Banjo Jim the Magician

From the Dossier of MHC, PC

DR. A.G. Lipede, MD, DABFM, DABFME, DABDA (Senior Disability Analyst)

Dr. A.G. Lipede started his medical education at the University of Ibadan Medical School, Ibadan, Nigeria, where he became a Scholar of the University in 1966. He attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Anatomical Studies and entered the clinical studies with distinction in Anatomy.

1963-1969: He graduated in 1969, Cum Laude, from the University of Ibadan Medical School, attaining a degree of MBBS with distinctions and honors in Anatomy and Surgery, pursuing a double-tract degree in Medicine and a Ph.D. in Anatomy.

1966-1969: During this period, he was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship for excellence in medicine. He attended the University of London Medical School at Gower Street  under the tutorship of Lord Rosenheim, where he studied nephrology with special emphasis on calcium metabolism. (The Leverhulme Scholarship is equivalent to the Rhodes Scholarship.)

Dr. Lipede’s Ph.D. thesis included Histochemical Response of Developing Cardiomyocytes to Catechol Amines and Other Agents. This research was pursued at Cambridge University, England and at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

1971-1975: Dr. Lipede’s interest in experimental surgery soon brought him to the United States, to Louisville, Kentucky, where in 1971 he went through a residency in General Surgery at the University of Louisville Department of Surgery, Louisville, Kentucky. This residency had a heavy emphasis on the definitive care of trauma victims and after-trauma care. At this residency  also, elements of  arthrocentesis, that is joint injections and relief of pain through trigger point ablation, was studied.

In 1975 he completed the general surgical residency to pursue another residency in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. This program was also suffused with several elements of cardiovascular surgery and thoracic surgery, transplantation surgery, and trauma surgery.

In 1977 Dr. Lipede completed the residency in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, and began practicing in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he became an active member of the trauma team at  Community Medical Center, along with an active thoracic cardiovascular surgical load.

1977-1982: While in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dr. Lipede co-founded and became director of the Pennsylvania Tissue Bank, a novel idea that has now made cadaver tissue available to orthopedic surgery and other tissue transplantation. This particular project included refinement of tissue banking and transportation of tissue to distant locations after harvesting.

Dr. Lipede made frequent presentations to the medical societies and hospitals in the Poconos and nearby counties in Pennsylvania. The topics included trauma care and aftercare, disabilities following trauma with eventual integration into normal life, carotid artery occlusion and carcinoma of the lung in coal miners’ diseases.  He also was very active in esophageal cancer surgery and diaphragmatic pacemakers.

In 1982 Dr. Lipede was invited to Burlington, Iowa to start  an open-heart surgical program, including a cardiac cath lab and the surgical program itself. Trauma patients from Burlington, Iowa were transported 55 miles to Iowa City for definitive care. This added stress also delayed treatment, resulting in some poor results. Dr. Lipede soon began attending trauma in Burlington Medical Center, Iowa, delivering definitive care to trauma patients, aftercare to trauma patients, and eventual reintegration into normal life. 

Among other projects that Dr. Lipede participated in at Burlington, Iowa, was the concept of a limb salvage procedure. This limb salvage team represented a rapid response team of multiple specialists attending dismemberment and/or vascular threats to viable extremities. This limb salvage program resulted in the saving and reconstitution of limbs in that area.

The trauma care and the limb salvage team were a logical extension of Dr. Lipede’s interest into kinesiology and he soon became active in continued medical education with physical therapy and chiropractors in that region. He also gave many lectures to chiropractors and physical therapists regarding trauma and trauma aftercare and kinesiological principles. The legacy of the limb salvage team, i.e. a multi-specialty group that responds rapidly to threatened limbs, was soon brought to St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1986 Dr. Lipede was invited to St. Louis, Missouri to help resuscitate a failing cardiovascular surgical program at the Central Medical Center--a premier black hospital in St. Louis. Dr. Lipede became active in trauma again and instituted a trauma program, upgrading it, where again, limb salvage operations were performed, including re-implantation of several limbs and reconstitution of limbs that were deprived of vascularity. Trauma care, definitive care and aftercare soon became a priority there, and disability and impairment ratings were a consequence of these activities.

In 1988 the trauma activities and the consequent impairment ratings and disability determinations soon brought Dr. Lipede into the administrative aspects of medicine, where he became the chairman of the medical records department and utilization department. In this oversight position Dr Lipede reviewed literally thousands of records for sufficiency of evidence for admission and treatment, length of stay, and in many cases, helped prepare defenses for the hospital during malpractice allegations against the hospital and doctors. He continues to review medical records for hospitals, patients and lawyers regarding illnesses, trauma, workers’ compensation claims, and other aspects of medicine.

To hone his skills Dr. Lipede began attending conferences, seminars, and courses related to medical records review, workers’ compensation laws and activities, injury ratings and forensic medicine to indeed be schooled and master the science of causation.

Presently, Dr. Lipede’s experience in the aforementioned is 15 years in which he has prepared reports for the defense and plaintiffs. He currently is board certified in disability ratings and examination obtained at the American Board of Disability Analysts. Dr. Lipede is a senior disability analyst in this board.

Dr. Lipede also underwent further training and certification in the systematic causation in medicine and trauma, leading to dual board certifications and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine, as well as Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners. The effect is the ability to define causation  now backed by competence to examine and seek for the same.

Dr. Lipede is presently seeing patients involved in trauma, personal injury, workers’ compensation, residuals from injury (pain management) and indeed, derivatives of these events which may require medical legal testimonials and depositions. He has also been involved in landmark cases that have involved his clients. He also been a featured speaker at the Annual Missouri Workman's' Compensation Conference

To lawyers in the specialty of personal injury, workers’ compensation ratings and malpractice, Dr. Lipede brings an invaluable experience to bear on sound scientific knowledge and background.

Should you want to review cases and/or have an interview with Dr. Lipede, please feel free to call him at 314-209-0973.