{"id":677,"date":"2025-04-22T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=677"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:51:43","slug":"deborah-lipkin","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/deborah-lipkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah Lipkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Originally from Philadelphia, I\u2019ve lived in New England for most of my adult life. For much of the last 30 years, I\u2019ve worked in women\u2019s health, both as a nurse and as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I have specialized in taking care of women with vulvar and vaginal disorders. I love teaching and supporting patients and I am thrilled to be a provider at BU Student Health Services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Hobbies<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>My free time is spent with friends and family including my adult children. We enjoy camping and hiking on Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park every summer. At home, I am outside as much as possible. I love to read novels, grow flowers and knit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Training<\/strong><br \/>\nMS, UMass Amherst<br \/>\nBS UMass Amherst<br \/>\nBA, Clark University<br \/>\nVulvovaginal Specialist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Interests<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>I&#8217;ve spent most of my career in women&#8217;s and reproductive health care. I have specialized in taking care of women with vulvar and vaginal disorders. At BU, I am one of our LARC providers, that is, I insert both IUDs and Nexplanons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16413,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}