Peter Tippett
| Peter S. Tippett, MD, PhD | |
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| Born | Dearborn, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Kalamazoo College, B.A., Biology (1975); Rockefeller University, Research Assistant to Nobel Prize winner Robert Bruce Merrifield (1975-1976); Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D. in Biochemistry (1981); Case Western Reserve University, Doctor of Medicine (1983); American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate Certified, Internal Medicine (1987) |
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| Profession | Medicine |
| Field | Internal Medicine |
| Institutions | Case Western Reserve University Department of Biochemistry; The Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Medicine; Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital; Euclid Hospital; Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital |
| Specialism | Biochemistry |
| Research | Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis of Immunoglobulin Hypervariable Regions; Synthesis of Smallest Active Compliment Peptides from C3 and C5; Hepatic Glucokinase -- Kinetics, Regulation, and Turnover; Palmitoyl CoA's Role as a Metabolic Effector; Protein-lipid Interactions; Measurement of Critical Micelle Concentrations; Hypomagnesemia, Meperidine Related Seizures in Renal Failure; Cardiologic Effect of Heat Stroke. |
Peter Tippett (born 1953 in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American physician, researcher, and inventor known for contributions to information security, clinical medicine, and technology. These contributions include the development of the anti-virus program "Corporate Vaccine". Tippett is currently Vice President of Verizon's Innovations Incubator and Chief Medical Officer for Verizon Enterprise Services.
Born in 1953 and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, Tippett is an alumnus of Kalamazoo College and holds both a Ph.D. and M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He studied at the Rockefeller University in New York under Nobel Prize winner Robert Bruce Merrifield, directing his doctoral research efforts toward the metabolic indicators of peptide synthesis. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, and spent 1975-1985 engaged in biochemical research.
While engaged in research at Case Western, Tippett moonlighted as an emergency room physician and instructor in Emergency and Outpatient Medicine, and spent much of his early clinical career (1989-1995) in Emergency Medicine in Ohio and California. He received his board certification in Internal Medicine in 1987. Between 1993 and 2000, he served on the board of the Computer Ethics Institute.
He served as executive director of The Pacific Foundation for Science and Medicine from 1988 to 1992, an intersection of his clinical career with an emerging focus on technology, particularly in the arena of cybersecurity as well as the use and access protocols of the Internet. It was in his role as president and chairman of Certus International, a publisher and developer of PC anti-virus and security software, that Tippett applied his research insights as a biochemist to the concept of computer "viruses" to develop the anti-virus software, "Vaccine," which was later purchased by Symantec in 1992. His CEO role with Cybertrust led to a merger of Cybertrust by Verizon and to Tippett's current role in the Verizon healthcare and security innovations divisions. Tippett served as chairman of the Alliance for Internet Security in 2000. He represents Verizon on the board of directors of The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) and the Information Card Foundation.
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