Board-certified in internal medicine, he sits on the Cleveland Clinic Diversity Committee. Dr. Lipton is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Lipton earned a BA in biology at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. and then a doctorate in medicine from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. He completed an internship and the first year of his residency at Baltimore City Hospital, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, and finished his internal medicine residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland. At Saint Luke’s Hospital, Dr. Lipton served as president of medical staff and as president of the Physician Computer Advisory Committee.Dr. Lipton's professional memberships include the American Medical Association, the American Tinnitus Association, and the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland.