Most in our community understand that locating a practitioner who is knowledgeable about lipedema is nearly an impossibility. This resource has been compiled over the years from input from lipedema patients in numerous support groups and is updated as I come across mention of physicians or surgeons not on the list.
I need your help!
The Physicians & Surgeons listing and the Therapists listing on this site are resources which require input from the community in order to stay up to date. Please review the lists below to ensure that your physicians and/or surgeons are represented, and if not, please contact me so I can add them.
This listing is meant to provide a first step in locating a practitioner – for diagnosis, treatment, or surgery – but is not a recommendation for any particular practitioner. It is recommended to contact any practitioner you are considering to ensure that they are still in practice and can help you with lipedema.
My goal is for this site to be a hub for our community, and there are so many ways to get involved. Please feel free to contact me with anything you’d like to add to the site. Thank you so much for your contribution! Sharing our collective knowledge greatly benefits our community.
A Prayer for Our Practitioners
How to Search for a Specialist
There are several methods to use to look for a practitioner who is knowledgeable about lipedema. Those specialties which usually are good places to look are: cardiologists, vascular/vein doctors, dermatologists and lymphedema clinics.
The American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine offers a physician search locator for Certified Vein Specialists.
The Ehlers-Danlos Society offers the Ehlers Danlos Healthcare Professionals Directory for physicians and therapists.
The Lipedema Foundation also offers tips on finding a lipedema specialist.
How to Find a Good Doctor
Practitioner Listing
by Country, State & City
Please review this listing to ensure that your practitioners are represented, and if not, please contact me so I can add them. Thank you so much for your contribution of information to the site. Sharing our collective knowledge greatly benefits our community.
*Surgeons
Argentina
Andres Freschi* – Buenos Aires
Australia
Chris Lekich* – Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melborne, Sydney
Naveen Somia* – Bella Vista, Bondi Junction
Austria
Andrea Osserger* – Linz
Matthias Sandhofer* – Linz
Klaus Schrogendorfer* – Vienna
Brazil
Alexandre Amato – Sao Paulo
Fabio Kamamoto* – Sao Paulo
Canada
Erin Brown* – Vancouver, British Columbia NO LONGER ACCEPTING PATIENTS
Marc Dupere* – Toronto, Ontario
Amjad Junaid – Hamilton, Ontario
Czech Republic
Jiri Solc* – Plzen
Egypt
Ahmed Ali Taha* – Zayed City
Germany
Axel Baumgartner* – Lubeck
Franz Bien* – Cologne
Christian Belay – Munich, Munster
Mario Brandenstein – Dusseldorf
Kurt Braunbeck* – Mainz
Michael Bromba* – Heidbergweg
Kay-Hendrik Busch* – Bonn
Cenk Cetegen* – Kassel
Agnieszka Czarnecka – Halle (Saale)
Erhan Demir* – Cologne
Oliver Doebler* – Berlin
Cecilia Duma* – Darmstadt
Yvonne Frambach* – Lubeck
