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Waner Children’s Vascular Anomaly Foundation

The Waner Children’s Vascular Anomaly Foundation supports Dr. Milton Waner research and treatment of lymphatic malformation (LM). Also known as a cystic hygroma, LM is very rare. Less than 1 in 50,000 babies are born with this condition, and each malformation is unique, making diagnosis and treatment difficult. 

There are currently five families affected with similar conditions throughout the Kansas City area. The Waner Foundation provides support to each of these families.

Waner Children’s Vascular Anomaly Foundation was established in 2007 by co-founders Milton Waner, M.D., Edward Foster and Sherri Foster. The vision of the foundation is set out in three parts; to provide financial assistance to families with children afflicted by these vascular anomalies, to provide or fund research directly related to understanding and treating vascular birthmarks and to support the activities of the Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York in their efforts to educate the medical community through seminars and a fellowship for training other physicians.

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Dr. Milton Waner, MD, FCS(SA)

Milton Waner, MD, FCS(SA)
President and Chairman

Dr. Milton Waner is an internationally recognized pioneer in the development of successful treatments for hemangiomas and vascular anomalies. He is also dedicated to the advancement of medical and surgical therapies for children and adults with vascular anomalies. These include hemangiomas, port wine stains, venous malformations, lymphatic malformations arteriovenous malformations and other vascular tumors. As a humanitarian, he donates a large percentage of his surgeries to those unable to meet the costs involved with treatment, and as a part of his vision for this foundation, he is committed to the education and research required to reach more children in need.

Foundation Research

Through his affiliation with the Nevada Cancer Institute, Dr. Waner and his research team have recently shown that hemangiomas are stem cell tumors. Through this cutting-edge research, this discovery may shed new light in the development of novel medical therapies. We look forward to posting that and other research documents in the near future.


If you have research questions please direct them to info@wanercvaf.org.

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Foundation Website

Visit www.wanerkids.org or call
1.518.522.3450 or 1.800.641.0151

Q & A

Questions & Answers

What is a vascular anomaly?
A vascular anomaly is a tumor made up of blood vessels. There are different types of vessels and these will determine the type of anomaly.

How serious is a vascular anomaly?
A vascular anomaly can be extremely serious, and even life threatening.

Who do they affect?
Vascular anomalies can affect all children despite race or gender and there is no known hereditary correlation between the anomaly and the parents.

How many children are affected by a vascular anomaly?
The most common anomaly is an hemangioma affecting about 1 in 10 children. Port Wine Stains affect about 1 in 1,000 children and although there are no known statistics for arteriovenous malformations, lymphatic malformations and venous malformations we believe the incidence is about 1 in 50,000.

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