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  • Pathology
  • 48 years of experience
  • Carolinas Pathology Group 1000 Blythe Blvd Fl 4, Charlotte, NC 28203
  • (704) 973-5500

Brief Intro

Dr. Lipford grew up in Charlotte and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed residency training in anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. While at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Lipford was an American Cancer Society Fellow in surgical pathology and Chief Resident of anatomic pathology. Following his residency training, he pursued a fellowship in hematopathology at the National Institutes of Health under Dr. Elaine Jaffe. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Lipford joined Carolinas Pathology Group and Celligent Diagnostics in 1982. He was instrumental in the development of the Flow Cytometry Lab at Carolinas Medical Center and served as the director-in-training of the HLA Lab. He received certification from the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics as an HLA Laboratory Director in 1991. Dr. Lipford became Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratory and Chief of the Department of Pathology at Carolinas Medical Center in 1989, and now serves as Medical Director of Carolinas Laboratory Network, the organization created by the consolidation of Carolinas HealthCare System's laboratory operations at its four acute-care hospitals.

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Education Background

RESIDENCY

Johns Hopkins Health System

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine - 1977

Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine - 1977

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Chinese

Location & Hours

  • Carolinas Pathology Group
  • 1000 Blythe Blvd Fl 4, Charlotte, NC 28203
  • Mon:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Tue:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Wed:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Thu:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Fri:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Sat:Closed
    Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

  • Pathology

Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

  • Clover Health
  • Dean Health Plan
  • HealthSmart
  • Molina Healthcare
  • SIHO Insurance Services
  • Medicare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Viva Health Plan
  • Medicaid
  • Wellcare
  • Health Alliance
  • Oscar Health Insurance
  • Providence Health Plans
  • HealthScope Benefits
  • Aetna Better Health
  • Culinary Health Fund
  • Mutual of Omaha
  • Humana
  • Health New England
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • AmeriHealth Caritas
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • US Family Health Plan
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Principal Financial Group
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