About Lebarty Medicare Hospital
Lebarty Medicare HospitalYour Health, Our Mission.
A hospital in Benin City, Edo State, built on a simple conviction: excellent care should never feel out of reach. Modern medicine and an attentive team, working from one chart toward one plan, with every visit helping fund the Lebarty Community Health Foundation's clinics across Africa.
Founder & physician
A doctor who keeps showing up.
Dr. Lebarty trained at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York and went on to build a career that refuses to specialize past the patient: seeing primary-care patients in clinic, treating opioid use disorder with Suboxone, rounding at skilled nursing facilities, teaching medical students, and serving as a medical director in county government in New York before founding Lebarty Medicare Hospital in Benin City.
That breadth isn’t a résumé. It’s a perspective. The same hands sign a child’s vaccination record, counsel someone on day one of recovery, and help pull together a clinic in a rural village. The unifying belief is plain: every person, wherever they are, deserves a competent, unhurried doctor.
For his patients, that means a physician who knows their history, answers the phone, and treats every visit as part of one continuous relationship, not a transaction measured in minutes.
Specialties
One physician, many kinds of care.
The work spans the clinic, the nursing home, and the recovery visit, held together by continuity and respect for the person in front of him.
Whole-person care
Family Medicine
Care for every age and stage: physicals, chronic-condition management, and the long relationship that makes both possible.
Healing without judgment
Addiction Medicine
Suboxone (buprenorphine) and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, delivered with respect and never a lecture.
In the hospital
Hospitalist Medicine
Inpatient experience that informs how Dr. Lebarty manages complex and acute conditions in the clinic.
Adult medicine
Internal Medicine
A deep grounding in the diagnosis and management of adult disease, from blood pressure to diabetes to heart health.
For our oldest neighbors
Geriatric & Nursing-Home Care
On-site and telehealth rounds at skilled nursing facilities across Benin City and surrounding communities, bringing the doctor to the patient.
The team
One team around every patient.
Care at Lebarty Medicare Hospital is a team effort: doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists, and support staff working from one chart toward one plan.
Physicians
Board-certified doctors across family medicine, internal medicine, and more. They lead every plan of care.
Nurses
The team at the bedside: attentive, skilled, and with you through every stage of a visit or stay.
Laboratory team
Scientists and technicians behind accurate, timely results that your care decisions depend on.
Front desk & patient support
Your first call and first welcome: bookings, payments, and guidance through every step.
Education & training
Trained here. Rooted here.
Dr. Lebarty’s credentials trace a path from residency in Schenectady, New York to a practice that serves the same community decades on.
Residency, Family Medicine
Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY, where Dr. Lebarty trained and chose to stay and serve.
Board Certification
Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
A note on addiction medicine
There is no judgment here.
Treating substance use disorder is some of the most meaningful work Dr. Lebarty does. Suboxone (buprenorphine) and medication-assisted treatment work, and they work even better when the person prescribing them treats you like a person.
There are no lectures here, and no gatekeeping. If you’re considering recovery, walk in or send a message. You’ll be met with respect, and care can often begin the same week.
Credentials & appointments
Recognized, credentialed, committed.
Beyond the clinic, Dr. Lebarty holds appointments that extend his care into county health, correctional medicine, medical education, and global outreach.
- Board-certified, Family Medicine
- Medical Director, Albany County Correctional Facility
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Albany Medical College
- Physician Specialist / Medical Director, Albany County Department of Health
- President, Project Health Africa
Care that knows your name.
New patients are welcome at Lebarty Medicare. Book an in-person visit in Benin City, or start with a secure telehealth appointment from wherever you are.