EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, 1973

Internship in medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1973-74

Residency in medicine University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1974-76

Chief Medical Resident, University of Washington, Seattle VA Medical Center, 1976-77

Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1976-78

Benjamin A. Lipsky, M.D., F.A.C.P., FIDSA
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Associate Chair of Infection Control, VA
     Puget Sound Health Care System
Director, Primary Care Clinic, VA Puget
     Sound Health Care System
Associate Chief, General Internal Medicine Section, VA
     Puget Sound Health Care System
Division of General Internal Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS

VA Puget Sound Health Care System (111M)
1660 S. Columbian Way
Campus Box 358280
Seattle, WA 98108-1597

Email: balipsky@u.washington.edu
Academic Office: Direct (206) 277-1640; 
     Secretary (206) 764-2551
Fax: (206) 764-2849
Clinic Appointments: (206) 768-5457


HONORS

Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation
     Prevention, 2008.
Fellow, American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases
     Society of America
Eugene Furth Lectureship, East Carolina University, 2000
R.W. Johnson Mentorship Award, 1998
Cornell University Medical College Honors Scholarship Award,
     1973
College - Phil Beta Kappa Honor Society, Cum Laude, Dean's
     List, Honors Scholar


CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Diagnosis and treatment of foot infections in diabetic patients
Diagnosis, microbiology and treatment of urinary tract infections in
     males
Evaluation of new antimicrobal agents in treating various bacterial
     infections


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Lipsky BA, Armstrong DG, Citron DM, Tice AD, Morgenstern DE, Abramson MA. The SIDESTEP study of diabetic foot infection: a randomized, controlled double-blinded, multicenter trial of ertapenem versus piperacillin/tazobactam. The Lancet 2005;366:1695-1703

Lipsky BA, Norden C, Itani K, and the Linezolid Diabetic Foot Infections Study Group. Treating foot infections in diabetic patients: a randomized, multicenter, open-label trial of linezolid versus ampicillin-sulbactam/amoxicillin-clavulanate. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004;38:17-24.

 Lipsky BA, Berendt AR, Deery HG, Embil JM, Joseph WS, Karchmer AW, LeFrock J, Lew DP, Mader JT, Norden C, Tan J. IDSA Guideline: Diagnosing and treating diabetic foot infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004;39:885-910. Also published in Journal of the American Podiatric Medicine Association 2005 Mar-Apr;95(2):183-210 and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2006 Jun;117(7 Suppl):212S-238S

Singh N, Armstrong DG, Lipsky BA. Clinical review. Clinician’s Corner. Preventing foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) 2005;293:217-28

Cavanagh PR, Lipsky BA, Bradbury AW, Botek G. Treating diabetic foot ulcers. The Lancet 2005;366:1725-35