2027 Keynote Speakers
Lamiaa Laurène Daif
Executive Coach
Lamiaa Laurène Daif is a former Apple executive, private equity investor and award-winning keynote speaker who helps leaders and organizations reinvent before disruption forces them to. She spent a decade at Ardian, Europe’s largest private investment firms, before joining Apple, where she led worldwide sales strategy and business planning for Mac and iPad. Her keynotes and executive education programs focus on strategic reinvention, innovation and human centered leadership. She has trained more than 10,000 leaders across industries and spoken to audiences ranging from executive teams to conferences of more than 2,000 people.
Lamiaa is the creator of the Inside-Out Model®, a guest lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford d.school, and a TEDx speaker. She serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of Resonate Workshops, which advances the leadership and economic empowerment of women and girls in East Africa. She was named Women in Tech Speaker of the Year in 2024 and one of Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence in 2025.
Joseph Dayan, MD
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Joseph Dayan, MD, is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a focus on lymphedema surgery, breast reconstruction and facial reanimation. In 2024, he established The Institute for Lymphatic Surgery and Innovation within the Institute for Advanced Reconstruction. Dr. Dayan obtained his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, followed by a plastic surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital. He completed a fellowship in advanced microsurgical reconstruction at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. With a strong interest in medical innovation, Dr. Dayan also completed an executive MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining The Institute, Dr. Dayan spent 10 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he established lymphatic surgery and facial nerve programs and augmented microsurgical breast reconstruction. He is excited to join our network to continue to build these programs across the region.
Dr. Dayan is internationally recognized for his contributions to lymphedema surgery, breast reconstruction, and facial reanimation. He has pioneered new techniques with a focus on elevating the standard of care through innovation and research. His surgical contributions include the DUG flap (thigh-based breast reconstruction), neurotized DIEP flaps, and dual nerve transfers for facial paralysis. Dr. Dayan also specializes in lymphovenous bypass, vascularized lymph node transplant, and immediate lymphatic reconstruction. In addition to reconstruction, Dr. Dayan performs a variety of cosmetic procedures for the face, breast, and body.
Dr. Dayan is a recipient of the Godina Traveling Fellowship, recognizing his contributions to the field of microsurgery. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, numerous book chapters, and recently edited the textbook “Multimodal Management of Upper and Lower Extremity Lymphedema.” Dr. Dayan is founding president of the American Society for Lymphatic Surgery and board member of the Lymphatic Education and Research Network to advocate for patients with lymphedema.
Dr. Dayan has been recognized as Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctor in 2024, Top Doctor in the New York Metro Area in 2023, and national and regional Top Doctor in New York Magazine from 2016 to 2020.
2027 Speakers
George Abdelmalek, MSc PT, CLT-LANA
Senior Physical Therapist
George Abdelmalek, MSc PT, CLT-LANA, is a Senior Physical Therapist with more than 19 years of clinical experience across the U.S., Egypt and the Middle East/Africa region. George specializes in complete decongestive therapy (CDT), oncology rehabilitation and complex lymphedema case management. He combines direct patient care with program leadership, clinical education and national-level policy contribution through the National Lymphedema Network. George also is a dedicated Klose Training instructor for the Middle East and Africa, the first for these regions.
Carmen Anderson, MS, CCC, SLP
Reimbursement & Market Access Consultant
Carmen is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with a blend of clinical expertise, reimbursement knowledge, and durable medical equipment (DME) industry insight. Her hands-on clinical experience provides her with an understanding of the challenges patients face and the intricacies of delivering effective care. Carmen has engaged with medical device and insurance companies nationwide to provide education, facilitate product coverage, effect positive changes in medical policies, and collaborate to secure new contracts.
Over the past two years, Carmen has partnered with the U.S. Medical Compression Alliance (USMCA) to support the implementation of the Lymphedema Treatment Act. This effort involved advocating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and their contractors to promote coding, coverage, and reimbursement for lymphedema compression products.
