Steve Norton, CLT-LANA

Steve is an instructor of Manual Lymph Drainage and Complete Decongestive Therapy and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy located in New Jersey, USA. As former Chief Therapist of several Lerner Lymphedema Services clinics Steve helped establish the reputation of these pioneering clinics, and of the CDT methodology, as the gold standard of lymphedema care in the United States starting in 1993. In 1999 Steve was one of the first CLTs certified by the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) an organization that seeks to promote the highest educational standards. In 2002 and 2003, Steve became the first and only American lymphedema therapist to instruct an international group of clinicians at the world renowned Foeldi Clinic, Special Clinic for Lymphology, in Hinterzarten, Germany. Steve has lectured to the United States Congress in Washington, authored an international textbook and has earned two US patents for compression therapy inventions. Currently he provides instructional and consultation services to private clinics, and hospitals throughout North America along with a team of skilled faculty members of the Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy.