Maureen McBeth, MPT
Maureen McBeth, MPT, CLT-LANA is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist - Lymphology Association of North America. She obtained her BA in English and secondary school teaching certificate from St. Joseph’s University in 1988. After working in a family-owned business selling physical therapy equipment, she returned to school and received her MPT from Hahnemann University in 1996. In 2004, while working at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, she received her training as a Certified Lymphedema Therapist through the Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy. She currently works at Forever Fit Physical Therapy & Wellness, a therapist-owned, community-based private practice in Columbia, MD. Maureen has over 25 years-experience as a physical therapist, specializing in lymphedema and cancer rehabilitation. For much of her career, she worked in the hospital-based setting and in April of 2017, she left to start her consulting firm geared toward creating a common knowledge base and driving the social connections needed to increase the adoption of new technology and clinical practice guidelines for prospective surveillance of cancer related lymphedema. She has been a CLT instructor with The Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy since 2006 and has contributed chapters in the last two editions of the Zuther-Norton textbook used in CLT trainings. She regularly speaks at conferences and continuing education programs and has published numerous articles. She is a member of LE&RN, the NLN, The International Society of Lymphology, and the APTA, where she is involved with the Lymphatic Disorders special interest group of The Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy. Maureen has also been involved in a long-term volunteer project to help advance lymphedema care in Cali, Colombia, and supports the many lymphatic advocacy efforts in the US.