Carmen’s unique perspective and passion for bridging the gap between health care providers, payers, patients, and the industry continues to drive her towards obtaining quality interactions and outcomes for all stakeholders.
Karen Bauer, DNP, CNP-FNP, CWS
Wound Certified and Vascular Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Karen Bauer, DNP, CNP-FNP, CWS, is a Wound Certified and Vascular Surgery Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Toledo, an M.S. from The Ohio State University and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from The University of Toledo. She has been practicing as a wound practitioner for over 18 years and in vascular surgery for over 8 years. She currently practices at George Washington University Hospital. Karen has extensive leadership experience, most recently at Emory University in the Division of Vascular Surgery as the Limb Preservation Coordinator. For over 13 years she served as the Director of Wound and Vascular Services and Lead APP at the University of Toledo Medical Center in the Division of Vascular Surgery and concurrently as the Program Director at a rural wound center in Wauseon, Ohio.
She is a recent past-president of the Society for Vascular Nursing and a long-time Board Member and Fellow of the AAWC, where she was also the Education Steering Committee co-chair ofr many years. She is inaugural APP faculty of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Leadership Development Program and the Chair-Elect of the American Venous Forum Associate Member Committee. She is a Board Member of the Save a Leg Save a Life Foundation and the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders. Karen participates on the American Heart Association’s Peripheral Artery Disease National Action Plan Steering Committee and is an editorial reviewer for many scientific journals. She serves on numerous national committees and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. She is also a published writer. In her free time, she loves to hang out with her daughter and family, follow her dog around, eat, and exercise!
Janet Benedict, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA
Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinical Oncology Lead, Endeavor Health’s Edward-Elmhurst Hospital
Janet Benedict, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, is a physical therapist with more than 32 years of clinical experience and a recognized leader in oncology rehabilitation and lymphedema management. She serves as the Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinical Oncology Lead for Endeavor Health’s Edward-Elmhurst Hospital and is the owner of Certified Lymphatics, a private practice specializing in lymphedema treatment, manual lymphatic drainage, and individualized physical therapy services.
Janet earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Rosalind Franklin University and holds certification through the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA). Throughout her career, she has been instrumental in developing innovative oncology rehabilitation and prospective surveillance programs designed to improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer survivors.
As an educator and speaker, Janet has developed and presented continuing education courses for rehabilitation and medical professionals. She serves as a guest lecturer at Rosalind Franklin University and has presented topics including lymphedema, cancer rehabilitation, survivorship and evidence-based oncology care within her community. Her work has earned numerous honors, including the Elmhurst Hospital Caregiver of the Year Award and the Planetree Academic Scholar Award.
Cheryl Brunelle, PT, PhD
Associate Director, Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema Research Program, Mass General
Cheryl Brunelle is a PhD level clinician‑researcher. She is the associate director of the Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema Research Program, a physical therapy clinical specialist and certified lymphedema therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Her clinical work focuses on cancer‑related rehabilitation, with expertise in prospective surveillance and early intervention for lymphedema and lipedema. She is spearheading, together with collaborators across Mass General Brigham, the development of a comprehensive lymphatic diseases program.
A strong advocate for lymphedema screening as standard of care, Cheryl has been integral to a prospective program that has evaluated more than 9,100 women since 2005. Since joining the Lymphedema Research Program in 2014, she has published 55 peer‑reviewed papers and led national and international policy updates on lymphedema risk reduction. She is a member of LE&RN’s Global Oversight Committee and the NLN Board of Directors.
Cheryl’s current research interests include breast edema after breast‑conserving surgery, advances in lymphatic measurement and imaging and lipedema.
Carolyn De La Cruz, MD
Chief of Plastic Surgery and Director, Comprehensive Lymphedema Center, UPMC Shadyside
Dr. Carolyn De La Cruz is full-time faculty dedicated to the care of the breast reconstruction patient. She has had extensive post-graduate training spanning 10 years in research, general surgery and plastic surgery in Robert Wood Johnson and University of Miami. After completing her microsurgery fellowship at MD Anderson she joined the Pittsburgh team to bring microsurgical options to breast reconstruction patients. She performs all types of breast reconstruction including free flaps, implant based reconstruction and fat grafting for women who have had mastectomies.
