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1516 9th AveStation Medical Center (Neurology Department/EEG/EMG)Altoona, PA 16602
Phone+1 814-889-4388
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Summary
- Dr. Mark Lipitz is a neurologist in Altoona, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Altoona, Penn Highlands Huntingdon, UPMC Bedford and James E. Van Zandt Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Following a rotating internship at Baptist Medical Center of NY, he completed Internal Medicine Residency at Maimonides Medical Center in NY and then completed Neurology Residency at State University of NY - Health Science Center Broooklyn. (Downstate Medical Center)
He then completed a one year Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship
(EEG/EMG/Evoked Potentials) at Downstate Medical Center (1992-1993) and then added another one year EMG/Neuromuscular fellowship at Downstate Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital (1993-1994) and part time practice at Staten Island University Hospital.
Since 1994 he has practiced 28+ years in the Altoona PA area. (Currently at James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center 0.5 FTE and part time as a locums neurologist for UPMC-Altoona (EMG clinic, EEGs) and at Penn Highlands Huntingdon (Sleep Clinic.) He is board certified in both Neurology and Sleep Medicine.
His research background includes Magnetic coil stimulation of the cauda equina done during his EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship years.
Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1989 - 1994
Maimonides Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Baptist Medical Center of New YorkInternship, Transitional Year, 1985 - 1986
Rowan University School of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1985- Drexel UniversityBSEE, BS - Unified Science, Electrical Engineering/ Premed, Dunlop award. Was also news editor for Drexel Triangle; Co-ops at Jeanes Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center Pathology Department/Lab; Biomedical Engineering Dept at Jefferson, 1977 - 1980
Certifications & Licensure
PA State License 1994 - 2026
NY State License 1987 - 1994
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsUpper leg conduction time distinguishes demyelinating neuropathies.Paul J. Maccabee, L Eberle, Ian A.G. Stein, Justin A. Willer, Mark E. Lipitz
Muscle & Nerve. 2011-04-01 - 45 citationsA new method using neuromagnetic stimulation to measure conduction time within the cauda equina.Paul J. Maccabee, M.E. Lipitz, T. Desudchit, R.W. Golub, Victor W. Nitti
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1996-04-01 - 18 citationsClinical predictors of abnormality disclosed by computed tomography after mild head trauma.J S Jeret, M Mandell, B Anziska, M Lipitz, A P Vilceus
Neurosurgery. 1993-01-01
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