Biographical summary
Kirsten Lipps, M.D., is a board-certified cardiologist and echocardiographer and a board-eligible critical care medicine physician.
Dr. Lipps attended medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her training in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin, and subspecialty training in cardiovascular medicine, advanced echocardiography, and critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Dr. Lipps clinical focus includes the cardiac intensive care unit, outpatient general cardiovascular care, and echocardiography, including transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress modalities.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Arterial line placement
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Bronchoscopy
- Cardioversion
- Central venous catheterization
- Chest tube placement
- Echocardiogram
- Endotracheal intubation
- Mechanical ventilation
- Paracentesis
- Pulmonary artery catheter insertion
- Stress echocardiogram
- Temporary venous pacing
- Thoracentesis
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
Interests
- Critical Care Cardiology
- Echocardiography
- Women's Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2026
FellowCardiovascular Disease, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2026
FellowCritical Care Fellowship Program, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2022
Residency - Internal MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
- 2019
MDNorthwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
- 2014
BS - Molecular BiologyUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2025
Adult EchocardiographyNational Board of Echocardiography
- 2025
Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2022
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2025
NYU Langone Critical Care Cardiology Symposium Top 10 AbstractNew York University
Professional memberships
- 2026 - present
MemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine
- 2026 - present
MemberSociety of Critical Care Cardiology
- 2025 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
- 2022 - present
MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2019 - present
MemberAmerican Medical Association
Publications