Curriculum* (2015)
9:00am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 1:00pm
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Treatment for Head & Neck Lymphedema
(Part I)
Lunch break (provided)
Treatment for Head & Neck Lymphedema
(Part II)
Brad Smith, SLP
Brad Smith, SLP
Tuesday, June 23rd
12:00pm – 1:15pm
1:15pm – 5:00pm
Lunch break (provided)
Treatment for Head & Neck Lymphedema
(Part III)
Brad Smith, SLP
Wednesday, June 24th
12:00pm – 1:00pm
1:00pm – 4:30pm
(Part IV)
Lunch break (provided)
Obesity, Obesity Associated Lymphedema
and Lipedema
Tobias Bertsch, MD
Thursday, June 25th at Foeldi College (Freiburg)
9:30am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 1:00pm
1:00pm – End
Lymph Node Removal in Gynecological
Oncology
Lunch break (provided)
Patient Case Studies – Problem Solving
Session for Difficult to Treat Patients
Martha Foeldi, MD
Prof. Etelka Foeldi,
Guenter & Elli
Friday, June 26th
11:00am – 12:00pm
12:00pm
Q&A Session with the Instructors
Final Remarks & Awarding Certificates
Guenter & Elli
All
*Curriculum and presenters are subject to change without prior notice.
NOTE: Morning and afternoon breaks are not listed here.
Course Objectives (2015)
- Identify surgical and radiation therapy effects that lead to secondary lymphedema of the head and neck.
- Understand the unique treatment challenges associated with patients with lymphedema of the head and neck.
- Assess the need for compression therapy in patients with lymphedema of the head and neck and choose the appropriate compression application from a variety of recommendations.
- Utilize specialized MLD techniques for patients with lymphedema of the head and neck, including intra-oral therapy.
- Understand the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of patients with head and neck cancers and subsequent lymphedema.
- Identify new approaches and reinforce existing practices by observing expert lymphedema therapists perform patient assessments and treatments on patients with clinically complex lymphedema cases.
- Understand the medical and psychological complexity of patients with obesity-associated lymphedema, lipedema and combination cases.
- Identify surgical considerations for patients with gynecological cancer and recognize the risk for developing lymphedema after gynecological surgeries.
- Acquire knowledge gained from an expert assessment of clinically complex lymphedema cases.
- Recognize the coping mechanisms of patients suffering from morbid obesity and lymphedema.
- Identify behavior modification strategies for patients with morbid obesity and lymphedema.
Faculty* (2015)
Prof. Etelka Foeldi, MD
Physician-in-Chief of the Foeldi Clinic
Special Clinic for Lymphology in Hinterzarten, Germany
Dr. Martha Foeldi, MD
Oncologic/OBGYN Surgeon
Attending Physician at the Foeldi Clinic
Guenter Klose
MLD/CDT Certified Instructor, CLT-LANA
Klose Training & Consulting LLC (Lafayette, Colorado, USA)
Elvira (Elli) Albrecht
PT, MLD/CDT Certified Instructor
Senior Chief Therapist at the Foeldi Clinic
Brad Smith
CCC-SLP, CLT
Head and Neck Specialist at MD Anderson Center (Houston, Texas, USA)
Dr. Tobias Bertsch, MD, PhD
Attending Physician at the Foeldi Clinic
Dr. Marianna Dutton, PhD, B.A. (Hons.)
Leading Psychological Therapist at the Foeldi Clinic
Dr. Katja Schoenweiss, PhD
BSN-Jobst (Emmerich, Germany)
*Subject to change without prior notice
