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Dr. Paul Lipkin is the Director of the Center for Development and Learning at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Lipkin is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Lipkin received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and attended medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- New Jersey Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1981. He received his general pediatric training, focusing on primary care, at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, followed by subspecialty training in Developmental Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, completing his training in 1986. Dr. Lipkin worked from 1986 to 1995 at Schneider Children’s Hospital- Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, where he was on the faculty of SUNY Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. While in New York, Dr Lipkin developed a premature infant follow-up program and served as medical director of an early intervention program. As a staff developmental pediatrician, he evaluated children from birth through adolescence with the full array of developmental problems.
Dr. Lipkin returned to the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University in 1995 and today serves as the Director of the Center for Development and Learning in the Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine. He has also served as the Co-Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-Up (NICU) Development Program with Dr. Marilee Allen. He received his board certification in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the initial certification year of 2001. In addition to his clinical and administrative duties, he directs medical student training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and is an active member of the teaching faculty for pediatric residents and neurodevelopmental disabilities fellows. Dr. Lipkin is also currently serving as the Chairman of the Section on Children with Disabilities of the American Academy of Pediatrics. | 