Sister Kenny physician named to Board of Lymphology Association of North America
Nancy A Hutchison, MD, a physical medicine specialist at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA). This board provides certification to lymphedema therapists and insures quality of care for the treatment of lymphedema.
Hutchison is one of a small number of physicians in the United States certified as a lymphedema therapist. She is the medical director of Cancer Rehabilitation for the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. She provides lymphedema treatment and other cancer rehabilitation services in partnership with Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.