Scientific lead
Dr. med. Tobias Bertsch
Medical Director and
Chief Physician
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany
Guenter Klose
Executive Director
MLD / CDT Certified Instructor
Klose Training & Consulting, LLC
Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Chairs and Speakers
Konstantinos P. Asmatzis
Physiotherapist – Certified Lymphedema Therapist
Athens / Paleo Faliro 175 62, Greece
Dr. med. Axel Baumgartner
Executive Director and Head Physician
Specialist in Surgery with additional qualification in Emergency Medicine
Hanse-Klinik GmbH
23564 Luebeck, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Berlit
Medical Director
Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
71640 Ludwigsburg, Germany
Dr. med. Simon Classen
Medical Director and Managing Director
Kerckhoff-Harvey Gefäßzentrum
Chief Physician of the Department of Vascular Surgery
Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH
Heart, Lung, Vascular, and Rheumatology Center
Campus Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
Gabriele Erbacher
Lead Psychologist
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany
Dr. med. Hans-Walter Fiedler
Vascular Surgeon, Lymphologist
Senior Physician Vascular Center Soest
Lecturer at BUFA for orthopaedic technology, Dortmund
59457 Werl, Germany
Dr. med. Martha Földi
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany
Dr. med. Francesco Greco
Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Poliambulanza Hospital
Brescia, Italy
Joy Macheel, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT-LANA, PhD Candidate
Assistant Professor
Program in Physical Therapy
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Lymphedema Instructor, Klose Training
Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Christoffer Valdemar S. Nissen, PhD
Consultant Dermatologist
Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing Center
Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. med. Michael Oberlin
Medical Director and
Chief Physician
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Claus C. Pieper
Head of the Division for Minimally-invasive Lymph Vessel Therapy
Specialist in Radiology and Neuroradiology
Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
University Hospital Bonn
53105 Bonn, Germany
Linda S. Roherty, PT, CLT-LANA
Lead Lymphedema Therapist
StoneCrest, Smyrna TN, USA
Senior Lymphedema Instructor
Klose Training
Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Dr. Dr. med. Claudia Seger
Senior Consultant
Specialist in Internal Medicine and Angiology
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany
Dhruv Singhal, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director
Boston Lymphatic Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Hildur Skuladottir, MD, PhD
Associate Professor University of Bergen
Principal Investigator
Surgical Treatment of Lipoedema in Norway
Head of Department of Plastic Surgery
Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital
President for The Norwegian Association of Plastic Surgeons
Bergen, Norway
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Taeger
Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery an der Isar
Widenmayer 16
80538 Munich, Germany
Dr. Melanie Thomas MBE, DProf., FCSP
Clinical Director
Lymphoedema Wales Clinical Network
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Cimla Hospital, Neath, West Glamorgan
Wales, UK
Thomas Zähringer
Head of Physiotherapy Földi Clinic
CDT Certified Instructor
Földi Clinic GmbH & Co. KG
Specialist Clinic for Lymphology
79856 Hinterzarten, Germany