UIP Newsletter: February 2020 Page 1

1. World Lymphedema Day 2020 (p. 1)

2. UIP Updates: Did you know? (p.2)

3. Education (p. 3-4)

4. Honor Box: B.B.Lee (p. 5-6)

5. Interview to B.B.Lee (p.7)

6. Societies around the world (p. 8)

7.Upcoming events (p. 9)

IN THIS EDITION

The 6th of March is coming, and with it, World Lymphoedema Day 2020! It is time to get prepared and think about different ways to help and contribute to the cause. There is a need for increasing awareness regarding lymphoede-ma and there is a petition running to the World Health Organization (WHO) asking them to make “Lymphedema: Awareness and Cures” their 2020 Global Health Challenge.

We leave here the link to the peti-tion where you can sign it to show your support, and contributing, this way, to this important cause: https://www.change.org/p/world-health-organization-who-designate-lymphedema-awareness-cures-as-the-2018-world-health-day-campaign-for-who

WORLD LYMPHOEDEMA DAY 2020

IS COMING!

UIP NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY, 2020

The International Lymphoedema Framework has published a survey in

order to create a tool to asses how lymphoedema may affect young

lives. If you know a child aged 5-12 years or a young person aged 13-21

years who has lymphoedema their collaboration in this would be very

helpful. Please, encourage them to answer the questionnaires by clicking

the link below, it will only take around 30 min to answer.

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LYMPHOQOL

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1) ”WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that over 250 million people worldwide have secondary lymphoedema”. 2) “NIH estimates that primary lymphoedema could

affect as many as 1 in 300 live births” 3) “WHO estimates that over 120 million are

infected with lymphatic filariasis (LF), leaving 40

million disfigured and incapacitated”

The UIP Newsletter has been produced and distributed from Sydney, Australia, with the contribution of the members of the UIP. The UIP Newsletter Editor, Lucia del Caz is a Marketer from Spain, based in Sydney since 2019. Advertising opportunities are available, and contributions and enquiries are welcome!

Email us at: communications@uipmail.org

ABOUT US

UIP UPDATES

MEMBERSHIP

DID YOU KNOW…?

S ome important facts regarding Lymphoedema ? In the following we leave three interesting facts in regard to this disease:

Keep in touch! Follow our social media accounts and make sure you will be

notified of updates, deadlines and important news!

Sergio Gianesini

On December 20, 2019, the Engagement Working Group (EWG) was selected by the UIP Executive Committee. On December 23 the first conference call set the work timeline. On January 23, 2020, 18 projects were presented by both EWG members and colleagues not related to the UIP committees. A big appreciation goes to all the EWG for having worked tenaciously, moreover respecting the deadline.

The EWG anonymously ranked the projects for quality and feasibility. On January 24, all the projects were presented for information and approval to the Executive Committee. More than 2/3 of the projects could be developed in synergy with other UIP committees such as the Educational, Scientific and Communication committees, so favoring mission accomplishment and teamwork.

Everyone inside the UIP community will be invited to join such teamwork and to propose future initiatives. Indeed, UIP starts with “U”.

Education: In case any countries or scientific societies still wish to participate and answer the surveys we will be pleased to receive the information. Just email us and we can send you a link. Write to communications@uipmail.org

UIP Engagement Working Group: WORK ON TIME & IN PROGRESS UIP Engagement Working Group: WORK ON TIME & IN PROGRESS

DID YOU KNOW…?

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EDUCATION

REPORT ON PHLEBOLOGY TRAINING IN ARGENTINA: UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS

In Argentina, and at postgraduate training level, Specialization Careers in Phlebology and Lymphology, Higher Specialization Courses, University Diplomas and countless postgraduate courses in the specialty are offered by public and private universities.

The Career of Specialist in Phlebology and Lymphology has been offered since 2010 by the University of Buenos

Aires (UBA), one of the most prestigious and important Spanish-speaking institutions in Latin America. This career

has a total duration of 4,140 hours distributed in 2 years of activity with theory, practice and research. It is an aca-

demic option endorsed by the Ministry of Education of the Nation and the prerequisite to enter is to have a surgical

expertise of not less than 3 years. The UBA has three hospital headquarters: the Clinicas Hospital of Buenos Aires

¨José de San Martín¨, the Central Military Hospital and the Tornú Hospital. Soon it will be expanded to new locations.

UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES (UBA)

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA

The Career of Specialist in Phlebology and Lymphology is also an academic offer from the National University of

Córdoba. Its training center is the National Clinicas Hospital of Córdoba. Physicians with 3 years of experience in

general surgical practice can take this training option. The duration of the specialization career is 2 years.

The Careers at University of Buenos Aires and at National University of Cordoba grant specialist

university degrees and are public institutions endorsed by the National Ministry of Health.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF ARGENTINA (UCA)

In the private sector, the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) began in 1986 offering the Higher University

Course in Phlebology and Lymphology. In 1992, this course became a Specialization Career for Surgeons and has now

regained its status as a Higher University Course in Phlebology and Lymphology. It is a face to face course which last

2 (two) years, with 864 clock hours of total duration, differentiated in 224 theoretical hours and 640 practical hours.

This academic offer is regulated by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU)

UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE - UCES

The University of Business and Social Sciences - UCES - periodically carries out the International University Diplomas

in Non-Invasive Vascular Diagnosis, in Treatment and Diagnosis in Lymphology, in Thrombosis, Thrombolysis and

Stenting, in Phleboesthetics and in Chronic Wounds. This educational offer has a regular format of weekly meetings for

6 months and an intensive format with a duration of 3 to 4 days with a full immersion practice proposal.

UNIVERSITY OF MORON

The University of Moron carries out the University Diploma in Phlebology and Lymphology with a duration of three

years, 1170 hours theoretical and practical. Regarding the contents taught, there are 2 specific years of Phlebology

and Lymphology and 1 year of Peripheral Vascular Surgery and Angiology.

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EDUCATION

INTER-AMERICAN OPEN UNIVERSITY

It is remarkable that these universities and others from all over the world have jointly held 8

Interuniversity Congresses with an average attendance of 1100 professionals and in whose

frameworks innumerable courses, seminars, workshops and many other interesting and

innovative academic activities have been offered which demonstrate a permanent work towards a

continued medical education.

In September 2020 they will be organizing the 9th. Edition together with national and

international scientific societies and it will also be on that occasion that the UIP General Council

Meeting will be held.

EDUCATION

The Inter-American Open University develops the University Diploma in Phleboaesthetics. It consists in a program

of 627 hours of classes along 8 months of the year.

• Argentina: Marcelo Dándolo, Daniel

Onorati, Oscar Regalado

• Australia: Simon Thibault

• Belgium: Marc Vuylesteke

• Brazil: Carlos Carvalho, Pedro Komlos, Angelo Scuderi

• Bulgary: Elena Goranova

• Chile: Juan Bombin

• Costa Rica: Javier Cabezas

• Czech Republic: Kaspar Svatopluk

• Denmark: Neil Baekgaard

• Dominican Republic: Ramón Alberto

Pérez Baquero

• Ecuador: Ernesto Intriago

• El Salvador: Arturo González

• Egypt: Bushara Rashad

• Germany: Erika Mendoza

• Guatemala: Rodney Diaz

• India: Shoaib Padaria

• Italy: Pier Luigi Antignani, Domenico Corda, Angelo Crippa, Giuseppe Geno-vese, Gennaro Quarto

• Korea: Ki-Pyo Hong

• Mexico: Javier Serralde, Fernando Vega

Rasgado

• Panama: Giselle Ortiz, Julissa Rodri-guez, Gerardo Victoria, Luis Villalaz

• Paraguay: Roberto Corbeta

• Peru: Juan Chunga Prieto,

• Russia: Evgeny Ivanov, Nina Mzhava-nadze, Evgeny Shaydakov, Igor Zolotu-khin

• Spain: Javier Leal Monedero

UIP EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT—FEBRUARY 2020

The Education Committee has created and sent to the presidents of UIP member societies and important referents of the specialty two surveys that attempt to collect data about the situation of Phlebology and Lymphology in different countries of the world.

The objective is to know the reality of each country and work to give concrete solutions to real problems. And always seeking the best training for Phlebology professionals of all over the world.

In this diagnostic task and in subsequent ones the Advisory Committee of the UIP Educational Committee has a central task because they are responsible for providing complete available information from their countries or regions and also working on policies that might improve the realities.

In case any country or scientific society still wish to participate and answer the surveys we will be pleased to receive the information. Just email us and we can send you a link. Write to uip@uipmail.org

Welcome the Education Advisory Committee:

Oscar Bottini

Education Committee Chair

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Biographical Outline - Prof. B.B. Lee, MD, PhD

Professor B.B. Lee is best known as a leading vascular surgeon in the field of veno-lymphatic disorders in the U.S. and a world-renowned authority on congenital vascular malformation and lymphedema.