Ana Domingos-Hadamitzki – Hildesheim
Bernhard Fichtl – Regensburg
Mojtaba Ghods* – Potsdam
Brigitte Habermalz* – Ruhr
Falk-Christian Heck* – Ruhr
Bernard Hofman – Bremen
Manuel Hrabowski* – Mannheim
Jafar Jorjani* – Bonn
Birgit Jungehulsing – Berlin
Kai Klasmeyer* – Cologne
Karl Klein* – Burbach
Tobias Kurz* – Hamburg
Frank Labschies* – Berlin
Peter Leuthner – Munich, Munster
Katrin Lossagk – Munich, Munster
Thorsten Matthes* – Hamburg
Ilka Meier-Vollrath* – Lubeck
Sebastian Michel – Munich, Munster
Boris Mueller* – Darmstadt
Daniel Mueller* – Grunwald
Klaus Mueller* – Hamburg
Michael Offermann* – Bochum, Essen, Mulheim
Hans-Ulrich Puschel* – Ingolstadt
Ingo Roder – Munich, Munster
Christian Roessing* – Berlin
Barbara Rotter-Auell – Darmstadt RETIRING
Henning Ryssel* – Mannheim
Gerhard Sattler* – Darmstadt
Michael Sauter – Munich, Munster
Anette Schafer-Gornisch – Kaiserslautern
Franz Schingale* – Pommelsbrunn
Johannes Schmitt – Stuttgart
Dietmar Scholz – Wiesbaden
Apostolos Siafliakis – Munich, Munster
Boris Sommer* – Frankfurt
Johanna Steiner* – Berlin
Alexander Stoff* – Cologne
Christian Stanger* – Darmstadt
Albert Streminski – Koln
Josef Stutz* – Wald
Andrea Tolle – Monheim am Rhein
Dominik von Lukowicz* – Munich, Munster
Beate Withoft – Neutraubling
Bertram Wittrin – Kiel
Annette Zeller – Kaufbeuren
Andreas Ziegler – Henstedt-Ulzburg
Ireland
Max Mahendran – Cork
Italy
Agostino Bruno* – Rome
Frank Labschies* – Rome
Nicola Vaia* – Rome
Mexico
Claudio Lopez Giacoman* – Guadalupe, Zacatecas
Alfonso Vargas Martinez* – Tijuana
Netherlands
Hajo Bruining* – Amsterdam
Alwam Damen – Tilburg
Loek Habbema* – Bussum
Don Ottens* – Amsterdam, Hengelo
Leon Plusje* – Beverwijk
Poland
Magdalena Nowicka* – Bialystok
Spain
Belen Alanso* – Madrid
Burgos de la Obra* – Madrid
Jorge Balaguer Cambra* – Valencia, Xativa
Miguel Chamosa* – Madrid
Christian Heck* – Madrid
Nicolas Mosquera* – Madrid
Ana Ortigos – Gijon, Principado de Asturias
Gemma Pons* – Barcelona
Jose Luis Simarro – Madrid
Ana Torres* – Barcelona
Stefan Welss* – Madrid
Christian Weigand* – Madrid
Sweden
Hakan Brorson* – Uppsala
Mattias Elmer* – Stockholm
Angelica Hagelberg* – Stockholm
Magnus Kjelsberg* – Stockholm
Anders Liss* – Uppsala
Aili Low* – Uppsala
Switzerland
Andrea Braun – Baar
Turkey
Yener Demirtas – Istanbul
Ali Riza Oreroglu – Istanbul
United Kingdom
Anne Dancey* – Birmingham
Amar Ghattaura* – Cardiff
Kristiana Gordon* – London
Puneet Gupta – London
Vasu Karri – Willerby NOT IN PRACTICE
The London Clinic – London
Peter Mortimer – London
Alex Munnoch* – Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Dennis Wolf* – London
*Surgeons
United States
Alabama
George Hipp (205) 342-2552 – Tuscaloosa
Duane Randleman – Auburn, Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery
Alaska
Armen Roupenian – Anchorage
Arizona
Fanny Bangoura – Tucson
Eric Berens – Tucson
Joshua Berkowitz – Mesa
Nicole Cascella – Mesa
Swarna Chaliki – Phoenix
Jennifer Clark – Tucson
Kyle Cronin – Scottsdale
Kelli Favata – Chandler RELOCATING TO INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE IN AUGUST 2022
