Lipedema Project

Lipedema Project Inc, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, provides extensive offerings of research, resources, and expertise to individuals with lipedema and the providers who care for them. Mark L. Smith, MD, FACS partnered with Catherine Seo, PhD and together they founded Lipedema Project in 2014 to fill the need for rigorous science to understand, define, & treat lipedema. They sponsored and produced the First International Symposium on Lipedema - Setting the Research Agenda for Lipedema: Steps Towards a Cure held in April 2015 in New York City. The renowned documentary, Lipedema - The Disease They Call FAT, premiered during this symposium and has now been viewed over 4 million times, raising awareness about lipedema. Take the "Do You Have Lipedema?" quiz. https://lipedemaproject.org/quiz