However, Prof. Lee, a disciple of the late David Hume of the Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, Virginia), began his career as a founding member of the transplant and vascular surgery program at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1979 and has also made far-reaching contributions in the field of transplant surgery.

During his tenure at Johns Hopkins University as clinical professor of surgery, Prof. Lee established an internationally acclaimed living-related liver transplantation program in Seoul, Korea, as the founding professor and chairman of the Surgical Sciences Department at Samsung Medical Center and SungKyunKwan University. He also established five separate vascular specialty clinics based on a new concept of taking a multidisciplinary approach, including a leading-edge vascular malformation center, before he came back to the U.S. to teach at Georgetown University.

In recognition of his contributions to vascular surgery, Prof. Lee was named Distinguished Fellow by the Society for Vascular Surgery in the U.S. He has published over 800 original papers and abstracts in addition to more than 70 book chapters, mainly in the field of vascular malformation and lymphedema. He has also given more than 600 lectures around the globe.

Prof. Lee has been serving on numerous national and international peer-reviewed journals as an editor, as well as a reviewer specializing in the field of vascular malformation and lymphedema. He has played a critical role in introducing vascular malformation into the mainstream of vascular surgery.

HONOUR BOX: B.B.LEE

The International Union of Phlebology is focused in promoting venous and lymphatic health. For this reason, approaching March 6, date dedicated to Lymphedema awareness, the UIP Honor Box is dedicated to prof. BB Lee, a world renowned expert of the tight connection between veins & lymphatics.

Prof. Byung-Boong (B.B.) Lee

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HONOR BOX: B.B.LEE

Consequently, Prof. Lee was invited by the Royal Society of Medicine and the American College of Phlebology Foundation to contribute as guest editor to a special issue of Phlebology on venous malformation in 2007. He was also invited by the American Venous Forum to write a chapter on AV malformation for the Handbook of Venous Disorders. Most notably, he was invited by the Society of Vascular Surgery/Journal of Vascular Surgery editorial board to write the vascular malformation chapter for Rutherford's Vascular Surgery, which remains the leading textbook for vascular surgeons. Recently, both societies invited Prof. Lee back to write for, and update, their new editions.

Prof. Lee has served as president or vice president on many national and international societies, including the IUA (International Union of Angiology) and the IUP (International Union of Phlebology). He has been elected to honorary as well as emeritus member status by numerous phlebology and lymphology societies throughout the world. For decades, he has led the IUP in addition to the IUA, boosting the image of both societies through his outstanding academic contributions. He has also successfully organized numerous world consensuses, including the consensuses on Primary Lymphedema and Venous Malformation for the IUP and the consensuses on AV malformation for the IUA.

Until recently, Prof. Lee served on the ISVS (International Society of Vascular Surgery) as vice president and also the American Specialty Board of Venous and Lymphatic Disease as a member of the Board of Directors, to promote this new specialty throughout the U.S.

In 2011, Prof. Lee moved from Georgetown University to George Washington University, Washington, D.C., to provide worldwide services as the director of the Center for Vascular Malformation and Lymphedema. He also regularly contributes to the Uniformed Services University/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, as Adjunct Professor and to Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, as Visiting Professor.

Most recently, Prof. Lee successfully organized an IUP-commissioned world consensus on the venous hemodynamics of the lower extremity, dedicating a full four years with 72 authorities enlisted from the four corners of the earth. He also updated the Handbook of Lymphedema Compendium, which he first organized in 2011 with his mentor, the late John Bergan, to a second edition with Prof. Rockson of Stanford University. In addition, Prof. Lee completed the first edition of the Vascular Malformation Handbook, working together with his successor to the vascular malformation program of Samsung Medical Center, SungKyunKwan University, Prof. Y.W. Kim, and an international roster of world authorities.

Handbook of Lymphedema

Compendium (2nd Edition)

Vascular Malformation

Handbook

HONOR BOX: B.B.LEE

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INTERVIEW TO B.B.LEE

PHLEBO-LYMPHOLOGY: THE INSEPARABLE CONNECTION

B. B. (Byung-Boong) Lee, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Director, Center for the Lymphedema and Vascular Malformations, George Washington University,

Washington DC, USA

A new concept of ‘Phlebo-Lymphology’ represents a broad change in contemporary concept on the venous-lymphatic circulation as one ‘inseparable’ system. Although these two systems run based on entirely different rheodynamic principles: venodynamics and lymphodynamics, these two systems are mutually ‘interdependent’ dual outflow system of the circulation to transport the used blood out from the tissue together.