Clay Forsberg* – Scottsdale UNVERIFIED
David Galbreath – Chandler
Karen Garby – Tempe, Scottsdale
Clifford Gazda – Phoenix
Karen Herbst – Tucson
Kathleen Iveson – Tucson
David Kelly* – Scottsdale UNVERIFIED
Ethan Larson* – Tucson
Koushik Nag – Avondale, Buckeye, Quartzsite
Adam Nally – Surprise
Kenneth Osorio – Mesa
Remus Repta* – Scottsdale
Peter Wu* – Phoenix
Arkansas
Nosheen Mian – Sherwood
California
David Amron* – Beverly Hills
Philip Brazio* – Los Angeles
Jennifer Curtin – Mountain View
Laila Elkeeb* – Newport Beach
Jason Emer* – Hollywood
Jack Friedlander* – Roseville
Jay Granzow* – Torrance NO BMI LIMIT FOR SURGERY
Karen Herbst – Beverly Hills
Emily Iker – Santa Monica
David Kahn* – Palo Alto
Timothy Katzen* – Beverly Hills
Gerald Khachi* – Sacramento
Gregory Lukaszewicz – South San Francisco
Minh-Bao Mundschenk* – Sacramento
Dung Nguyen* – Palo Alto
Ketan Patel* – Los Angeles
David Rosenberg* – Beverly Hills
Stanley Rockson – Palo Alto
Jaime Schwartz* – Beverly Hills
Michael Schwartz* – Pasadena
Colorado
Julie Jones – Denver
Adam Palazzari – Lafayette
Pankaj Timsina – Denver, Lafayette
Connecticut
Aylah Clark – Avon
Delaware
Nadiv Shapira* – Wilmington
Florida
Omar Beidas* – Orlando BMI MUST BE <50 FOR SURGERY
Carmel Celestin – Weston
Margarita Correa – Clermont, Kissimmee, Orlando
Sam Gershenbaum* – Miami
Meegan Gruber* – Sarasota UNVERIFIED
Samuel Martin – Vascular Vein Centers – Orlando
Mireda Martínez – Orlando
Adam Perlman – Jacksonville
Scott Tapper – Stuart
Thomas Su* – Tampa STAGES 1 AND 2 ONLY
Georgia
Marcia Byrd* – Roswell
Angela Cheng* – Atlanta
James Combs – Fayetteville, Newnan
Thomas Hagopian* – Atlanta
Arnold Smalls – LaGrange
Vein Specialists of the South – Locust Grove, Macon, Warner Robins
Hawaii
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Idaho
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Illinois
Joseph Feldman – Evanston
Rebecca Garza* – Chicago
Rachel Gustafson – Kewanee, Sheffield
Karol Gutowski* – Glenview
Summer Hanson* – Chicago
Daniel Krochmal* – Chicago, Hillsdale NO BMI LIMIT FOR SURGERY
Andrea Martin* – Glenview
Helen Xenos – Chicago
Indiana
Roy Arnold – Evansville
Bernard Salameh* – Newburgh BMI MUST BE <35 FOR SURGERY
Iowa
Afzal Erik Abdullah – Bettendorf
Kathy Devine – Coralville
John Stoddard Cancer Center – Des Moines
Kansas
Dale Denning – Lawrence RETIRED
Kentucky
David Lipski* – Louisville
Carl Paige – Louisville
Lauren Podkowirow – Lexington
Bernard Salameh* – Bowling Green BMI MUST BE <35 FOR SURGERY
Louisiana
London Guidry – Baton Rouge
Brandie Henry – Baton Rouge
Raoul Manalac – Baton Rouge
Maine
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Maryland
Oluseyi Aliu* – Baltimore
Center for Vascular Medicine – Annapolis, Columbia, Easton, Glen Burnie, Greenbelt, Prince Frederick, Silver Spring, Waldorf
Damon Cooney* – Baltimore NO LONGER SEES LIPEDEMA PATIENTS
Alan Kimmel – Towson
Sanjiv Lakhanpal – Greenbelt
Paul Lucas – Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston Lymphatic Center – Boston
Brett Carroll – Boston
Antonia Chen – Boston, Chestnut Hill, Westwood