For over a decade the microsurgical program has thrived at Magee-Womens Hospital under her direction. Dr. De La Cruz’s mission is to give each patient specialized and individualized care. Dr. De La Cruz is active in training plastic surgery residents and has won teaching awards for her dedication. As Director of the Lymphatic Biology Lab, she is active in basic science and clinical research has published numerous papers.
In order to provide complete surgical care to the breast cancer patient, Dr. De La Cruz also treats breast cancer-related lymphedema. She has studied across the country and abroad to learn new techniques to improve the quality of life for these patients. She performs debulking procedures, lymphatic venous bypasses and lymph node transfers.
As a passionate advocate for breast cancer reconstruction, she is active in the community promoting awareness. Each year she organizes a Breast Reconstruction Awareness event: BRA day, bringing together the community. Local artists are commissioned to create works of art that tell stories of breast reconstruction. This event has been widely successful and has increased awareness across the city. It is one of the highlights of Breast Cancer Awareness month each October in Pittsburgh.
Gabriele Erbacher, M.Sc.
Lead Psychologist, Földi Clinic
Gabriele is the lead psychologist at the Földi Clinic – European Center of Lymphology in Germany, where she has worked since 2013. Her clinical focus includes the psychological assessment and treatment of patients with lipalgia syndrome (lipedema), lymphedema and obesity.
She is an internationally-recognized speaker on lipalgia syndrome, obesity and obesity-related lymphedema and has presented at major lymphology and phlebology conferences worldwide. Together with Dr. Tobias Bertsch, she co-authored the article series “Lipedema – Myths and Facts.”
Gabriele is a founding member and President of the International Lipoedema Association (ILA) and served on the steering group for the German S2k Guideline on Lipedema, published in 2024.
John Jordi, PTA, CLT-LANA, CI, ASTYM
Physical Therapist Assistant
John received training as a Physical Therapist Assistant from St. Catherine University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1993. In 2007, he earned a B.S. in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee.
John has been a therapist for 27 years. For nearly 22 years he has specialized in the treatment of lymphedema. Currently, he is the Clinical Manager for Juzo USA. He also continues to work to work directly with patients and physicians in a vascular clinic, specializing in compression and difficult custom garment fittings. His background includes management as clinic director of a lymphedema program at benchmark physical therapy. Additionally he has experience in treatment of strokes, brain injuries, wound care and orthopedics.
John is also an adjunct instructor for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he teaches the lymphedema portion of the doctorate physical therapy program. He is a senior instructor for Academy of Lymphatic Studies (ACOLS) and has been with them since 2008.
John has been published 4 times and provides the clinical expertise for the research publications with Vanderbilt University and Western Carolina University. These articles have appeared in Radiology, Journal of Lymphoedema, and Lymphatic Research and Biology. John also consults with other universities and businesses in continued research related to lymphedema. John also offers no-charge seminars to therapists in his area on topics such as: difficult garment fittings, billing issues and wrapping techniques for therapists.
While John managed the Siskin Hospital lymphedema program, the facility was noted in two journals: MD News, for its inpatient and outpatient program, and Rehab Management Journal, for providing one of only two inpatient programs for Stage 3 lymphedema patients which he initiated. He also managed a free fitting clinic twice a month to any lymphedema patients who had need, he initiated a patient endowment fund at Siskin Hospital to assist patients with the cost of compression garments and he organized a support group for those with lymphedema.
John has had the opportunity to speak about lymphedema and compression at various national conferences such as: Juzo Power, Klose Training, National Lymphedema Network and American Vein and Lymphatic Society.
