Heather Sue Lipkind MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Director of Postpartum Services

Biographical Info

Dr. Lipkind is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine. She graduated from Wesleyan University where she received a B.A. in Biology. She went on to earn her M.D. degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. She completed her residency in OB/GYN at New York University. She completed her Maternal-fetal Medicine fellowship at Columbia University in 2006 and her Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health during her Fellowship. Dr. Lipkind worked as a Perinatal Epidemiology Consultant at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 2006-2010. She is interested in outcomes research and population based epidemiology.

Education & Training

B.A.

Wesleyan University (1994)

M.D.

Cornell University Medical College (1999)

M.S.

Mailman School of Public Health (2005)

Fellow

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Maternal Fetal Medicine (2004 - 2006)

Fellow

Brown University, Maternal Fetal Medicine (2003 - 2004)

Resident

New York University School of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology (2000 - 2003)

Board Certification

Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Board Certified  (2009)

Board Certification

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Board Certified  (2006)