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Lymphland International Lymphedema Online
| There are many types of doctors patients find who help treat their lymphedema. The ideal doctor to treat patients is a lymphologist. However, there are not many of them to satisfy the increasing need for patients. Our list of doctors is compromised of: lymphologists, podiatrists, oncologists, surgeons, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, neurologists, infection control or infectious disease doctors, phlebologists, pain management doctors, urologists, gynecologists, and lasty come general practice doctors who are knowledgeable. United States ------------------------- ALABAMA Dr. Paula Stewart Dr. Stewart is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who specializes in lymphedema treatment. *Hospital has staff of 7 therapists trained and certified in the treatment of lymphedema.* Healthsouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 205-868-2098 205-868-2290 ************************* Jodie Benton, MD Obstetrics/Gynecology OB/GYN Associats of Alabama 7191 Cahaba Valley Road, Suite 206 Hoover, AL 35242 205-271-1600 *************************** Gregory C. Batson, MD Internal Medicine Birmingham Internal Medicine Assoc PC 7191 Cahaba Valley Road Suite 300 Hoover, AL 35242 205-930-2060 ************************** Christy Heath, MD Obstetrics/Gynecology Birmingham OB/GYN PC 7191 Cahaba Valley Road, Suite 206 Hoover, AL 35242 205-933-8334 **************************** Kennety G. Varley, MD Pain Management Southern Pain Specialists PC 7191 Cahaba Valley Road, Suite 204 Hoover, AL 35242 205-995-9967 ------------------------------------ ALASKA Erik Maurer, MD 3200 Providence Drive Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK 99508 ------------------------- ARIZONA Marlys H. Witte, MD http://www.surgery.arizona.edu/faculty/Witte-M.htm Director, Medical Student Research Program Professor of Surgery Arizona Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Rm. 4406 PO Box 245063 Tucson, AZ 85724-5063 Office Phone: (520) 626-6118 Clinic Phone: (520) 694-6144 Email: lymph@u.arizona.edu Clinical Specialties Internal Medicine Lymphedema Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine, 1967 Research Genetics of lymph vascular disease; Medical Student Research; vascular biology, including endothelial growth and proliferation; splanchnic hemodynamics and microvascular gas exchange; animal models of lymphatic disorders; lymph dynamics and its pathophysiology ------------------------- ARKANSAS Michael J. Cross, MD, FACS 1792 E. Joyce Blvd., Suite 1 Fayetteville, AR 72703 479-582-1000 ---------------------------------------- CALIFORNIA Dr. Jonathan Levin 165 Rowland Avenue Novato, Ca. 94945 (415) 898-6190 Emily Iker D'Harnoncourt M.D. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. 470W Santa Monica, CA. 90404 310 829 7472 .......... Stanley G. Rockson MD Associate Professor of Medicine Chief of Consultative Cardiology Director, Stanford Program for Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Therapies Director, Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders Falk Cardiovascular Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California 94305 Telephone 650-725-7571 FAX 650-725-1599 -------------------------------- COLORADO Douglas Kemme, MD, Thomas Lininger, MD, Michael Stone, MD, and Samuel Shelanski, MD 2 locations: 1800 15 Street Greeley, CO 80631 970-378-4170 or 2050 N. Boise Ave Loveland, CO 80538 970-667-7870 --------------------------------- CONNECTICUT Stephan J. Dempsey, MD 20 Isham Road West Hartford, CT 06107 860-761-1083 ------------------------- FLORIDA Margarita Correa MD FAAPMR Physical Medicine Institute 2020 Oakley Seaver Dr, Suite 1 Clermont, FL 34711 Phone (352) 404-6959 Fax (352) 404-6960 E-mail physmedi@physmedi.com http://www.physmedi.com Specialty: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Lymphologist treating adults and pediatric patients. She