Arin Greene – Boston
Elliot Lach* – Boston
Gregory Piazza – Boston
Sumner Slavin* – Chestnut Hill
Takara Stanley – Boston
Michigan
Syed Alam – Battle Creek
David Amalfitano – Traverse City
Michael Bischoff – Novi
Center for Vascular Medicine – Allen Park, Caledonia, Dearborn
Celia Egan – Grand Rapids
Manuel Garcia – East Lansing, Grand Ledge
Glen Hastings* (269) 983-3368 – St. Joseph
Brian Heeringa – Cadillac, Traverse City
Suzanne Jones – Ann Arbor
Nicole Kennedy – Auburn Hills
Jennifer Kolenko – Grand Rapids
Theodore Kung* – Ann Arbor LIMITED AREAS
Sarah Pope – Frankenmuth
Justin Riutta – Royal Oak, Taylor, Troy
Thomas Wakefield – Ann Arbor
Minnesota
Haraldur Bjarnason – Rochester
Laxmana Godishala – Edina
Thom Rooke – Rochester
Erin Swift – Minneapolis
Helen Thomas – Minneapolis
Andrea Westby – Minneapolis
Mississippi
Duane Randleman – Ridgeland
Rishi Roy – Jackson
Missouri
Tapas Ghose – Liberty
Mahrukh Khan – St. Louis
Justin Sacks* – Creve Coeur, St. Louis
Robin West – Blue Springs
Thomas Wright* – O’Fallon WEIGHT LIMIT 350# FOR SURGERY
Montana
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Nebraska
Coleen Stice* – Omaha
Nevada
Timothy Katzen* – Las Vegas
Eddy Luh – Las Vegas
Erez Dayan* – Reno
New Hampshire
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
New Jersey
The Center for Lymphedema Surgery LE&RN Center of Excellence – Brick, Bridgewater, East Brunswick, Edison, Egg Harbor Township, Flemington, Florham Park, Freehold, Hackensack, Jackson, Jersey City, Linwood, Manahawkin, Montclair, Paramus, Pennington, Shrewsbury, Union, Voorhees, Washington Township
Center for Vascular Medicine – Bayonne, Jersey City, New Brunswick
Victoria Falcone* – Lambertville, Maple Shade
Kathleen Francis – Livingston
Ghada Haddad – Voorhees
Lipedema Centers – West Caldwell
New York Surgical Associates* – Roseland
Lisa Schneider* – Montclair, Red Bank
Boris Volshteyn* – Edison, West Long Branch
New Mexico
Kristina Sanchez – Albuquerque
New York
Kerem Bortecen* New York
The Center for Lymphedema Surgery LE&RN Center of Excellence – New York, Suffern
Joseph Dayan* – New York
David Gruener* – New York
Cluny Lefevre – New York
Lipedema Centers – Hampton Bays, New York, Pearl River, Roslyn
Ryan Neinstein* – New York
New York Surgical Associates* – New York
NYU Langone Vascular Surgery Associates* – Mineola
Ulysses Scarpidis* – New York
Lisa Schneider* – New York, Plainview, Water Mill
Mark Smith – Great Neck NO LONGER ACCEPTING PATIENTS
Jennifer Svahn – New York
Peter Taub* – New York
North Carolina
Daniel Geersen – Raleigh
Carmella Gismondi-Eagan – Mooresville
Michael Girouard – Charlotte, Clemmons, Huntersville, Raleigh, Statesville
Lindy McHutchison – Durham, Pinehurst
Nicholas Pennnings – Buies Creek
Cynthia Shortell – Durham, Raleigh
Suman Wasan – Raleigh
Eric Westman – Durham
Samuel Yancy Jr – Durham
North Dakota
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Ohio
John Bartholomew – Cleveland RETIRING
Wei Chen* – Cleveland BMI MUST BE AT OR <32 FOR SURGERY
Steven Dean – Dublin
Roman Skoracki* – Columbus
Oklahoma
Utku Can Dolen* – Tulsa
Davin Haraway – Tulsa