Guenter Klose, MLD/CDT Certified Instructor, CLT-LANA
Founder of Klose Training & Consulting, LLC
Guenter Klose received his initial Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) training in 1984 at the Foeldi Clinic in Hinterzarten, Germany. Specializing in the treatment of Lymphedema, he became certified in 1987 as an instructor for MLD/CDT by the German Massage Therapy and Physical Therapy Association and continued working as instructor at the Foeldi Schools in Freiburg and Munich, Germany.
In 1990, Guenter came to the United States to assist Dr. Robert Lerner in establishing the first CDT treatment center for lymphedema patients located in New York City. Guenter’s work was instrumental in establishing the field of lymphedema therapy and training in the U.S. He assisted in opening numerous lymphedema treatment centers on the East Coast.
In 2003, Guenter established his own lymphedema training and consulting company, an organization dedicated to providing the highest quality lymphedema therapy training available. Guenter has facilitated the training of hundreds of lymphedema therapists from across the country and abroad.
Guenter has lectured extensively in the United States, Europe, and South America. His activities include presentations at the National Lymphedema Network Conferences, lecturing at physicians’ meetings in a large number of hospitals, as well as numerous lymphedema support groups across the country. He is the Program Director of the biannual Klose Training & Consulting Lymphedema Conference. Here in the U.S., Guenter actively treats lymphedema patients and teaches classes for MLD/CDT several times a year.
Guenter was a founding member of the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) and served on the LANA Board of Directors from 1999-2004.
Joy Macheel, PT, DPT
Associate Faculty Member, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Joy Macheel serves as an associate faculty member in the Program in Physical Therapy at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN, where she instructs on integumentary conditions and documentation. She holds certifications as a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Oncology Physical Therapy, a Certified Wound Specialist, and a Certified Lymphedema Therapist.
Based at Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato in the outpatient setting, Joy’s clinical focus includes lymphedema/chronic edema, oncology, wound care, and pelvic floor physical therapy. She leads the clinic’s oncology rehabilitation team and collaborates closely with the local cancer center, specializing in a comprehensive range of oncology rehabilitation services, prospective surveillance programs for breast cancer, and pre- and post-operative assessments for breast and head & neck cancer diagnoses. Joy has presented at national conferences and has research interests in health professions education.
Joy earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Mayo School of Health Sciences in 2011 and is pursuing a PhD in Medical and Health Professions Education at Eastern Virginia Medical School. In March 2014, she became a Certified Lymphedema Therapist through Klose Training and also attended Klose Training’s Lymphedema Advanced & Review class at the Foeldi Clinic in Hinterzarten, Germany in 2016.
Courtney Mascio, OT/L, CLT
Professional Education Manager, Lipedema Foundation
Courtney Mascio is the Professional Education Manager for the Lipedema Foundation. After receiving her B.S. in Exercise Science from Appalachian State University in 2010, she went on to receive her M.S. in Occupational Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in 2014. Shortly after graduating from OT school, Courtney completed the required course to become a Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Since then, she has been passionate about serving the Lipedema community through advancing advocacy and creating better awareness surrounding the disease.
Brandy McKeown, OTR/L, CLT-LANA
CEO, International Lymphedema and Wound Training Institute
Brandy McKeown is an occupational therapist with more than 24 years of specialized experience in lymphedema management. She is the founder and owner of The Lymphedema Center, an outpatient clinic in South Georgia dedicated to advanced lymphedema therapy and wound healing. In addition to her clinical practice, Brandy serves as CEO of the International Lymphedema and Wound Training Institute, where she leads education and training initiatives for clinicians worldwide.
Widely recognized as a national expert in lymphedema care, Brandy holds leadership and board positions across several professional organizations. Her expertise extends beyond patient care to business development—she actively consults with occupational and physical therapists, as well as vein and wound care clinics, helping them launch and grow successful, profitable lymphedema programs.
Lauren Meffen, CCC/SLP, CLT
Owner, Head & Neck Rehab, LLC
Lauren Meffen is a speech language pathologist and certified lymphedema therapist with a passion for working with voice and swallow disorders. She has remained local to Gainesville after receiving her schooling with Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Florida. Lauren has worked in a variety of settings including hospital, skilled nursing, home health and has now found her heart belongs in the outpatient setting. Here she can provide a high level of individualized and quality care for each patient and family.
