Barbara K. Lipton M.D. is a graduate of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She received her M.D. degree from
The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine where she was elected
to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor society.
She completed an internship and residency at the St. Luke’s division of what is
now St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where she subsequently completed a fellowship
in cardiovascular disease. She then spent one additional year as Chief Resident
in internal medicine at St. Luke's Hospital.
Dr. Lipton is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular diseases.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of The American
Society of Echocardiography.
Currently, she is Attending Physician at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and has earned
the title of Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at The Columbia College of
Physicians and Surgeons.
Within the practice of Cardiology, her special interests include the consultation
and management of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular conditions including:
- valvular heart disease
- congestive heart failure
- cardiomyopathy
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac arrhythmias
Dr. Barbara K. Lipton is Medical Director of the Lipton Echocardiography Laboratory,
which is certified by the ICAEL for Adult Transthoracic and Stress
Echocardiography.
