Benjamin Liptzin, MD

Department of Psychiatry

• Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center

• Deputy Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine

• Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine

Baystate Medical Center

759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
v 413.794.4235
f  413.794.4234

email Benjamin.Liptzin@bhs.org

Residency

• University of Virginia Hospital

Medical School

• University of Rochester School of Medicine

Board Certification

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry

• ABPN Added Qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry

Professional Service

• Secretary-Treasurer,  American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

• Chair, Committee on Aging, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

• Board Member, Mass Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association

• Member, Budget Committee, American Psychiatric Association

• Board Member, APA Political Action Committee

Areas of Interest

• Delirium

• Geriatric Psychiatry

• Mental Health Policy

• Psychiatric Research

• Psychopharmacology

Selected Publications

• Liptzin B, Fischel S, Benjamin S. Delirium, Jose Biller's Neurology of Internal Medicine, in press.

• Liptzin B, Gottlieb G, Summergrad P. The future of psychiatric services in general hospitals. Am J Psychiatry. In press.

• Liptzin B, Summergrad P. Financing psychiatric care. In Textbook of Hospital Psychiatry. Sharfstein S (ed), in press.

• Fischel S, Liptzin B. Paranoid retiree. Evaluation and management of delirium. In DSM IV Case Book, Volume 2, Spitzer RL, First MB, Williams JBW, Gibbon M, eds, 2006; 27-35.

• Liptzin B, Laki A, Garb JL, Fingeroth R, Krushell R. Donepezil in the prevention and treatment of post-surgical delirium. Am J Geriat Psychiatry, 2005; 13:12, 1100-1106.

• Liptzin B, Jacobson S. Delirium. In Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th edition. Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (eds.) Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2004.