Over the years, she has developed a love and specialization in working with the oncology population. She has advanced training in management of lymphedema of the head and neck, trismus therapy, muscle tension dysphonia, and myofascial release techniques. She strongly champions a comprehensive approach toward treating the whole patient, with the involvement of a skilled, multi-disciplinary team.
Noel Neil
Chief Compliance Officer, ACU-Serve
Noel joined the ACU-Serve team in 2021. He has over 16 years’ experience in the DME industry working in Intake, Billing and Compliance Departments. He brings to the team years of experience in audit defense. He represents multiple suppliers in practically all types of Medicare audits from initial request all the way to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and in some cases the Depart of Appeals Board (DAB). In his current role, Noel is responsible for implementing and monitoring of the company’s corporate compliance program. He also oversees our Internal Audit Department.
Noel serves on the Medicare Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Groups for Jurisdictions A, C and D, the MYCGS Advisory Group and the Medicare Jurisdictions B and D Councils. He speaks at Medtrade and various state associations on topic related to Medicare reimbursement and audit and appeal strategies.
Noel received a Juris Masters (JM) Law Degree, from Florida State University College of Law, with concentration in Health Care Regulation. Noel is also a Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC), Certified Durable Medical Equipment Specialist (CDME) and a subject matter expert (SME) for the 2021 – 2022 revision of the CDME exam.
Noel enjoys interacting with suppliers and breaking down seemingly complex policies in simpler terms most suppliers can relate to.
Sheila Hedden Ridner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Ridner is a native of Fordsville, Kentucky. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Kentucky in 1978. She has a Master of Science in Health Services Administration from the College of St. Francis and an MSN and PhD from Vanderbilt University. In the first semester of her PhD program, she submitted a lymphedema grant to the National Institutes of Health. It was immediately funded and she had continuous lymphedema research funding throughout her entire career.
Dr. Ridner is internationally known for her pioneering work in lymphedema and has received numerous local, national, and international awards for her research. Dr. Ridner has participated in community service activities for organizations such as ONS, NLN and LE&RN for many years.
Dr. Ridner is now a Professor Emerita at Vanderbilt University. She lives on her family farm in Kentucky with her husband of almost 50 years, a few chickens and cats, two corgis, two livestock guardian dogs and a herd of sheep.
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM
Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine
Kathryn (Katie) Schmitz is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is an exercise interventionist who has led multiple trials, including a large randomized controlled trial, the Physical Activity and Lymphedema Trial (PAL), to assess the safety of upper body exercise among 295 breast cancer survivors with and without lymphedema. In Spring 2011, her research group began work to translate the PAL intervention to become more broadly disseminable through oncology clinics and physical therapists (R21-CA152451). Katie’s research extends from the role of physical activity in the prevention and etiology of obesity related cancers, to the usefulness of activity for rehabilitation and health promotion in cancer survivors of all cancers. Her meta-analyses on the topic of exercise interventions in cancer patients and survivors, published in 2005 and 2010, provide a starting point for clinicians to understand the effects of exercise among cancer survivors.
Katie has published more than 160 peer reviewed scientific papers (scopus h-index of 39) and has had continuous NIH funding for her research since 2001, including three R01s, two R21s and a TREC Center (Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer). She has also received research support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
Katie’s long-term professional goal is to see that all oncologists, fitness trainers, and cancer patients will eventually be as cognizant of the usefulness of exercise for cancer control as they are in its role in controlling heart disease.
Eva Sevick-Muraca, PhD
Professor & Director, IMM-Center for Molecular Imaging
Eva M. Sevick-Muraca, PhD, is Professor and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Disease Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center’s Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) where she currently directs the Center for Molecular Imaging. At the IMM she leads the National Cancer Institute Center for Translational Research which focuses upon the development and validation of new imaging instrumentation, algorithms, and imaging agents and their clinical translation. She has pioneered the development of near-infrared fluorescence optical imaging and tomography for molecular imaging and currently has two clinical trials underway at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Memorial Hermann Hospital that employ the technology for novel diagnostic imaging of lymphatic function. Her team is active in preclinical, small animal imaging with nuclear and optical techniques and is pioneering diagnostic imaging for nodal staging in cancer.