Indeed, such a close interrelationship between lymphatic and venous systems is the outcome of embryological development of an intimate anatomic structure of veins and lymphatics to create a ‘mutually complimentary’ physiological drainage function. The overloading to one of these two systems would allow the other to play an auxiliary role to compensate the insufficiency/failure, assisting the fluid return back from the tissue to the circulation system.

But, such mutual compensatory role between both venous and lymphatic systems are possible only when they are in normal functional status. Once one of these two systems should fail its normal function (e.g. chronic venous hypertension; lymphedema), such mutual interdependence causes a new condition to affect both systems simultaneously, known as ‘phlebo-lymphedema’.

Therefore, the failure of one system gives an additional burdening/loading to the other system. Such a unique interrelationship plays an important pathophysiological role in any kind of edema. Indeed, a long-term failure of one system would result in ‘total’ failure of this ‘inseparable’ dual system altogether as unavoidable outcome

of hemodynamically unique relationship between two inseparable system.

When the chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) results in an excessive fluid load to the tissue level, it would disrupt ‘check and balance’ function of the capillary system allowing additional load to the lymphatic system. When this overloading exceeds the maximum capacity of normal lymphatic compensation, the lymphatics themselves are damaged following initially enhanced function to compensate for the insufficient venous system, and a safety valve insufficiency of the lymphatic system occurs to allow ‘lymphostasis’ resulting in chronic lymphatic insufficiency (CLI).

Accordingly, when the venous stasis exceeds this maximum lymphatic compensatory capacity, the insufficiency becomes ‘phlebo-lymphatic’, that is a combined condition of phlebogenic edema and lymphogenic edema, caused by the CVI and CLI. Therefore, this new condition of ‘lymphatic-venous edema’ actually represents the accumulation of excess intercellular fluid due to lymphatic failure/CLI which was precipitated by the CVI.

The main process responsible for interstitial fluid

drainage is lymphatic transport and not venous

capillary reabsorption. This means that

lymphatics will always play a major role in any

kind of edema.

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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY OUR UIP SOCIETIES

SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD

NORTH AMERICA

USA CANADA

CENTRAL AMERICA

CUBA

COSTA RICA

EL SALVADOR

MEXICO

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CHILE

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

PARAGUAY

PERU

VENEZUELA

URUGUAY

AFRICA

EGYPT

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

BALTIC REGION

BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, LUX-EMBORG

BULGARIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

FRANCE

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY

ITALY

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SLOVENIA

SERBIA

SPAIN

SWITZERLAND

UNITED KINGDOM

UKRAINE

ASIA

CHINA

IRAN

KAZAKHSTAN

INDIA

INDONESIA

JAPAN

SINGAPORE

SOUTH KOREA

THAILAND

TURKEY

The UIP communication committee is delighted to announce the opportunity to present the

"past, present and future" dedicated newsletter box initiative.

Starting from the next issue, the UIP will send a mail of invitation to the societies to report

about their initiatives and vision for the direction of their society and the UIP

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EVENTS UNDER

THE AUSPICES

OF THE UIP

UPCOMING EVENTS

VENOUS SYMPOSIUM 2020

11th Annual Conference in New

York City

19th -21st March, 2020

New York– USA

Register here:

http://venous-symposium.com/

16th Annual Conference of Vascular

Society of Egypt - VSE

4th –6th March, 2020

Alexandria– Egypt

Register here: www.ev-summit.com

EGYPTIAN VASCULAR SUMMIT 2020

One of the main UIP visions is to promote productive relationships among societies. With this vision, we report both events

with UIP auspices and events without, so to inform everyone about possible educational activities. The hope is also to offer a

tool useful for the colleagues organizing future meetings, so to avoid overlapping among events

