
Dr. Brian Joseph Lipps M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
917 Kings Cross Virginia Beach VA, 23452About
Dr. Brian Lipps is a nephrologist practicing in Virginia Beach, VA. Dr. Lipps specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lipps most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Development and evaluation of a new hollow-fiber membrane oxygenator.
- Hollow fiber membrane oxygenator.
- Hemodialysis with the capillary kidney.
- A new antithrombotic surface: development and in vitro and in vivo characteristics.
- Computerized urea kinetic modeling to prescribe and monitor delivered Kt/V (pKt/V, dKt/V) in peritoneal dialysis. Fresenius Randomized Dialysis Prescriptions and Clinical Outcome Study (RDP/CO).
- PACK PD: a urea kinetic modeling computer program for peritoneal dialysis.
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