Robert Weiss
Lymphedema Patient Treatment Advocate, USA
Biography
Robert Weiss is a retired aerospace systems engineer with a BME from CCNY and an MS from UCLA. Robert retired from his 41-year employment as aerospace systems engineer and manager to learn about lymphedema and its treatment to find informed medical care for his wife Pearl, then a 5-year survivor of breast cancer with lymphedema. He found his way through the medical and insurance wilderness where lymphedema was a condition that was mostly unknown, misdiagnosed, undertreated and underinsured. Bob used the knowledge he gained to become a lymphedema patient advocate and activist and continues to provide assistance to hundreds of cancer survivors and Medicare Beneficiaries with this chronic condition. Robert has assisted in the drafting and passage of lymphedema treatment laws in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia, and conducts research and writes on the cost-efficacy of lymphedema treatment.
Abstract
Abstract : Cost of a lymphedema treatment mandate - 16 years of experience in the commonwealth of virginia