has been practicing for 26 years, former Professor of University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and former Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Phase I and II; practicing Lymphedema field since 2002 to present, in my former private practice (Centro Fisiatrico Americo Mirada Inc) in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and currently in private practice in Clermont FL. I relocated to Florida in 2008, willing to help patients with Lymphedema, there's a great need! Dr. Robert Hoover 661 E. Altamonte Drive (next to Florida Hospital - Altamonte), Suite # 210 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 Park in section 4 407-339-7759 ****** Dr. Michael Haight Children's Lymphedema Wolfson Children's Hospital 800 Prudential Drive Jacksonville, FL 32207 (904) 202-8000 ***** Rickie P. Sander, M.D. Medical Director Pathologist ~ General Practitioner Jacksonville Lymphedema Clinic 3599 University Blvd S., Suite 503 Jacksonville, FL 32216 Telephone: (904) 398-2829 Fax: (904) 398-2905 ******** Dr. Albert G. Hakaim, MD and Dr. Warner A. Oldenburg, MD 4205 Belfort, Road, #1100 Jacksonville, FL 33216 904-953-0853 ***** Walter A. Conlan III, MD, CWS Medical Director Corporate Wound Management 100 W. Gore Street, Suite 606 Orlando, Florida 32806 407-839-1226 Fax: 407-839-1167. He also can be reached at: Lucerne 407-839-1226 100 West Gore Street, Suite 600 Orlando, FL 32806, or: South Seminole Hospital 451 W. Warren Avenue, Suite 200 Longwood, FL 32750 407-767-5843 ********* John Macdonald, MD, FACS Wound Healing-Lymphedema Dept. of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery University of Miami - School of Medicine PO Box 016250 (R-250) Miami, FL 33101 305-325-5808 ------------------------- GEORGIA Dr. Elliott Raizes Gwinnett Infectious Diseases, P.C. 600 Professional Drive, Suite 370 Lawrenceville. GA. 30045 770 - 995 - 0466 offices also in Athens, Georgia (N.E. Atlanta area) ------------------------- HAWAII Laura Peterson MD Kapiolani Women's Center 1907 S. Bertainia 5th Floor Honolulu HI 96826 ------------------ IDAHO The Vein Institute of Idaho Dr. Melody Dwyer, DO 203 West fort Street Boise, Idaho 83702 866-381-8396 Dr. Dwyer is Board Certified in Phebology and attended medical school at Midwestern University followed by residency in Illinois and Ohio. She has been treating venous disorders since 1989 and founded the Vein Institue of Idaho in Jan 1995. She is amember of the American College of Phlebology since 1996 and is a member of both the surgery and the ultrasonography specialty sections. ____________________ ILLINOIS ------------------------- Advocate General Lutheran Hospital Doctors: James, R. Dolan, Randy Rich, Jon Richards, Sasikala Paidi, Chadi Nabhan, Timothy Lestingi, Larry Milner, Bassam Matar, Pamela Kaiser, Leonard Klein, Bruce R. Kaden, Arthur Hooberman, Prashant Joshi, Sigrun Hallmeyer, David Hakimian, Angel Galvez, Walter Fried, John Eklund, Jacob Bitran, Lisa Baddi, and Susan G. Brown 1775 Dempster Street Park Ridge, ILL 60068 847-723-22110 Advocate Hospital has a prevention program that emphasizes education and awareness and the highest possible certifications in lymphedema care. They encourage post-mastectomy patients and others at risk to come to seminars to learn causes, risk factors, skin care, exer4cises and activities. ----------------------------------- INDIANA Dr. Roger Klauer Memorial Hospital Lymphedema Clinic in South Bend Indiana their therapist is Jane Philips, RN, MS, OCN 574-647-1068 --------------------------- IOWA Dr. Renald Bernard 3600 West Lincoln Way Ames, IA 50010 1-866-537-1552 ------------------------- KANSAS Dr. Daniel P Connelly 7420 Witzer Shawnee MIssion, KS 66203 913-262-9201 --------------------- KENTUCKY Dr. Deborah G. Kelly Associate Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Room 204M Wethington Building 900 South Limestone Street Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0200 859-323-1100, Ext 80599 ---------------- MASSACHUSETTS Nicholas P Tsapatsaris, M.D. Is Hospital Affiliation - Lahey - Arlington Hospital Road ARLINGTON, MA 02474 Phone:(781) 641-0100 ******* Kathleen Hogan,MD, FCC St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Womens Health Povilian 736 Cambridge St. Boston, MA 02135 617-562-7014 Director of Women's Health, Director of the Lymphedema Center since 1997. