Lipedema in Focus: From Symptoms to Standard of Care
Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
in partnership with the Lipedema Foundation
Registration
Seats are limited. Register now.
Event Details
Date: Friday, August 28, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Lunch included)
Location: Texas A&M Innovation Plaza, Discovery Tower — 1020 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
Program
Keynote Session: Adipose tissue dysfunction and lipedema
Philipp E. Scherer, PhD; UT Southwester
Session: Lipedema 101 — Professional & patient perspectives: recognition, diagnosis, treatment & referral
Courtney Mascio, OT/L, CLT & Kasi Grosvenor; Lipedema Foundation
Session: Lipedema and pain
Joseph Rutkowski, PhD; Texas A&M
Session: Lymphatic transport deficiency in lipedema
John C. Rasmussen, PhD; UTHealth Houston
Contact sgalia@lipedema.org for Registration Support
Accreditation
Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
CME Contact
Office of Professional Development
3950 North A.W. Grimes Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78665
Phone: 512.341.4939
Email: cme@tamu.edu
Disclosures
Phillipp Scherer, PhD, faculty for this educational activity has disclosed that he serves as a scientific advisory board member for Genetech and Novo Nordisk.
John Rasmussen, PhD, faculty for this educational activity has disclosed that he has received research funding for clinical studies related to lymphedema and venous disease.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated None of the planners and remaining speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.