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Joshua Lipsman New York, New York
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Dr. Joshua Lipsman is Of Counsel at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP.
Dr. Lipsman is a licensed, active physician and a practicing attorney. In 2009, Dr. Lipsman completed nearly 10 years as Westchester County Health Commissioner.
In over two decades as a physician executive, Dr. Lipsman has successfully managed large and complex agencies, programs, budgets and personnel in sophisticated regulatory and political healthcare environments. He has worked at all levels of government and in the non-profit and corporate sectors. He has been active in organized medicine and Bar Association volunteer work, including holding leadership positions in local, state and national professional and specialty societies and organizations.
Dr. Lipsman received the B.A. with General Honors in Biology and the M.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Chicago. His M.D. is from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has an M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health.
While serving as Westchester County Health Commissioner, he attended Pace Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006. He was a member of the Pace Law Review and received the Dean's Award for the graduate of the Class of 2006, part-time division. He earned First Place in the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) 2005 Barry Gold Health Law Student Writing Competition. While a student, Dr. Lipsman was a summer Legal Intern with the New York State Attorney General.
Dr. Lipsman is Board Certified in the specialty of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine and is Treasurer of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York, the American College of Preventive Medicine, NYSBA and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
- Certification/Specialties:
- Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
- Education:
- Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York,
2006
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's Award for the Graduate of the Class of 2006
Honors: First Place in the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) 2005
Honors: Barry Gold Health Law Student Writing Competition
Law Review: Pace Law Review, Member - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
M.P.H.
Major: Health Policy and Administration - University of Chicago
M.S.
Major: Biochemistry - University of Chicago
B.A.
Honors: General Honors in Biology
- Honors and Awards:
- Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
- Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Board of Preventive Medicine
- Trustee and Treasurer
- American Medical Association
- Member
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- Chair, Preventive Medicine and Family Health Committee
- ACPM
- Chair, Environmental Health Committee
- NYSBA
- Member
- NYSBA
- Committee on Public Health/Policy
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Health Law Committee
- Public Health Law Association
- New Rochelle Bar Association
- Past Member











