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Richard B. Lipton, M.D.
- Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
- Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Epidemiology)
- Edwin S. Lowe Chair in Neurology
- Vice Chair, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
- Director, Montefiore Headache Center
Area of research
- I do patient-oriented translation research on migraine headaches, cognitive aging and dementia. For migraine I do longitudinal population studies, diary studies and randomized trials.
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Location
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1225 Morris Park Avenue Van Etten 3C12C Bronx, NY 10461
Research Profiles
Professional Interests
In cognitive aging and dementia, I do community based longitudinal studies linking profiles of cognitive decline to risk factors, biomarkers, neuroimaging, and genetics.
I am particularly interested in the interface of these two areas. I study the cognitive effects of migraine and pain, their role as risk factors for cognitive decline and incident dementia, and the mechanisms that link them.
Richard B. Lipton, M.D., is the Edwin S. Lowe Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Lipton earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. After a medical internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, he completed his neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in neuroepidemiology at Columbia University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
His research focuses on cognitive aging, Alzheimer’s disease and migraine headaches. He is a Principal Investigator of the Einstein Aging Study, an NIH funded Program Project, and leads or collaborates on several R01s and a U19. His research focuses on risk factors and biomarkers of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
His headache research focuses on the epidemiology of migraine and on clinical trials. His epidemiologic studies have evaluated trigger factors for headache attacks and risk factors for headache progression. Dr. Lipton has published more than 1200 original articles, many with trainees. He is a 6-time winner of the H.G. Wolff Award for excellence in headache research from the American Headache Society and a two time winner of the Enrico Greppi award from the European Headache Federation. Dr. Lipton is Director of the Montefiore Headache Center, an interdisciplinary subspecialty center focused on headache, patient care, research and education.
Dr. Lipton holds leadership positions in several professional societies. He is a Past-President of the American Headache Society (AHS). He serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He has written 11 books. Dr. Lipton enjoys mentoring medical students, residents, PhD students and fellows. Over the last decade he has mentored 7 CRTP students and 11 K-award recipients. He has received both the CRTP Mentor of the Year Award and the Einstein Faculty Mentoring Award.