Dr. Sevick received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University with Rakesh Jain, her post-doctoral training in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania with Britton Chance, and has served on the faculties at Vanderbilt, Purdue, Texas A&M as well as Baylor College of Medicine. She is past recipient of the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, the National Institutes of Health Research Career Award, and the American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award and has served as an appointed member of the Biomedical Imaging Study section, associate editor of the IEEE Transactions of Medical Imaging, and officer of the Society of Molecular Imaging.
Joshua Trock, DPT, CLT-LANA
Doctor of Physical Therapy and Lymphedema
Joshua Trock is the Doctor of Physical Therapy and Lymphedema Specialist at San Antonio’s leading vein treatment center, Medical Vein Clinic. He has more than a decade of experience caring for patients suffering from various forms of lymphatic disease. He is passionate about creating novel and adaptive plans of care that positively impact the socioeconomic, emotional, and relational outcomes for lymphedema and lipedema patients and their caregivers.
After receiving his doctorate in Physical Therapy from UT Health San Antonio in 2011, he went on to complete his CLT with Klose Lymphedema Training that same year. Joshua developed the first and only in-home lymphedema treatment program in South Texas. During his work with a locally owned home health company, he grew the program, training a large team of treating therapists to care for hundreds of patients throughout multiple counties. Through this volume and assortment of cases, he developed and optimized the best practices for the diversity of venous-lymphatic disorders along with associated wound care.
Joshua is accredited with the Lymphedema Association of North America (LANA), certified as an Edema Wound Specialist through Norton Lymphedema Training, certified as an Exercise Expert for Aging Adults through the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, and certified through APCA for diagnostic ultrasound physics.
Sarah Whitehead, MN, APRN, MSCP
Clinical Director, Lumina Vascular Health & Laser Clinic
Sarah Whitehead, MN, APRN, MSCP, is the founder and clinical director of Lumina Vascular Health & Laser Clinic in Seattle, where she cares for women with Lipedema, Lymphedema, Venous Disease, and Menopause. Before opening Lumina, she directed the Leg Edema Program at the University of Washington Medical Center, managing referrals for leg edema, vascular malformations, and lower extremity vascular disease across vascular surgery, interventional radiology, and plastic surgery.
She serves as a Biobank Site Investigator for the Lipedema Foundation and is a co-author of the Lipedema Common Case Report Form.
Jodi Winicour, PT, CMT, CLT-LANA
Course Instructor, Physical Therapist, Klose Training and Consulting
Jodi Winicour graduated from Indiana University’s Physical Therapy program in 1993 and received her massage therapy certification in 1997 from Michigan’s Health Enrichment Center. Initially practicing general orthopedic physical therapy at Community Hospital East’s Outpatient Physical Therapy Department in Indianapolis, Indiana, she began specializing in the treatment of cancer patients in 1998 and lectured for the Physical Therapy Department of Indiana University.
Jodi was certified as an MLD/CDT Therapist by Klose Norton Training & Consulting in 1998. She received her CLT-LANA Certification in October, 2001.
In 2000, Jodi joined Cedars Sinai Medical Center where she worked to develop and expand the oncology and lymphedema program in Los Angeles for seven years. Since 2007, she has treated patients with lymphedema, cancer-related dysfunction, and orthopedic issues at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colorado.
In addition to her work as a full-time clinician, Jodi has served as a class instructor for Klose Training & Consulting’s Lymphedema Therapy Certification course since 2000. She is also the author and instructor for one of Klose Training’s most successful continuing education courses, “Breast Cancer Rehabilitation.”
Jodi has taught and presented at courses and conferences across the United States and in Europe on the topics of lymphedema and breast cancer rehabilitation.