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. She also has completed a fellowship in Vascular Medicine. ***** Nicholas P Tsapatsaris, M.D. Vascular Medicine Lahey Clinic 41 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01805 Phone: (781) 744-8471 ****** Eugene Green MD Internist and Cardiologist - PCP Hospital affiliation - Winchester Hospital 175 WASHINGTON STREET WINCHESTER, MA 018902168 Phone: (781) 729-5650 Richard Weiner MD Vascular and General Surgery 955 Main St WINCHESTER, MA 018904305 Phone: (781) 729-2020 Hospital affiliation - Winchester Hospital WINCHESTER, MA 018904305 *********** Kathleen Hogan, MD, FCC St. Elizabeth's Medical Center 736 Cambridge Street Boston, MA 02135 617-562-7014 *************** Dr. Nicholas P. Tsapatsaris, MD IS 41 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01805 781-744-8471 ------------------------- MICHIGAN Michigan Lymphedema Clinic Serive Road Suite A115 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-355-7648 **************** Dr. James Stanley Marion and David Handleman Research Professor of Bascular Surgery 5463 Cardiovascular Center Ann Arbor, MI 48109 SPC 5867 ^^^^ Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Clinic Floor 3, Reception B 1500 E Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor MI 48109-5352 -------------------- MINNESOTA Gail L. Gamble, M.D. Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 200 First St. S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 Appointment Office (507) 284-2111 General Number (507) 284-2511 **************** Vascular Wound/Wound Healing Clinic Doctors: Manju Kalra, MBBS, Danny Vo, Peter Gloviczki, Joseph RIcotta, Audra Duncan, Gustavo Oderich, and Thomas Bower Gonda 4 South, Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 507-266-6644 ******************* Andrea L. Cheville Mayo Clinic 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 (507) 284-2747 ------------------------- MISSOURI Teresa A. Olsen, M.D. Internal Medicine St. John's Clinic Smith-Glyn_Callaway 3231 South National Springfield, MO 65807 Phone 417-888-5658 ---------------------- MONTANA Dr. Brdley Aylor Bozeman Sport and Spine 925 Highland Blvd, Suite 1130 Bozeman, MT 59715 406-522-9067 ------------------------- NEVADA Daniel M. Kirgan, MD, FACS Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology University of Nevada - School of Medicine 1707 W. Charleston Blvd. Suite 160 Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 671-5150 ------- Dr. Richard Hodnett, MD Lymphatic Center of Las Vegas 6332 S Rainbow Blvd #120 Las Vegas, NV 89118 (702) 507-9911 www.lymphaticcenter.com or email: relief@lymphaticcenter.com ------------------------- NEW JERSEY Kathleen Francis, MD, Medical Director Lymphedema Physician Services St. Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center 200 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 Tel 973-322-7366 973-322-7500 Fax: 973-322-7450 ----------------------- Dr. Marianne Sturr, D.O. (Physiatrist) 1999 New Road Suite B Linwood, NJ 08221 (609) 601-6363 Dr. Steven Lemberger, DPM 505 Stillwells Corner Road, Bldg. C Freehold, NJ 07728 (732) 863-7010 ------------------------- NEW YORK Dr. Stephen Sipperly 5 New Karner Road Suite6 Guilderland, NY 12084 phone: (518) 869-8007 Fax: (518) 869-8742 **** Michael Stubblefield, MD, Rehabilitation Service/MSKCC Appointments for New Patients: (212) 639-7833 Phone (212) 639-7835 Christian Custodio, MD, Rehabilitation Service/MSKCC Appointments for New Patients: (212) 639-7834 Phone (212) 639-3348 ********** MEMORIAL SLOAN- KETTERING