He serves as director of Hand Surgery Service and section chief of Plastic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He specializes in surgical treatments for injuries and chronic conditions of the hands and fingers.Dr. Lifchez received his medical training at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in 1999. He conducted a residency in plastic surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 2005, and in 2008 completed a fellowship in hand surgery at Curtis National Hand Center of Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. He is certified in plastic surgery and surgery of the hand.