The Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance (LGDA) has been invited as the newest guest organization of the Trans-NIH Lymphatic Coordinating Committee (TNLCC). Dr. Michael Kelly, the Chief Medical Officer will represent the LGDA and our patient community in meetings with this important research committee. In 2002, the Trans-NIH Lymphatic Coordinating ...
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Over the last weekend of July 2018, the LGDA hosted its second International Patient and Family Conference in Dallas, Texas. Since its founding in 2007, the LGDA has had as a primary goal to bring together patients and their families, clinicians, and researchers to share experiences and knowledge that will ...
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The Board of Directors of the Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham's Disease Alliance (LGDA) is quite pleased to announce that Judith Margolin, MD, is the 2017-2018 recipient of its special biennial Founder's Award. Dr. Margolin is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist in Houston, on staff at Texas Children's Hospital.  She received her medical degree ...
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On February 24, 2018, Texas Children's Hospital hosted an event at The Health Museum in Houston, raising awareness for rare diseases in observance of the upcoming Rare Disease Day. The LGDA was one of 35 rare disease advocacy organizations represented at the event. Medical Director of the Vascular Anomaly Center ...
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You read that correctly. Our Non-Event is guaranteed to please everyone everywhere because you’re doing whatever you want, which may or may not include absolutely nothing. We’re not holding an event. We’re not booking a hall, picking a menu, hiring entertainment, scheduling activities, twisting arms to get volunteers, hoping for ...
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On May 26, 2017, the Van der Velden family hosted their first #LGDAwarenessDay at their home in Dordrecht, the Netherlands; fifteen-year-old Ella van der Velden has lymphangiomatosis. To raise awareness for this disease and Gorham-Stout disease (GSD), the family invited people by social media, email and the local newspaper to ...
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