08/10/2026
Meet Dr. R. Daniel Hagerty, MD, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Premier Lipedema Clinic in Spokane, Washington, joining us at LipCanCon 2026 on September 10–12 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Dr. Hagerty is a board-certified physician who earned his medical degree and a Master of Science in physiology and biomedical engineering at the University of Arizona, then completed his emergency medicine residency and an advanced fellowship in emergency ultrasound through MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, and the Cleveland Clinic.
For the past seven years his work has centred almost entirely on lipedema. He trained in Germany with Dr. Josef Stutz, one of the pioneering surgeons in lymphatic-sparing liposuction, and has since evaluated and treated hundreds of patients and performed thousands of lipedema reduction procedures. Much of his attention goes to the part that has to come first: telling lipedema apart from other adipose, vascular, and lymphatic conditions, so that everything that follows is built on the right diagnosis. He is also a founding member of the Lipedema Society and sits on its Surgical Committee, helping develop the Surgical Standard of Care for lipedema treatment in the United States.
He joins us as a faculty educator for The Doctor Is In, our pre-conference clinic where Canadian physicians and nurse practitioners learn to assess and diagnose lipedema on real patients. A longtime medical educator and physician mentor, he has spent years working to improve how doctors recognize this condition, and we are honoured to bring that teaching to Canada, where far too many patients are still waiting to be named.
We are inspired by his kind nature and by his ongoing commitment to improving the lives of people with lipedema.
🔗 Register now at conference.lipedemacanada.org
