For too many individuals living with lipedema, finding knowledgeable, compassionate, and accessible care can be a frustrating and discouraging journey.

Patients deserve healthcare professionals who understand the complexities of lipedema, listen to their concerns, and treat them with dignity and respect.

Care Beyond a Single Appointment

Lipedema is a lifelong condition, and meaningful care should extend beyond a single appointment, procedure, or treatment. Patients deserve professionals who recognize the importance of:

• Specialized Knowledge: Understanding lipedema and its unique challenges.
• Compassionate, Respectful Care: Listening to patients, validating their experiences, and treating them with dignity.
• Continuity of Care: Supporting patients as their needs evolve throughout different stages of life.
• Professional Standards: Demonstrating clinical competency, ethical conduct, and a commitment to recognized standards of care.
• Long-Term Accountability: Remaining committed to professional development, responsible practice, and patient-centered care.

Raising the Standard for Lipedema Care

Through its developing independent certification programs, SAO Business Services LLC seeks to promote a community of qualified professionals dedicated to evidence-informed care, professional accountability, and ongoing support for individuals living with lipedema.

Because the lipedema community deserves more than awareness or a one-time treatment. It deserves knowledgeable professionals, compassionate care, lasting support, and relationships built on trust.

SAO Business Services is developing three professional certification programs designed for qualified professionals serving individuals affected by lipedema. Each credential will have defined eligibility requirements, assessment standards, and continuing certification requirements.

These certification programs are currently in development and are not yet open for application or examination. Final eligibility requirements, examination specifications, fees, and launch dates will be published as each program is completed.

SAO Business Services is developing a certification framework built around defined eligibility requirements, standardized assessment, credential verification, and continuing education.

SAO Business Services is developing certification programs with defined policies, transparent decision-making, qualified subject-matter expert involvement, and clear requirements for ethics, credential use, appeals, and continuing certification.

SAO Business Services is seeking qualified professionals to contribute to the development of its certification programs, including subject-matter experts in lipedema care, therapy, surgery, clinical research, professional education, credentialing, and assessment development.