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Lymphedema - Lipedema
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Lipedema in Practice

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US EDT
Location: Grand Ballroom B
CE: 1.5

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    Program Chair(s)

  • Karen Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers)

    Medical and Research Director
    Total Lipedema Care
    Tucson, AZ, United States

    Disclosure(s): Lymphapress: Independent Contractor

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • Ad Hendrickx, Pt, BHS (he/him/his)

    Physical therapist and researcher
    Center of Expertise for Lymphovascular Medicine
    Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands

    Disclosure(s):

    The forementioned Program Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has declared for this educational activity, having no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. or AVLS has reviewed / mitigated there are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Paula Donahue, PT, DPT, MBA, CLT-LANA

    Associate Professor
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville, TN, United States

    Disclosure(s): Fat Disorders Resource Society: Non-remunerative positions of influence (such as officer, board member, trustee or public spokesperson); LymphaTouch: Other Research Support; Tactile Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board

This session will highlight the latest updates in lipedema including diagnosis, imaging and therapeutic management.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the latest insights of setting the lipoedema diagnosis.
  • Recognize the importance of the inclusion of all domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
  • Learn and understand the conservative treatment options, both medication as well as hands-on and hands-off therapeutical interventions.
  • Learn and understand the operative treatment options for lipoedema.

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US EDT
    Lipedema in Practice

    Program Chair: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care

    Co-Chair: Ad Hendrickx, Pt, BHS (he/him/his) – Center of Expertise for Lymphovascular Medicine

    Co-Chair: Paula Donahue, PT, DPT, MBA, CLT-LANA – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 2:31 PM – 2:32 PM US EDT
    Welcome

    Moderator: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care

  • 2:32 PM – 2:40 PM US EDT
    Presentation of Diagnosis of Lipedema Syndrome

    Faculty: Robert J. Damstra, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Expert center for lymph-vascular medicine (ECL) Nij Smellinghe hospital

  • 2:40 PM – 2:46 PM US EDT
    US Diagnosis of Lipedema

    Faculty: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care

  • 2:46 PM – 3:01 PM US EDT
    Lipedema Treatment Pillars Discussion: Results of the Scoping Review Based on the ICF Framework

    Faculty: Lise Maren Kloosterman, MSc – Hanze University of Applied Sciences

  • 3:01 PM – 3:06 PM US EDT
    Anti Fibrotic Techniques for Lipedema Treatment

    Faculty: Karen Ashforth, MS, OTR, CLT-LANA (she/her/hers) – St Joseph's Medical Center/University of the Pacific

  • 3:06 PM – 3:11 PM US EDT
    Out-of-the-box Techniques of Therapy

    Faculty: Linda A. Kahn, NCBTMB CLT-LANA CMT – Lymphatic Therapy Services

  • 3:11 PM – 3:16 PM US EDT
    Manual Techniques for Pain Modification

    Faculty: Paula Donahue, PT, DPT, MBA, CLT-LANA – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 3:16 PM – 3:21 PM US EDT
    Developing a Clinical Program for Patients with Lipedema

    Faculty: Ad Hendrickx, Pt, BHS (he/him/his) – Center of Expertise for Lymphovascular Medicine

  • 3:21 PM – 3:26 PM US EDT
    Obesity Surgery and Lipedema

    Faculty: Nicholas Pennings, DO (he/him/his) – Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

  • 3:26 PM – 3:31 PM US EDT
    Liposuction for Lipedema / Right Time and Right Patient / Monitoring Inflammation

    Faculty: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care

  • 3:31 PM – 3:36 PM US EDT
    Medications for Lipedema Treatment: GLP and GIP Receptor Agonists for Lipedema

    Faculty: Nicholas Pennings, DO (he/him/his) – Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

  • 3:36 PM – 3:41 PM US EDT
    Mast Cell Activation Disease

    Faculty: Matteo Bertelli, DO

  • 3:41 PM – 3:46 PM US EDT
    Sympathomimetic Amine

    Faculty: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care

  • 3:46 PM – 4:00 PM US EDT
    Questions and Answers

    Moderator: Ad Hendrickx, Pt, BHS (he/him/his) – Center of Expertise for Lymphovascular Medicine

    Moderator: Karen L. Herbst, PhD MD (she/her/hers) – Total Lipedema Care