On March 20-22, 2025 during the FDRS 2025 conference, the Lipedema Foundation will be offering the opportunity to contribute to ongoing efforts to discover the causes, progression, and potential treatments for Lipedema. Click to learn more and sign up.
(From ssylexpo.com): Dedicated to embracing the fullness of life at EVERY size, you’re invited to come experience, true southern hospitality on a weekend filled with empowering activities, creative workshops, hourly fashion shows, and facilitated discussions designed to inspire and uplift. Discover a supportive community, explore new possibilities for accessible travel, visit our exclusive lymphedema/lipedema warriors wing, shop with local & national retailers, enjoy some great food, with new friends and embark on a journey towards a happier and more fulfilling life. Whether you identify as fat, fluffy, big-boned,juicy, heavy set, husky, or any description in between, this expo is for YOU!
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FDRS 2024 Annual Conference is April 19-21, 2024. Hear from have an exciting lineup of speakers who are experts in their respective fields. This event is hosted by FDRS.
Topics to include surgical and non-surgical treatment options in managing lipedema, Dercum's disease, and Madelung's disease.
On April 18 & 19, Before the FDRS 2024 conference, LF will be partnering with LymphaTech to collect 3-D digital measurements of participants with Lipedema, with the goal of gathering data that will contribute to a better understanding of the disease and its progression. Participants will also receive a copy of their measurements.
In addition, a professional photographer will be present to help LF capture more photos for our SmugMug Photo Library.
The annual LASNA Lymphedema Conference is Saturday, March 9, 2024. LASNA has a lineup of top-notch speakers who are experts in their respective fields. Topic tracts for this year’s conference are Head & Neck Cancer and Lipedema.
We are very excited that Lipedema is on the agenda, featured in three sessions!
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***SAVE THE DATE*** The Fat Disorders Resource Society (FDRS) will hold its annual conference in Atlanta on April 14-16, 2023. This event is hosted by FDRS. For more information, please visit the FDRS website at www.fatdisorders.org.
Lipedema Foundation’s FDRS 2022 page: lipedema.org/fdrs-2022
Lipedema Foundation Conference Materials:
Presentation: A Growing Field - Recent Advances and Future Directions in Lipedema Research
Presentation: Learning By Listening - Patient Voices in Research
Lipedema Foundation Registry First Look - Preliminary Review Copy.
Share feedback here: info@lipedema.org
FDRS is entirely in charge of this event. Please visit their website: fatdisorders.org
***SAVE THE DATE*** FDRS 2019 is heading back to the East Coast April 12-14, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland! Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks! See their website at www.fatdisorders.org .
Real, live research will be done on real, live patients and controls, April 10 - April 12. Please join us! Sign up for our maillist to be kept informed of research plans. Last year both the Univerisity of Arizona and Vanderbilt University were on site under their own IRBs, with additional stakeholders under their umbrellas. For 2019, 4 institutions have already expressed interest in participating! It’s fun.
This events precedes the FDRS 2019 conference.
Email us at info@lipedema.org with your preferred 4-hour timeslot:
afternoon 4/10, morning 4/11, afternoon 4/11, evening 4/11, or morning 4/12