FEBRUARY

PHLEBO LATAM 2020

Association of Peripheral Vascular Surgeons of

Costa Rica

27th - 29th February, 2020 / San José -

Costa Rica

MARCH

APRIL

XXIXth IUA WORLD CONGRESS

XXIX World Congress of the International

Union of Angiology

23rd - 27th April, 2020 / Rome - Italy

MAY

ACP2020

21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the

Australasian College of Phlebology

2nd - 5th May, 2020, Auckland - New Zealand

ICC ANNUAL MEETING

ICC Annual Meeting: Phlebolymphoedema

and Compression

15th of May, 2020 , London - UK

JUNE

FLEBOPANAM 2020

Pan American Congress 2020

Phlebology and Lymphology

11th- 14th June, 2020/Guayaquil - Ecuador

SEPTEMBER

BUENOS AIRES 2020

XII International Congress of the Latin

American Venous Forum

23rd– 25th September, 2020

Buenos Aires– Argentina

For more information about events visit:

http://www.uip-phlebology.org/events/category/event-list/

If you would like your event to appear in the UIP Newsletter, contact us

on communications@uipmail.org

INCLUDING THE UIP

GENERAL COUNCIL

MEETING

President

A/ Prof. Kurosh PARSI (Australia)

Immediate Past President

Dr. Nick MORRISON (USA)

Vice Presidents

Prof. Victor CANATA (Paraguay)

Prof. Sergio GIANESINI (Italy)

Dr. Lowell KABNICK (USA)

Prof. Dong-Ik KIM (Korea)

Dr. Lorenzo TESSARI (Italy)

General Secretary

Prof. Mark MEISSNER (USA)

Scientific Committee Chair

Prof. Andrew BRADBURY (UK)

Assistant General Secretary

Dr. Malay PATEL (India)

Treasurer

Dr. Paul THIBAULT (Australia)

Education Committee Chair

Prof. Oscar BOTTINI (Argentina)

Executive Committee

Education

Prof. Oscar BOTTINI (Chair)

Dr Janna BENTLEY (Canada)

Prof. Willy CHI (USA)

Prof. Jose Antonio DIAZ (USA)

Prof. Antonios GASPARIS (USA)

Dr Ravul JINDAL (India)

Dr Neil KHILNANI (USA)

Dr Zaza LAZARASHVILI (Georgia)

Prof. Armando MANSILHA (Portugal)

Prof. Giovanni MOSTI (Italy)

Dr. Johann Christof RAGG (Germany)

Dr Pauline RAYMOND-MARTIMBEAU

(Canada)

Dr Luis Francisco RODRIGUEZ REYES (El

Salvador)

Prof. Roberto SIMKIN (Argentina)

Dr Wassila TAHA ELKASHISHI (Egypt)

Dr Jorge Hernando ULLOA (Colombia)

Prof. Tomasz URBANEK (Poland)

Prof. Shenming WANG (China)

Prof. Mark Steven WHITELEY (UK)

Prof. Takashi YAMAKI (Japan)

Scientific

Prof. Andrew BRADBURY (Chair)

Dr Marc VUYLSTEKE (Belgium)

Prof. Igor ZOLOTUKHIN (Russia)

Prof. Nicos LABROBOULOS (USA)

Prof. Fedor LURIE (USA)

Dr Claudine HAMEL-DESNOS (France)

A/ Prof. Hernan BAUZA MORENO

(Argentina)

A/ Prof. Suat DOGANCI (Turkey)

Prof. Alun DAVIES (UK)

Prof. Zhong CHEN (China)

Dr Devenda DEKIWADIA (India)

Dr Makoto MO (Japan)

Constitutional Reforms

Prof. Mark MEISSNER (Chair)

Prof. Victor CANATA (Paraguay)

Prof. Sergio GIANESINI (Italy)

Congress and Events

Dr Lowell KABNICK (Chair)

Dr Andrew BRADBURY

Conflict Resolution

Dr Paul THIBAULT (Chair)

Dr Malay PATEL

Membership Reforms

Prof. Mark MEISSNER (Chair)

Dr Lorenzo TESSARI (Italy)

Prof. Sergio GIANESINI (Italy)

Finance

Dr Paul THIBAULT (Chair)

TBA

Communications and PR

Prof. Victor CANATA (Chair)

Prof. Sergio GIANESINI (Italy)

Dr David CONNOR (Australia)

Engagement

Prof. Sergio GIANESINI (Chair)

Prof. Larisa CHERNUKHA

Dr Juan CHUNGA PIETRO

Dr Bahar FAZELI

Dr Ahmed GAWEESH

Dr Veronica GOLOVINA

Dr Ernesto INTRIAGO

Dr Shantonu KUMAR GHOSH

Dr Lucy MCKINNON

Dr Maxim SHAYDAKOV

Dr Mandy WONG

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