January 2025 eCommunication

Lymphedema and Chronic Edema Management

Winter Course Offering: February 17 - March 28, 2025

This series of educational modules presents an in-depth, expert-facilitated overview of key topics in lymphedema and chronic edema management across practice settings from pediatrics to elder care.

This professional learning course offers a high-quality educational experience for healthcare professionals working in Canada and abroad.

This course offers:

35 education hours certificate
Learn with leading experts
Self-paced learning, 4 modules over 6 weeks
Flexibility for busy professionals
Course Fee: $350 CAD no tax

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Winter Course Now:

By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

Understand the complex issues associated with lymphedema management, such as differential diagnoses, quality of life, and challenges to maintaining stable volumes.

Understand the current status of investigation and treatment, as well as the upcoming steps in surgical interventions and research progress.

Are you ready to make a difference?

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Call For Abstracts:

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Scientific Committee of the 12th International Lymphoedema Framework Conference invites abstract submissions for presentation at their 2025 Conference to be held October 23 - 25, 2025 in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

Important dates and deadlines:

Deadline for submission: Monday, February 10, 2025

Notification of acceptance: Week of March 17, 2025

The ILF provides a supportive conference environment for graduate students, lymphedema clinicians, and researchers. We encourage both new and experienced presenters to submit an abstract that showcases work being done in lymphedema research or clinical practice. Submissions are not limited to research-based abstracts. If you have a special interest in a relevant topic or have a special case study, we encourage you to submit and share your work with your colleagues.

To learn more about suggested topics, guidelines, and submission details visit www.ILF2025.com

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In memoriam: Dianne Kipnes,

visionary leader and philanthropist

The University of Alberta community is mourning the loss of visionary leader and philanthropist Dianne Kipnes, who passed away on Dec. 26, 2024, at the age of 81.

Dianne’s passion for medical research was driven in part by her own experience as a cervical cancer patient. Five years after undergoing surgery and treatment in 2004, she developed severe lymphedema in her legs. The condition leads to debilitating swelling and pain, and affects more than a million Canadians.

Dianne and her husband Irving established the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Chair in Lymphatic Disorders — the first position of its kind in Canada.

Dianne was truly a pillar of the U of A community, and her memory lives on through the many lives she has and touched and will continue to touch through her generosity and vision.

“I’ve never met anybody else like her.”

-- Spencer Gibson,

PhD

CLF Board Director,

Inaugural Chair, Dianne and Irving Kipnes Chair in Lymphatic Disorders

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