CANCER CENTER 1275 YORK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10021 (212) 639-2000 ---------------------- NORTH CAROLINA Vish Raj, M.D. Director of Cancer Rehabilitation Carolinas Rehabilitation 1100 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 355-4300 ------------------------- OHIO Dr. Michael Wells, D.O. St. Thomas Hospital Lymphedema Clinic - third Floor 444 North Main street Akron, Ohio 44319 330 - 379 - 5200 Ask for: Cheryl - Lymphedema Patient Coordinator ------------------------- PENNSYLVANIA Dr. John J. Flanagan, M.D., Associated Surgeons, P.C. 1330 Powell Street, Suite 100 Norristown, Pa. 19401 Phone 610-279-3300 Fax 610-279-6208 ** office is right across the street from Montgomery Hospital ****** Dr. Rebecca Smith, Director of Lymphedema Program Dr. Matthew Schwartz Hospital of the University of Pennsyilvania Department of Rehabilitation Medicine 5 West Gates Building Philadelphia, PA 19104 OR Dr. Rebecca Smith Director Cancer Rehabilitation Program The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania 421 Curie Blvd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6160 Telephone 215-746-5515 / 215 - 662 - 3259 We are located at 34th and Spruce Streets, which is near the South Street exit of I-76, also known as the Schuylkill Expressway 1-800-789-PENN 215 - 662 - 3259 ------------------------- SOUTH DAKOTA Dr. Timothy Hurley Sanford Clinic Adult Medicine 1201 S Euclid Avenue Suite 510 Sioux Falls, SD 57105 PHONE NUMBER: 605-328-7500 Dr. Hurley's practice has a strong emphasis in phlebology (vein disease, treating varicose veins and evaluating limb pain and swelling). He has extensive training and experience in the following modalities of treating vein disease: sclerotherapy and intravenous catheter ablation procedures including VNUS and laser. Dr. Hurley is registered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in which he is a registered physician in Vascular Interpretation. He has hospital and clinic vascular lab interpretation priviliges and has training and experience in interpreting non-invasive vascular ultrasound studies. TEXAS Wade Farrow, MD, CWS, FCCWS Medical Director, Texas Wound & Lymphedema Center 3201 University Drive, Suite 175 Bryan, TX 77802 Ph: 979-776-4325 F: 979-776-2005 Dr. Caroline Fife, MD Dr. Leticia Smith, MD Memorial Hermann Center for Lymphedema Management University of Texas Health Center 6411 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77030 713- 704-5900 ******* Ronald G. Scott, MD Healthtronix Lymphedema Management 850 E. Arapaho Road, Suite 210 Richardson, Texas 75081 (972) 231-6511 Fax (972) 437-5513 Toll Free 1-800-349-9490 ******* ================================== Argentina Jose Luis Ciucci MD PhD House of the Flebólogo Maure 1838 - P.B. "1" Federal Capital ================================ Canada Province of Ontario Dr. Roman Huhlewyck 3030 Lawrence Rd. East Suite 502, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Phone Number: (416) 439-1504 Province of Quebec For secondary lymphedema: Dr. Anna Towers lymphedema clinic, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital site, 1650 Cedar Ave, E17.173, Montreal H3G 1A4, telephone 514-934-8412, fax 514-934-8415 ================================ France Hôpital Cognacq-Jay Site Broussais 96, rue Didot 75014 PARIS Dr Stéphane Vignes Tel : (33) (0) 1 56 56 42 60 ================================ United Kingdom Dr. Peter Mortimer Professor of Dermatological Medicine Primary Lymphoedema St. Georges Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace London SW17 ORE Tel: 020 8672 9944 Dr. Peter Mortimer Secondary Lymphoedema Cancer Related The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Fulham Road London SW3 6JJ Switchboard phone no: 44 (0)20 7352 8171 **St Anne's Hospice, Bolton, UK and Leicestershire Hospice, Leicester UK both have been recommended by Lymphland Members, no further information is available but if you live the UK might be worth checking out. |