Through the practice of phlebology, Dr. Shapira became familiar with lipedema and learned that the knowledge about it among the general population and the medical community was deficient. In particular, the deficiency in the medical community left many women undiagnosed, untreated, perplexed and defeated. Therefore, he decided to address lipedema in his practice. He studied with Dr. Josef Stutz, a renowned German vascular surgeon and one of the world authorities on lipedema. Now, Dr. Shapira treats women with all stages of lipedema from all over the United States with Water-Jet Assisted Liposuction (WAL) – a lymph-sparing surgical debulking of the lipedema fat.
Dr. Shapira has received certification from the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and, more recently, the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine. Along with Larry Wagner, he founded LTN to ensure that women who suffer from this fat disorder can gain access to caring, experienced lipedema doctors around the country – physicians who understand the nature of the disease and are highly skilled providing conservative and surgical treatment of lipedema.
- Greenwich Hospital
- Medical: MD, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, 1972
- Residencies:
- General Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York
- General Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
- Fellowships:
- Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgical, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
- Thoracic Surgical Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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Jan 9, 2017
Last updated on 12/20/2023