Ryan Morgan – Oklahoma City
Totality – Oklahoma City
Oregon
Shiliang Chang* – Portland
Julie Gilbert – Salem
Reid Mueller* – Portland
Allison Nauta* – Portland
Alejandro Perez – Newberg, Portland, Tigard
Jonathan Purnell – Beaverton, Portland TELEMEDICINE APPOINTMENTS ALSO
Christy Sunny – Roseburg
Pennsylvania
The Center for Lymphedema Surgery LE&RN Center of Excellence – East Norriton, Philadelphia, Phoenixville, Whitehall
Victoria Falcone* – Bala Cynwyd
Peter Prociuk – West Chester
Atilla Soran – Cranberry Township, Pittsburgh
Jasmine Zheng – Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Jonathan Brower* – Providence
South Carolina
Lisa Darby – Greenville
Arian Moshref – Greenville
Faheem Nusrat – North Augusta
Saundra Spruiell – Greenville
Marcus Stanbro – Greenville
Mark White – Simpsonville
South Dakota
Leonard Gutnik – Sioux Falls
Sanjay Mukerji* – Aberdeen
Tennessee
Aaron Aday – Nashville
Don Griffin* – Nashville
Alexandra Moran – Nashville
Paula Stewart – Chattanooga
Texas
David Azouz* – Dallas
Matt Bindewald* – San Antonio
Jeffrey DeCaprio* – Texarkana
Peter Fisher – San Antonio RETIRED
Chadi Dib – Plano
Caroline Fife – The Woodlands
Hamilton Vascular – Clear Lake, Katy, Round Rock, Stone Oak, Sugar Land
Clint Hayes – Sherman
Gale Hobson – Tyler
Ana Lorenzo – Frisco
Erik Maus – Houston RETIRING
Andrea McKnight – Garland
Mark McQuaid – Frisco, Southlake
John Moon – Plano
Adbul Moosa – Houston, Webster
Alexander Nguyen* – Dallas
Taras Ploskanych – Temple
Maham Rahimi – Houston
Leopoldo Cobos Salinas – Laredo NO LONGER TAKING NEW LIPEDEMA PATIENTS?
John Share – Houston
Andrew Skiendzielewski – Frisco, Southlake
Mahalia Smith – Houston
Chelsea Snider* – Frisco, Southlake
Lonnie Whiddon – Dallas
Wiseman Family Practice – Cedar Park, Central Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Ft Worth, Houston, River Place, San Angelo, San Antonio, Waco, Westlake, Wimberley
Utah
William Esplin – St. George
Steve Ruiz – American Fork
Tyson Schwab – Provo
Fatma Tuncer – Salt Lake City
Vermont
Claudia Welch – Calais
Virginia
Center for Vascular Medicine – Fairfax, Virginia Beach
David Dexter – Virginia Beach
Augustine Dolcich – Reston
Howard Heppe* – Fredericksburg
Natalie Klawonn – Roanoke
Washington
Teresa Andersen – Poulsbo
Apurva Badheka – Everett
Jennifer Benson – Mount Vernon
Matthew Davies – Seattle
Ellen Derrick – Seattle
Cara Ellis – Vancouver
Sarah Goldsberry-Long* – Seattle
Daniel Hagerty* – Spokane Valley
Suzanne Inchauste* – Seattle BMI MUST BE <30 FOR SURGERY
Kelsey Klausmeyer – Seattle
Nina Maisterra – Seattle
Peter Neligan* – Seattle RETIRING
Chelsea Newman – Cle Elum
Savitha Subramanian – Seattle
Sarah Whitehead – Seattle
Jason Wright* – Liberty Lake, Pasco
Washington DC
Andre Michalak
West Virginia
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
Wisconsin
Ahmed Afifi* – Madison
Eric Boehmer – Manitowoc, Port Washington
Laxmana Godishala – Edina
Glenn Huth – Appleton
Paul Stevens – Appleton
Alyssa Trawitzki – Green Bay
Wyoming
Do you know of a practitioner? Please contact me so I can add them to this list.
*Surgeons