As a member of the American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable, the Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance (LGDA) is pleased to invite you to participate in the Patient-and-Family Forum, Saturday, May 18, 2013, during the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Pennsylvania. For the second time lymphangiomatosis and Gorham’s disease will be featured
» Read moreRecently the Lymphangiomatosis and Gorham’s Disease Alliance (LGDA) accepted an invitation from Karla Hall, Executive Director of NOVA, to attend the bi-annual conference of the National Organization of Vascular Anomalies at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The gathering of patients and clinicians affected by a number of vascular/lymphatic disorders was a full day of presentations by specialists in treating and studying disorders
» Read moreThe Lymphangiomatosis and Gorham’s Disease Alliance (LGDA), and our research partner, the Lymphatic Malformation Institute (LMI), were among co-sponsors of the Rare Bone Disease Research Summit held recently at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. Gathered at the summit were some one hundred bone scientists, clinical researchers, oncologists, surgeons, patient support organizations, and representatives from the National Institutes
» Read moreEach year at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, the Public Advisory Roundtable hosts a day-long Patient-Family Forum where patients with chronic lung diseases and their families can share experiences with pulmonary doctors and one another, learn about how to manage their symptoms, and the latest in research and treatment for a variety of diseases. At the 2012
» Read moreAs a member of the American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable, the LGDA is pleased to invite you to participate in the Patient-and-Family Forum, Saturday, May 19, 2012, during the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, CA. For the first time lymphangiomatosis and Gorham’s disease will be featured at the Forum. During
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Led by the outstanding efforts of two members of the Medical Advisory Council of the LGDA—Denise M. Adams, MD, Medical Director, Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Steven J. Fishman, MD, Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center, Children’s Hospital Boston—the first Consensus Meeting on Lymphatic Anomalies was held at Children’s Hospital Boston on February 4, 2011. Patients
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