Session 4: Lipedema in Context — Addressing Comorbidities and Intersecting Health Needs

September 11, 2026 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

LipCan Conference

Foundations

About Session

An exploration of the conditions that commonly accompany lipedema and the diverse needs of the patients who live with them.

12:45 PM — Lipedema Comorbidities: Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome — Melissa Seaton FNP-C

1:00 PM — The Weight of Silence: A Call for Change in Canadian Lipedema Care — Janelle-Marie Emond

1:10 PM — Multimodal Cross-Disciplinary Teams: Care of Lipedema Patients with Comorbid Obesity — Dr. Apostolos Siafliakis

1:25 PM — "But I'm not a woman": A transgender perspective on living with Lipedema — Ashland Kearns (they/them)

Moderated by Dr. Johanna Stern