Darius N. Lipe
Gastroenterologist
Tucson, AZ · (520) 555 0111 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/dariusnlipe
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fifteen years in adult gastroenterology, the last seven directing a six room endoscopy unit.
SETTINGS
Hospital based digestive health institute with an attached ambulatory endoscopy center and two satellite clinics.
SPECIALTIES
Screening and therapeutic colonoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic liver disease, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
SYSTEMS
Epic Hyperspace with the endoscopy documentation module, Provation report writing, and a picture archiving and communication system for cross sectional review.
LICENSURE
Arizona Medical Board license number 41996, certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine, University of Arizona, with gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Colorado.
Executive Summary
Gastroenterologist with fifteen years of practice and roughly 1,100 endoscopic procedures a year, split between screening colonoscopy, therapeutic endoscopy and an inflammatory bowel disease clinic. Directs an endoscopy unit of six rooms and has held an adenoma detection rate above the national benchmark every year since 2016.
Signature Achievements
- Holds an adenoma detection rate of 44 percent in men and 36 percent in women, above benchmark in every annual audit since 2016.
- Cut the wait for a screening colonoscopy from eleven weeks to nineteen days by moving low risk cases to a direct access pathway that skips the office visit.
- Built an inflammatory bowel disease clinic that now follows 420 patients and has lowered steroid dependence in that group from 29 percent to 12 percent.
- Raised the rate of successful bile duct cannulation on first attempt to 94 percent across 210 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography cases last year.
- Introduced a same day recovery protocol that reduced average unit turnaround time by fourteen minutes per case and added four cases a day without new staff.
- Led a hepatitis C treatment initiative with primary care that started 260 patients on therapy over three years with a cure rate of 96 percent.
Professional Experience
Gastroenterologist and Endoscopy Unit Director
Sonoran Digestive Health Institute, Tucson, AZ 2019 to present
Six room endoscopy unit performing 14,000 procedures a year, with nine gastroenterologists and two advanced practice providers.
- Sets scheduling templates, sedation policy and quality benchmarks for the unit and reviews every reported complication.
- Performs roughly 1,100 procedures a year including advanced biliary work and endoscopic mucosal resection.
- Runs a weekly inflammatory bowel disease clinic with a dedicated nurse and an infusion coordinator.
- Chairs the quarterly endoscopy quality review that reports detection rates and withdrawal times for every physician.
Staff Gastroenterologist
Santa Cruz Valley Medical Center, Nogales, AZ 2014 to 2019
Border community hospital where the digestive service covered inpatient bleeding, outpatient endoscopy and general hepatology.
- Took first call for gastrointestinal bleeding for a 140 bed hospital one week in three, including overnight therapeutic endoscopy.
- Established the outpatient variceal surveillance list for patients with cirrhosis, which grew to 180 patients.
- Worked with community health workers to raise colorectal screening uptake among Spanish speaking patients by nineteen points.
Gastroenterologist
Copper Ridge Gastroenterology Associates, Prescott, AZ 2011 to 2014
Four physician private group serving a retirement heavy population with a high volume of screening and surveillance work.
- Carried a screening and surveillance list of about 900 procedures a year alongside a general clinic.
- Set up the group first written policy for anticoagulation management around endoscopy.
- Trained two nurses to run the pre procedure telephone assessment, which cut day of procedure cancellations by half.
Licensure and Certification
Arizona Medical Board, license number 41996, active
American Board of Internal Medicine, certified in gastroenterology
Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology
Moderate sedation privileges maintained continuously since 2011
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, 2005
Internal medicine residency, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008
Gastroenterology fellowship, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, 2011
Bachelor of Science in physiology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2001
Core Skills
Screening and surveillance colonoscopy · Therapeutic upper endoscopy · Biliary and pancreatic endoscopy · Inflammatory bowel disease management · Chronic liver disease care · Endoscopy quality benchmarking · Sedation policy and safety · Procedure unit scheduling · Advanced practice provider supervision · Community screening outreach