share

A guest blog post by Leslyn Keith, OTD, CLT-LANA and Catherine Seo, Ph.D. This is a 7-minute read.

Lipedema, a little known and often misdiagnosed fat disorder, has been traditionally thought to be resistant to diet and exercise. Rigorous efforts by many with lipedema proved futile until

By Dr. Stanley Rockson, LE&RN Scientific & Medical Advisory Council Founding Chair

This is a 10-minute read.

When I entered the medical field about 45 years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that the lymphatics are a kind of sewer system that takes all of the unpleasant stuff from the body and

A guest blog by Bridget Forster. Bridget was born with primary lymphedema in her arms and hands, and did not have a proper diagnosis until the age of 12. She is thankful that she has been able to keep it under control so she could continue her love for tennis and play around the world since

Hyun Min Jung, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Division of Developmental Biology at the National Institutes of Health, under the supervision of Dr. Brant Weinstein, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Hyun Min to share his thoughts

Dong Li, Ph.D., currently a Research Scientist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, under the supervision of Dr. Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2019 Lymphatics Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Dr. Li to share his thoughts on that experience

A guest blog by Dr. Douglas H. Joyce, DO, FACOS, FACPh (pictured above). This is an 8-minute read.

At the Joyce Vein & Aesthetic Institute (JVAI) in southern Florida, we see patients who travel long distances to receive care for venous leg ulcers, chronic venous insufficiency, and other

Free online Symposium. Just visit our Livestream page on Wednesday, October 16, at 1pm EDT, 12noon CDT, 11am MDT, 10am PDT.

Dr. Edward I. Chang is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer